I just received this from the Big G. Thought you might be interested in the hogwash they’re putting out.

Dear Publisher,

We understand that the recent economic turmoil has created a lot of uncertainty in the lives of AdSense publishers. During these difficult times, we’re continuing to invest in innovations that improve publisher monetization and advertiser value in the content network.

We’re focusing on further developing our product offerings and boosting ad performance for publishers. We recently announced advancements in AdSense for search and experiments to make ads more effective. We’re bringing DoubleClick technologies to AdSense publishers, and we’ll continue to launch new products and features. We’re also continuing to improve our offerings for AdWords advertisers, making it easier for them to target the Google content network. Features for advertisers, such as the new display ad builder, are designed to improve ad performance on AdSense publisher sites.

We’ll keep driving technological progress, but our best asset will always be our publisher partners. The strength of AdSense lies in the value of the content you bring to users and the quality of the sites you bring to advertisers. Our success is tied to yours. We look forward to partnering with you for the long term, and remain dedicated to helping you succeed.

Sincerely,

Kim Scott
Director AdSense Online Sales & Operations

I think the thing that sabotaged my Adsense was adding it to Blogger blogs, coincidentally enough. You know in the layout where you can simply check a box and it would add it between the posts? I did that to something like 25 blogs. I’m pretty sure it caused my smart pricing. I went back and unchecked them all and I returned to getting prices for the clicks I normally get on my other sites in about a weeks time.

Diversification is always a good idea.

Whats up with AMA? No more Blogger Blogs?

Here’s a short discussion of Smartpricing from a British group. Maybe it’ll help you. The surprising thing to me was that they say that ads placed away from the hot area may be worth more than a hot area ad. Go figure.

http://www.teamtechnology.co.uk/adsense/smartpricing.html

Barry

The trouble with it is the templates are near impossible to modify for all but those that are experienced in programming with the Smarty engine. I could only make a few rudimentary changes.

I managed to make enough sales to pay for the software in a couple of weeks I guess. I wrote some content on my blogs and pointed some links to the “store”. You still need to get backlinks to the store like every other site.

I’ll get a commish if you buy through my link. And I will appreciate it if you do. But just make sure you need or want to put up a store. It may be enough for you to simply do Ebay widgets like Frank at Optemp and I’ve talked about. Or you may just simply want to link to individual products.

And that’s another thing: Make sure you already have an Ebay account before purchasing.

I like the product, but I can also see why others might not feel the same.

Let me know if you have any more questions and I’ll try to answer them.

My AdSense earnings fluctuate wildly, anywhere from 5 cents a click to 60 cents a click. My click through rate is about 2.5%, which indicates that I should be clear of Smart Pricing. I agree with you about getting rid of AdSense, it’s a lot of hassle and the space could probably be put to more profitable use.

I keep reading your mentions of StoreStacker — is it worth the price? It seems as if you are a big fan and know how to use it. What’s the learning curve?

If I click through from here, do you get the credit?

Cheers