I just noticed recently that my adsense earnings keep dropping even do traffic of my sites is increasing and click also increase.
Does our earnings or online ads business affected by the global crisis we are experiencing right now?
Does the crisis affect Online Business?
What are you thoughts? And your strategy or plan to maintain your current online business.

Here are some quotes for the Forbes article
“The days of Google’s blockbuster advertising business being shielded from the economic winds of change are probably coming to an end. “After starting the year with Google in both January and April stating that it wasn’t feeling any macro effects, the picture has clearly changed. The question is, To what degree?” Barclays Capital analyst Douglas Anmuth wrote in a research note.

Google is also famous for not providing financial guidance, but Anmuth said this could change as well. “We think investors need more clarity during this less certain period,” he wrote.

In addition to the economy, Anmuth said, Google is becoming a mature company and sees a slowdown in growth. “Google’s growth over the last few years has been helped by toolbar distribution deals, affiliate partnerships and new advertiser dollars moving over to search, especially from traditional retailers,” he wrote. “With fewer partnerships and overall query growth moderating, Google is seeing a more natural slowdown in its business.”

The rest can be read here http://www.forbes.com/2008/10/14/eba…rss_popstories