"You Are Scheduled To Be Sent A Payment"......

I saw this on my adsense account today.

Of course this means that the payment in progress process has begun!

I don't actually mean that the "PIP" is showing up yet for October 2010! I'm just saying that once I see the above message on my Adsense Account I know that at least they are acknowledging that I am supposed to be getting a payment and that lets me know that the payment in progress process has at least begun.

Since the 25th falls on a Monday, I'm just assuming that I will see a "PIP" either next Monday or Tuesday.

The Adsense Site Will Be Down For Maintenance

On Saturday, October 16, 2010 (which is tomorrow!) the adsense site will be down for maintenance. According to their site their engineers will be performing site maintenance from approximately 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM PDT.

This is a regular occurrance - especially on a Saturday and according to their site, the adsense people have said that even though their site will be down for maintenance it will NOT affect your Adsense earnings!

For as long as I have been an Adsense publisher they have remained true to their word! - so far!


If you are new to Adsense and you sign on to your account tomorrow and see that you can't get to your adsense account just remember that the site will be down for about 4 hours. I know that can make you crazy but you just have to be patient because the site will be back up eventually!

I Received My PIP Today! Hooray!

After agonizing over the weekend I finally received my "payment in progress" line for September 2010!

This was a VERY long wait!

Now that I have received my "PIP" for September 2010 I can't wait to start spending that money! I have a quite a few hours before I can actually spend the money and that is going to be an agonizing wait!

No PIP today!!!!!!!!!

I was sooooo hoping that my "payment in progress" line would show up today but alas it has not! Even though its a Friday if I received my "PIP" I would have been able to spend that money tomorrow! Oh I am sooooo disappointed!

This weekend is going to be agony!

Update!

Well it looks as though I spoke too soon! Someone has posted that they have received their "payment in progress" line today. The person that posted is from the US and they get their adsense payment via check!

So it looks as though the "PIP" process has begun for September 2010!

I did a little research

Being a little disappointed that my "payment in progress" line didn't show up today I decided to do a little "back" research and try to find a similiar month with the same date layout which was July of 2009. During that month I did not receive my "PIP" line until Friday, July 24th!

Since Adsense is notorious for not paying on the same date each month I can only hope that this time it will be the same and that my "PIP" will show up tomorrow - though I'm still hoping that it will show up today! I seem to remember one time when my "payment in progress" line showed up at around 9pm my time (EST) but it happened so long ago that now I'm not even sure that it really happened????

"You Are Scheduled To Be Sent A Payment".....

I was checking my adsense account today and saw this familiar message about "you are scheduled to be sent a payment......". This could have been on my account earlier and I just didn't pay attention to it - to tell you the truth I was really looking for the payment in progress line to appear but so far it hasn't yet! I'm so sad!

Well the general consensus is that the average date of the "PIP" showing up is usually on the 25th of the month but unfortunately the 25th of September falls on a Saturday this month and the "PIP"'s don't (usually) show up on the weekends!

I also checked on one of the Adsense-related boards and no one has posted that they have received their payment in progress lines as of yet.

The Adsense Site Will Be Down For Maintenance....

On Saturday, September 11th, the Adsense site will be down for maintenance from approximately 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM PDT.

I Got My "Payment In Progress" Line Today!

Oh for joy! I got my "PIP" line on my Adsense account today! That means that I will be able to have some money to spend! I'm jumping with joy and glee!

There Has Been A "Payment In Progress" Sighting!

This is good news!

However it all does seem a bit odd because the people that have been posting that they have gotten their "PIP" are also posting that they get their adsense payments by check!

So far one person from the US has posted receiving their "payment in progress" and their have also been postings from the UK and India - but the majority of them have posted that they get their adsense payments by check.

I have posted many times about how Adsense has said that they don't process the check payments first but it does kind of look that way doesn't it?

I Finally Got My "Payment In Progress" Line!

It really did show up late this month!

There Has Been A "Payment In Progress" Sighting!

Although I have to say that I'm quite disappointed that the sighting isn't from my own Adsense account!

However someone in the UK posted that they received their "PIP" for this month. They received their "payment in progress" line today and they also posted that they receive their google adsense in regular check form.

Well at least we know that the "PIP" process has started - but it is coming very late this month!

Actually I'm still keeping my fingers crossed that it will show up later today! I remember one time when my "payment in progress" line showed up around 9pm my time and if it happened then then hopefully it will happen now!

So I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

"You Are Scheduled To Be Sent A Payment......"

Actually I'm a little disappointed today! Even though this message showing up on my Adsense means that at least I'll be getting an Adsense payment this month I am disappointed that there is no "Payment In Progress" line showing up yet which means that it looks as though I won't be seeing a "PIP" until at least Monday - bummer!

"Do You Do Adsense Work?"

I got this in my email today and here is my reply:

Do I do Adsense work? The answer is yes. However it will depend on the type of adsense work you are looking for. Adsense publishers are posting about a decrease in their adsense earnings and a lot of them think that it has to do with the new way that Adsense is basing their ads. The adsense ads are more based on interest than on the content of one's adsense site.

So let me know what kind of adsense work you are talking about?

Adsense has changed a lot. I have been taking a survey of some my sites with adsense ads on them and I have noticed that the ads are based on the site that I came from and not necessarily on the content of the site that I am visiting.

That really changes things as far as adsense earnings go and a lot of adsense publishers are posting that their adsense numbers are way down.

Of course this doesn't seem to apply to all of the adsense publishers because some have posted that their adsense earning numbers are the same or have even increased!

Well It Looks Like We Have A "Payment In Progress" Sighting!

So I'm browsing the boards and forums just to see if there is any news about "PIP" sightings and lo and behold I see that some one has posted that they have received their "payment in progress" already!

It seems that those outside of the United States have posted that they have received their payment in progress lines on their adsense accounts for June 2010.

So far only a few of them have posted but at least this shows that the payment in progress process has begun.

My PIP Has Arrived!

Before checking my Adsense account I went to look at some of the Adsense-related boards and found that there were more postings about "payment in progress". This is always a good sign because the more that people post from the US that they have received their "PIP", the more likely that my "payment in progress" line is not too far behind!

So I noticed that there were a few more postings about the "PIP" and then I read them and noticed that a few people from the US had posted, I kept my fingers crossed, went to my Adsense account and lo and behold I saw it!

Payment In Progress!

Hopefully if you are also an Adsense publisher you will be getting your PIP soon - as well!

There Has Been A "Payment In Progress" Sighting!

I was looking at one of the Adsense-related boards and found that someone had posted that they got their "payment in progress" line today.

The person posted that they are from the UK and they get their adsense payment by check.

There have been rumors going around that Adsense pays those who get their adsense payments by check - Adsense pays them first - But Adsense themself has said that this is not true.

So at least someone has posted that they have gotten their "PIP" for this month - May 2010.

So at least that means that us that live in the States and get our Adsense payments by bank transfer - hopefully that means that our Adsense payments are not too far behind!

"You Are Scheduled To Be Sent A Payment......"

Well this little message showed up in my Adsense account today and it means that I will be getting an Adsense payment this month. I should really, really be grateful for this because so many publishers are experiencing such a low click-through rate lately!

So now that I know that I am scheduled to be sent a payment - all that is left to do is to wait for the payment - LOL!

Adsense payments usually are received by the 25th of the month which is Tuesday of next week!

So I am keeping my fingers crossed!

Low Click Through Rates Being Attributed To Interest-Based Ads!

I don't seem to be the only Adsense Publisher that is experiencing a low click-through-rate with their Google Adsense sites! I have been browsing some adsense-related boards and there have been many people posting about experiencing the same thing as well.

The low CTR seems to be attributed to Adsense providing interest-based ads. What this means is that - for example - if someone has just visited a site about flowers and then visits your site which is about cars, then the ads that they see will be about flowers and NOT what your site is about which is cars. In other words the google adsense ads that will be appearing on your car-related site will be more about flowers than about cars! Of course this will seriously decrease the number of potential clicks that your site may get.

You would think that interest-based ads would provide more in potential clicks because the ads are being based on the interest of the site visitor but it doesn't seem to be working out that way - at least not for the Adsense publishers who's postings I have seen - including mine!

There also doesn't seem to be a way to opt out of interest-based ads for the ads that are appearing on one's site.

There has also been talk of "ad blindness" meaning that visitors to Google Adsense ad sites are becoming more and more "blind" to the adsense ads that are appearing - meaning that they are not clicking on the ads.

I'm sure that there has got to be some kind of solution to this! I just haven't found out what it is yet - LOL!

Saturday, May 8, 2010 - The Adsense Site Will Be Down For Maintenance

Upon checking my adsense numbers today I saw that there was a message that the adsense site will be down for maintenance this upcoming Saturday, May 8, 2010. Here is the message as it appears:

"On 5/8/10, our engineers will be performing site maintenance from approximately 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM PDT."

Since I am on the East Coast that means (and I'm estimating here) that from 1pm - 5pm (my time) the Adsense site will be down.

Adsense assures its publishers that the site being down for maintenance will not affect their (our) adsense earnings and so far they have been right because I have not seen anything adverse happen as far as my adsense earnings go when the adsense site is down for maintenance.

So if you're adsense-addicted like me you're just going to have to find a way to get through those hours. I find that as the months go by I am getting better at this!

My Payment In Progress Has Been Received!

My "payment in progress" line has been received today!

That is good news because the wait over the weekend was agonizing!

It has been rumored that Adsense very rarely posts the "PIP" line on Mondays but I'm glad that it has been posted for today!

So I now have the "payment in progress" line on my Adsense account and hopefully I will be able to spend some of that Adsense $$$$$$ tomorrow! - Yay!

There Has Been A "Payment In Progress" Sighting!

Someone has posted that they have received their "PIP"! The person that posted is from the UK and they receive their Adsense payments by check!

Usually I don't see my "payment in progress" line until other people from the States start posting that they have already received theirs.

But this does give the rest of us hope that our "PIP's" will be showing up soon!

You Are Scheduled To Be Sent A Payment.....

This finally appeared on my Adsense account today!

I was getting kind of worried because today is the 22nd of the month and I know that the later I get the "You are scheduled to be sent a payment....." line, the later I will get my "payment in progress" line.

Since I'm just seeing this message today, I'm assuming that I won't be seeing a PIP line until AFTER the weekend - I'm sad to say!

But at least I know now that the "payment in progress" process has begun!

"You Are Scheduled To Be Sent A Payment" - NOT!

Well I was checking my adsense numbers for today and I noticed that I didn't see the "you are scheduled to be sent a payment" line yet today! This kind of makes me worried and sad because the later I see the above line on my adsense account then that means the later I will see the "payment in progress line.

I was wondering what the "odds" would be of actually getting the "PIP" line before the start of the weekend - but now it's not looking all that good!

The Adsense Site Will Be Down For Maintenance On Satuday April 10th, 2010!

Here is a quote from the Adsense site:

On 4/10/10, our engineers will be performing site maintenance from approximately 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM PDT

While this means that you won't be able to view your adsense earnings during the maintenance times, Adsense assures us that your Adsense earnings will be calculated as normal.

My Adsense Payment Has Arrived!

Well I'm happy to say that my "payment in progress" line was received! Actually I got the "PIP" line yesterday afternoon but the money became spendable today!

So now we can begin the waiting process (yet again) for April 2010!

Looks Like The Adsense "Payment In Progress" Is Going To Be Taking A While!

I have been browsing the Adsense-related sites now and I still haven't yet seen any postings relating to anyone getting a "PIP" in their Adsense accounts yet!

There was one post from someone who was also checking around to see if anyone else received their "payment in progress" line on their Adsense account - but so far no one has reported seeing it yet.

I'm remaining hopeful though because the day is not over yet and the Adsense "clocks" are three hours behind my own local time so it's still possible that my "PIP" line will show up for this month - March 2010!