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The Gobbling Goblin <customerservices (AT) houstoncrafts (DOT) com> wrote:

On 30 Nov 2007 04:19:23 GMT, John Bokma <john (AT) castleamber (DOT) com> wrote:

Maybe because it makes more money? I have no idea. However, I have
discovered dat my AdSense income dropped with almost 50% over the past
months due to several factors, including (and probably the most
signficant factor) that Google seems to pay less.

Don't know if you are aware John, but adsense have also changed
*where* you click on an advert now.

No, I didn't know. You mean on the ad itself, or the location on the page?
(or both, since to me both would be valuable numbers :-) ).

But anyway, I've seen a steady drop of payout since April/May. At first I
thought it was because the summer holidays, but alas.

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On 1 Dec 2007 17:13:22 GMT, John Bokma <john (AT) castleamber (DOT) com> wrote:

The Gobbling Goblin <customerservices (AT) houstoncrafts (DOT) com> wrote:

On 30 Nov 2007 04:19:23 GMT, John Bokma <john (AT) castleamber (DOT) com> wrote:

Maybe because it makes more money? I have no idea. However, I have
discovered dat my AdSense income dropped with almost 50% over the past
months due to several factors, including (and probably the most
signficant factor) that Google seems to pay less.

Don't know if you are aware John, but adsense have also changed
*where* you click on an advert now.

No, I didn't know. You mean on the ad itself, or the location on the page?
(or both, since to me both would be valuable numbers :-) ).

The advert itself.
Depending which size advert you have.
Now only clickable on the URL and Title.

Would have been better if they could have included the text as well.

But anyway, I've seen a steady drop of payout since April/May. At first I
thought it was because the summer holidays, but alas.

Ah, then yours could be for another reason then. This change is rather
new.

plh
Paul
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The Gobbling Goblin <customerservices (AT) houstoncrafts (DOT) com> wrote:

On 1 Dec 2007 17:13:22 GMT, John Bokma <john (AT) castleamber (DOT) com> wrote:

The Gobbling Goblin <customerservices (AT) houstoncrafts (DOT) com> wrote:

On 30 Nov 2007 04:19:23 GMT, John Bokma <john (AT) castleamber (DOT) com
wrote:

Maybe because it makes more money? I have no idea. However, I have
discovered dat my AdSense income dropped with almost 50% over the
past months due to several factors, including (and probably the most
signficant factor) that Google seems to pay less.

Don't know if you are aware John, but adsense have also changed
*where* you click on an advert now.

No, I didn't know. You mean on the ad itself, or the location on the
page? (or both, since to me both would be valuable numbers :-) ).

The advert itself.
Depending which size advert you have.
Now only clickable on the URL and Title.

Would have been better if they could have included the text as well.

Ah, ok, to prevent "misclicks".

But anyway, I've seen a steady drop of payout since April/May. At
first I thought it was because the summer holidays, but alas.

Ah, then yours could be for another reason then. This change is rather
new.

Yeah, I considered it very odd, the drop. The number of views was a bit
lower, and less clicks, but the payout per click dropped the most. I
haven't checked the % of each drop, but from what I've seen the $ was the
most. :-(

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On 1 Dec 2007 20:51:46 GMT, John Bokma <john (AT) castleamber (DOT) com> wrote:
[...]

Don't know if you are aware John, but adsense have also changed
*where* you click on an advert now.

No, I didn't know. You mean on the ad itself, or the location on the
page? (or both, since to me both would be valuable numbers :-) ).

The advert itself.
Depending which size advert you have.
Now only clickable on the URL and Title.

Would have been better if they could have included the text as well.

Ah, ok, to prevent "misclicks".

Yes, but IMO they have overdone it a bit.

But anyway, I've seen a steady drop of payout since April/May. At
first I thought it was because the summer holidays, but alas.

Ah, then yours could be for another reason then. This change is rather
new.

Yeah, I considered it very odd, the drop. The number of views was a bit
lower, and less clicks, but the payout per click dropped the most. I
haven't checked the % of each drop, but from what I've seen the $ was the
most. :-(

Mine dropped in October. Was about 20% down for the month.
November is better, but not the big rush in spending like last year.

plh
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The Gobbling Goblin <customerservices (AT) houstoncrafts (DOT) com> wrote:

Mine dropped in October. Was about 20% down for the month.
November is better, but not the big rush in spending like last year.

He he he, yeah, last year I even emailed Google to ask what was happening,
because my AdSense jumped up a lot. I was probably the first person asking
why his AdSense was increasing :-D.

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John Bokma wrote:

T
Yeah, I considered it very odd, the drop. The number of views was a bit
lower, and less clicks, but the payout per click dropped the most. I
haven't checked the % of each drop, but from what I've seen the $ was the
most. :-(

John,

Is this on your blog John? I have a blog that traffic has almost totally
died out on also. Also for no apparent reason other than it's only
loosely connected with the main part of the site. It's not spam, it has
no paid links / posts etc.

(OT)Did you ever answer my question about your camera on your blog
comments? I checked back once and you hadn't

Anyway, nice to see you back - even if you do never answer your mail (or
blog comments)

Jez.

Jez <j.ez (AT) virgin (DOT) net> wrote:

John Bokma wrote:
T
Yeah, I considered it very odd, the drop. The number of views was a
bit lower, and less clicks, but the payout per click dropped the
most. I haven't checked the % of each drop, but from what I've seen
the $ was the most. :-(


John,

Is this on your blog John?

Hi Jez,

Yes, I am talking about http://johnbokma.com/

I have a blog that traffic has almost
totally died out on also. Also for no apparent reason other than it's
only loosely connected with the main part of the site. It's not spam,
it has no paid links / posts etc.

Traffic has been stable for months (which is IMO not good, as I have
added extra pages etc.). The number of views Google AdSense reported has
dropped a bit (I guess more people block AdSense), but just a tiny bit.
Ditto for the click through ratio, but the highest drop has been the
payout/click. Added up it's close to 50% less money.

Last year, November (IIRC) and December (for sure), had crazy high
payouts (I even emailed Google what was happening). I don't see that
back now. So I really have the feeling that Google is paying way less
compared to say 7 months ago.

(OT)Did you ever answer my question about your camera on your blog
comments? I checked back once and you hadn't

I am afraid not. Main reason is that my mom has been visiting us for 2
months.

Anyway, nice to see you back - even if you do never answer your mail
(or blog comments)

I am quite sure that I emailed you back on the camera question. Will
search for the reply. Anyway, to answer your Q: I use the Canon A640 for
most of my current photos. http://flickr.com/photos/johnbokma/ has
some examples (the older photos, the 4 last butterflies, are made with
my Sony DSC-S600).

Only downside of the A640 has been so far that yesterday I got my third.
The first had a wire (tiny) *behind* the lens. The second one got a dead
pixel in the camera sensor. Since the camera doesn't output RAW, this
resulted in 30-50 pixels being affected... In the shop they said that
they would sent back the camera to Canon to have it fixed (they map out
the bad pixel...), which would take 20 days.

Since I know that 20 days can mean anything but 20 days, I insisted on
getting a new camera (it's crazy to buy a new camera and after 3 months
have to leave it behind for 30 days or so).

Anyway, yesterday I got my third Canon A640. Never had a problem with my
first digital camera, and ditto with the Sony DSC-S600.

--
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John Bokma wrote:

I am quite sure that I emailed you back on the camera question. Will
search for the reply. Anyway, to answer your Q: I use the Canon A640 for
most of my current photos. http://flickr.com/photos/johnbokma/ has
some examples (the older photos, the 4 last butterflies, are made with
my Sony DSC-S600).

Only downside of the A640 has been so far that yesterday I got my third.
The first had a wire (tiny) *behind* the lens. The second one got a dead
pixel in the camera sensor. Since the camera doesn't output RAW, this
resulted in 30-50 pixels being affected... In the shop they said that
they would sent back the camera to Canon to have it fixed (they map out
the bad pixel...), which would take 20 days.

Since I know that 20 days can mean anything but 20 days, I insisted on
getting a new camera (it's crazy to buy a new camera and after 3 months
have to leave it behind for 30 days or so).

Anyway, yesterday I got my third Canon A640. Never had a problem with my
first digital camera, and ditto with the Sony DSC-S600.

John,

Thanks for the reply. I want to get a new camera and don't want anything
overly complicated. Did you use any special equipment to take this
image? http://flickr.com/photos/johnbokma/2065389242/ Was it just using
the camera as is or did you have an additional zoom (I have no idea if
you can fit an additional zoom).

It's a pretty amazing pic if you have not enhanced the camera at all. I
don't want to get involved with huge lenses etc, I want to point, click,
get great results with minimal skill.!

Jez.

Jez <j.ez (AT) virgin (DOT) net> wrote:

Thanks for the reply. I want to get a new camera and don't want anything
overly complicated.

The Canon A640 is a bit between: you can use the automatic mode(s), or you
can use the (semi-)manual modes. I didn't want to buy a dSLR (yet),
because I was afraid I would be overwhelmed by all the features (ha ha,
said the nerd). And because it's quite some weight to carry around.

Did you use any special equipment to take this
image? http://flickr.com/photos/johnbokma/2065389242/ Was it just using
the camera as is or did you have an additional zoom (I have no idea if
you can fit an additional zoom).

Nope, it's just the Canon A640 :-)

It's a pretty amazing pic if you have not enhanced the camera at all.

Thanks. (To be honest, it was a bit of an accident, I was playing with Tv
(IIRC) mode and flash, and somehow this one got made. It's a crop, because
one part of the photo got too much light, which is just a little visible
in this photo)

I don't want to get involved with huge lenses etc,

I want, but when I have the feeling I am able to get the most out of the
A640. I managed (well, IMO) to do that with the Sony DSC-S600 in less than
a year, but that one has very limited macro (min distance is 12 cm), and
very limited manual settings.

I want to point, click, get great results with minimal skill.!

I am afraid that there are some contradictions there :-). Skill can be
improved, mostly by doing. But also by reading. I can't recommend 'The
Digital Photography book' by Scott Kelby enough. I learned how to take
those nice river photos from it (

http://flickr.com/photos/johnbokma/2053643314/

and

http://flickr.com/photos/johnbokma/2053643308/

).


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John Bokma wrote:

Jez <j.ez (AT) virgin (DOT) net> wrote:

Thanks for the reply. I want to get a new camera and don't want anything
overly complicated.

The Canon A640 is a bit between: you can use the automatic mode(s), or you
can use the (semi-)manual modes. I didn't want to buy a dSLR (yet),
because I was afraid I would be overwhelmed by all the features (ha ha,
said the nerd). And because it's quite some weight to carry around.


Did you use any special equipment to take this
image? http://flickr.com/photos/johnbokma/2065389242/ Was it just using
the camera as is or did you have an additional zoom (I have no idea if
you can fit an additional zoom).

Nope, it's just the Canon A640 :-)

It's a pretty amazing pic if you have not enhanced the camera at all.

Thanks. (To be honest, it was a bit of an accident, I was playing with Tv
(IIRC) mode and flash, and somehow this one got made. It's a crop, because
one part of the photo got too much light, which is just a little visible
in this photo)

I don't want to get involved with huge lenses etc,

I want, but when I have the feeling I am able to get the most out of the
A640. I managed (well, IMO) to do that with the Sony DSC-S600 in less than
a year, but that one has very limited macro (min distance is 12 cm), and
very limited manual settings.


I want to point, click, get great results with minimal skill.!

I am afraid that there are some contradictions there :-). Skill can be
improved, mostly by doing. But also by reading. I can't recommend 'The
Digital Photography book' by Scott Kelby enough. I learned how to take
those nice river photos from it (

http://flickr.com/photos/johnbokma/2053643314/

and

http://flickr.com/photos/johnbokma/2053643308/

).

Hi John,

Is this the A460 you have?
http://www.officegiant.co.uk/product...ductid=CO97607

Or one of the cheaper versions? Not that I expect you paid anything like
the price that I would have to here

Thanks,

Jez.