parking question

[chrisofmel]

i noticed a few names i have parked where to ctr has dropped to zero like this name here مكياج.com arabic meaning makeup. was making $4 - $8 a month. traffic is on a uptrend but zero ctr, any ideas whats up? thanks


March 2012 US$ 0.00 396 0 % 0.00 US$ 0.00 US$ 0.00
February 2012 US$ 0.00 540 1 % 0.19 US$ 0.00 US$ 0.00
January 2012 US$ 1.11 540 55 % 10.19 US$ 0.02 US$ 2.05
December 2011 US$ 4.59 461 106 % 22.99 US$ 0.04 US$ 9.97
November 2011 US$ 8.29 417 102 % 24.46 US$ 0.08 US$ 19.87
October 2011 US$ 7.56 323 122 % 37.77 US$ 0.06 US$ 23.40
September 2011 US$ 5.54 354 113 % 31.92 US$ 0.05 US$ 15.65
August 2011 US$ 3.22 246 91 % 36.99 US$ 0.04 US$ 13.08
July 2011 US$ 4.04 295 78 % 26.44 US$ 0.05 US$ 13.69
June 2011 US$ 4.09 285 78 % 27.37 US$ 0.05 US$ 14.

[squirrel]

Perhaps the ad inventory dried out

[chrisofmel]

Perhaps the ad inventory dried out

seems that could be the correct, how would someone verify?

[squirrel]

I can't tell you how the ads look like on your parked page when viewed from the Middle east, however I checked the adwords inventory and they have 3 ads competing for the keyword in Saudi Arabia. If your parking company has the Adsense for search feed, perhaps using a 2 click lander would help ?

FYI and for future reference, that's what I did:
1) checked for likely source of traffic using Google insights [http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=%20%D9%85%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AC&cmpt=q] (Libya and SA in the lead, I picked SA for step 2)
2) Used the Preview tool [ https://adwords.google.com/select/AdTargetingPreviewTool ] to check for ads. I used Saudi Arabia as the locale, google.com as the domain and arabic for the language.

The 3 ads were
ضعي المكياج بطريقة سريعة
www.soqareej.com/
أسلوب مبتكر لوضع المكياج راقي بطريقة سريعة وبثبات أكبر من المعتاد
المكياج خطوة بخطوة
www.evearabia.com/
موضوعات يومية خاصة بالمكياج إطلالتك أحلي مع ايف ارابيا
رجيم صحي سريع|3كيلوباسبوع
www.rjeemcom.com/
بدون رياضة وبالرياضة انت أجمل، برنامج غذائي + تمارين سويدية منزلية

If you want more info you may want to speak to your parking co or perhaps some of the ASCII heads who have more experience in parking.

good luck

[Rubber Duck]

We are seeing unprecedented levels of Type In from Saudi.

This could be having an impact.

[Fka200]

We are seeing unprecedented levels of Type In from Saudi.

This could be having an impact.

Saudi traffic is a bit hard to gauge only because MANY people use Saudi proxies in the Middle East. The proxies are always 'on' so they can browse the sites they want which skew stats a lot. I still think there is a high level of type-in, but all cannot be attributed to just the Saudi's.

[Rubber Duck]

Saudi traffic is a bit hard to gauge only because MANY people use Saudi proxies in the Middle East. The proxies are always 'on' so they can browse the sites they want which skew stats a lot. I still think there is a high level of type-in, but all cannot be attributed to just the Saudi's.

Kinda of makes no difference to this argument. Traffic from a Saudi Proxy will trigger ads aimed at the Saudi Market.

[Rubber Duck]

Furthermore, you are implying that populations that barely have any ability to use IDN directly are typing in on an industrial scale through proxies. Makes no sense to me. Sorry. Yes, a small bleed perhaps, but I don't buy a defacto monopoly.

Saudi traffic is a bit hard to gauge only because MANY people use Saudi proxies in the Middle East. The proxies are always 'on' so they can browse the sites they want which skew stats a lot. I still think there is a high level of type-in, but all cannot be attributed to just the Saudi's.

[bumblebee man]

Is there less censorship in Saudi Arabia compared to other Arab countries?

[Fka200]

Is there less censorship in Saudi Arabia compared to other Arab countries?

I used to ask this same question. During my stay at various Middle Eastern countries, at times I was forced to use Saudi proxies as well to browse certain sites. I know UAE just went on a banning spree just recently.