Is your Trafficz income down considerably?

[sandibos]

My Trafficz income is really down. Anybody else showing a drop in income?

Not sure if the change to create your own menus and meta descriptions is the cause. Or could it be the thumbnails which appear alongside the listings on the website template format? Does anybody think these thumbnails make the page look more like a parking page? Could these thumbnails be causing a lower CTR?

Here are my stats compared to August (28.31% CTR and my highest income month):
Income Decline CTR
September 17.5% 26.8%
October 26.8% 25.4%
November 42.2% 20.5%

A 42% decline in income and a 6% decline in CTR since August!! Something's wrong here - big time. If anyone has any ideas it would be appreciated. TZ has been a great source of income for me in the past, but maybe now I need to make a change....

[uni-market]

Yeah!!! The Income is too low!!!

[NamesBond]

Agree - Income WAY down past couple of months... (But uniques up?) Maybe time for a move...

[dotNetKing]

I agree.

I think my click throughs are about the same or even higher, but now getting paid very little on average per click.

My income is down from around $3000 per month to around $1400 and still dropping.

[David G]

...My income is down from around $3000 per month to around $1400 and still dropping.

Many people are reporting drops ranging up to 40% (or even more) over past few mos. Not just with TrafficZ but the other providers too.

[sandibos]

Many people are reporting drops ranging up to 40% (or even more) over past few mos. Not just with TrafficZ but the other providers too.

But the question is WHY? Does anybody have any ideas why this would happen across the board with all PPC companies?

[gemsergio]

yes yahoo and google are simply cashing in on us.
The drop its really general GK DS TV sedo etc...

[sandibos]

yes yahoo and google are simply cashing in on us.
The drop its really general GK DS TV sedo etc...

Hmmmm..... Can we all say the words "COLLUSION" and "ANTITRUST"??

[ClickEarn]

YUP!

I have about 1300 domains with them in 15 different customized portfolios.
As soon as they "Added" new features that were supposed to boost $$$
their additions actually did the opposite

I am looking for a new system right now for all my domains. When their
system had less features my daily income was MUCH higher. As they added
more "Features" you could correlate your loss of income with the additions

What a waste. I have complained and they do not listen... Oh well

[roseau]

I have found two problems with my income being down dramatically:

1. it seems to be across the board with all companies - the clicks are paying very little
- I am getting pennies now where I used to get really good per click rates

2. I noticed that when they added all the new features, I had serious problems with my revenue. Domains that I had previously optimized and was rec'g good monies had changed.

The search results no longer even targeted my domains and were basically useless. I didn;t realize until long after that the optimization had changed. So, I have started to go back to each individual name to find website templates that work and optimize the sites but it is a long painful process.

On the sites that I have finished the earnings are grim.

I am actually disappointed bc I thought having nice looking sites would help but in fact it has just messed up the balance of everything.

[ClickEarn]

I am leaving Trafficz and trying some other system. Everyone is complaining
so you would think that they would go back to their "Old" system model

Oh well... They lost me as a client

[NZPoint]

Good post, I was just about to move my domains to trafficz, by reading this I think not

[roseau]

I am not sure I would decide "not to move the domains" nzpoint.

What I mean is - I really honestly think the click rate has dropped all around. I have domains with other companies and in the whole scheme of things, I am still happier with trafficz.

They have always paid on time and in the years have actually decreased the time payments in order to get paid sooner. I have always found them helpful and co-operative.

My comments were only to answer the question as to whether my income was down or not - I think it still might be wise to try them out.

You could try a few domains and maybe see for yourself how they do.

I thought I would respond again bc I didn't mean my comments as saying not to use them. I am still continuing with them regardless.

[actnow]

It is not Trafficz. It is Yahoo.

Unfortunately, Trafficz, Skenzo, Goldkey and others are at the mercy of
whatever Yahoo wants to pay.

Eventually, Trafficz will comeback. It all depends on when Yahoo wants
to treat the traffic suppliers with respect.

I speculate they are holding back (paying poorly) under the pretense of
controlling "click fraud". ????

Is it a coincidence that their net profit is down and they need to get it back
on track to please Wall Street?

[Dr Nump]

It is not Trafficz. It is Yahoo.

Unfortunately, Trafficz, Skenzo, Goldkey and others are at the mercy of
whatever Yahoo wants to pay.

Eventually, Trafficz will comeback. It all depends on when Yahoo wants
to treat the traffic suppliers with respect.

I speculate they are holding back (paying poorly) under the pretense of
controlling "click fraud". ????

Is it a coincidence that their net profit is down and they need to get it back
on track to please Wall Street?

I completely agree with you . The pressure of click fraud are affected us!

[sandibos]

Agree - Income WAY down past couple of months... (But uniques up?) Maybe time for a move...

Hey ... Wait just a minute! (grinning) Don't move! My Trafficz income this month is waaaay up from what it was this fall. Since I started this thread (about income being down) I thought I'd better see if anyone else has shown increased income too?

So far, this 10th day of the month, my prorata income has almost doubled December's income! Guess I won't be pulling out any more domains.

Keep it going, TZ! We still love ya!