Ups and Downs of Google on my revenue
May 13, 08 by MaxGoogle really has a massive grip on us affiliates. If google decided not to like my site it could cut my revenue massively. And recently it has been having an affect on me. One of my established sites which has been No.1 in google for a term for 3 months plus has been moving around from 1st to 3rd. I’ve put a little table showing the difference in Revenue a position or 2 does to me.
As I know people like seeing real figures and not just talk so I’ve used the real figures that i’ve recieved.
Position #1 £72.30 , £74.60 , £93.50, £57.70 , £81.42
Position #2 £63.45 , £59.40 , £49.96 , £60.30 , £55.70
Position #3 £37.50 , £31.63 , £41.65 , £44.45 , £39.98
Now these are just different days, not in any order but just from the position that google had me in, shows that it can vary from the max over last 2 weeks or so was £93.50 and the lowest was £31.63 a difference of £60 odd which if you add up over a month is £1800 which is a big difference !
Obviously this doesnt take into account general different day stats, such as week days when its lower than weekends etc, but it still shows quite a difference.
Google rules me and its scary.
Ash Says: 13.05.08 at 10:34 am
I agree its a precarious situation for almost ANY site. As much as we try and diversify a sites traffic the truth is Google controls a huge percentage of web users.