I’ve noticed my adsense earnings have been horrible low for the last few weeks.  At first I attributed this to the ‘after holiday’ cool down that I assume many advertisers are going through.

But, after checking around I’ve noticed that this isn’t being reported consistently around the net.  In fact, some people are saying their adsense earning are normal, or even up.

Well, I checked my profile and noticed that my settings have changed in my adsense account, I changed them back and my earnings are starting to climb up again.

It seems, from doing a bit of research that Google periodically sets some users to use ‘Interest Based Ads’ even though they may have opted out in the past.

I’m not sure if this is a bug or not, probably is, but you need to check this on your profile page and set it back if your earnings are unusually low.

Try this for a week or two, and, if no improvement, set it back.

Here’s how to do it..

First go to your adsense account settings.

Once there, scroll down to ‘Interest Based Ads Preference’ and click on Edit.

Now, just change the settings and save.

To be honest I don’t remember what I had this originally set to, but once I changed it my earnings and clicks improved that very same day.

I suggest you try this for a week, and if no improvement, change it back.

Hope that helps!

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