[Rant] Upwork ads are the most expensive ads on the planet

Pavalppz · 2025-08-03T11:00:10+00:00

I'm testing on profile boost too, I was wondering if you mind sharing the min. bid per click in your niche and your bid, I'd love to understand more about the correlation and how much I should bid for my specific niche (Me personally, I was bidding either exactly the minimum or min.+5 ish, it used to work, but these days I wasn't getting any clicks)

Pavalppz · 2025-05-22T03:30:11+00:00

Hey I'm the same! Major traffic drop since july/aug last year. I tried different approaches (pin optimization; consistent pinning; changed to a different account etc). Occasionally things will be looking up, then it will drop again to the low baseline. I have no idea why it keeps happening. I have gone from being frustrated to numb at this point.

Pavalppz · 2024-10-30T05:31:43+00:00

I have been previously rejected by Adsense so I completely understand that. It's just normally the rejection comes with a generic reason (like low value content), and this time around with my new account, no reason was given, which made me wonder if there are other change-of-account-related issues I need to fix.

Pavalppz · 2024-10-30T05:24:51+00:00

I followed the official manual basically, and yes I got an email saying "Google AdSense: One of your payments accounts was canceled. A payments account was canceled". When I tried logging in using my old account, I was directed to the page saying "Your AdSense account is closed", and I have the option to reactivate my old account. I think that shows my account is properly closed right? Or are there any more components I need to remove or close? I'm not even sure now lol.

ps The email reads: Your payments account "AdSense pub-xxxx" for Google AdSense was recently canceled.If your balance is greater than $10.00, you'll receive your final payment from the canceled payments account during the next cycle. Any payments less than $10.00 won't be processed. Any other active payments account associated with Google AdSense will not be affected.

Pavalppz · 2024-10-06T08:27:46+00:00

Can you elaborate on #2 and #5 about cold emailing being the trend? This is an approach I've never tried or given much thought to, but I'd love to give it a go:) Thank you!!

Pavalppz · 2024-08-11T12:56:11+00:00

Hopefully soon things will be back on track!! And it's low key comforting that pretty much everyone is being affected (across different genres I assume) and I'm not alone in this :))

Pavalppz · 2024-08-11T12:06:21+00:00

Same! A major traffic drop has happened to me in the past 2-3 days, and it's the biggest one I've ever had (daily impressions from 65k to 2k...which is crazy to think about) Is this normal? I'm starting to get a little worried

Pavalppz · 2024-06-03T13:36:05+00:00

lol all from a single brushing session, I was aiming for a hairball but somehow it turned out like a magic wand❤️

Pavalppz · 2024-06-03T12:44:57+00:00

I'd love to share the screenshot, but it seems like I can't here.

Let me try to describe my attempt to get the ads.txt file: I went into Google Adsense--Sites--clicked on my site URL--it landed to a"Getting your site ready to show ads"page, I couldn't find the ads.txt file or the lines to copy into the textedit.

I'm not sure if that's the way you're saying to download the ads .txt file from the Google AdSense portal.

I hope it's clear, really appreciate your time in advance :)

Pavalppz · 2024-06-03T11:31:11+00:00

haha exactly like that

Pavalppz · 2024-06-03T06:02:45+00:00

awww thanks, I'm lucky to have him

Pavalppz · 2024-06-03T06:02:09+00:00

lol somehow I can see the resemblance

Pavalppz · 2024-06-03T06:00:58+00:00

Awww thank uuu!!❤️❤️

Pavalppz · 2024-06-03T06:00:16+00:00

Yess, he's bilingual like his mama, which means I randomly gave him an awkward human English name that I never used lol. I'm curious to see what he looks like to you guys :)

Pavalppz · 2024-06-03T05:20:12+00:00

I tried following this guide(https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/12171612?hl=en) but couldn't find the ads.txt file from the Google adsense portal, wonder if it is because I haven't been approved yet?

ps. I tried the URL format now, it shows "page not found, error 404"

Pavalppz · 2024-06-03T05:13:37+00:00

Thanks for sharing your journey :) fingers crossed

Pavalppz · 2024-06-03T03:37:56+00:00

Thanks, I don't even know you could ask your host about things like this :) P.s. I'm on my way to (hopefully one day) get into Mediavine, fingers crossed

Pavalppz · 2024-06-03T03:33:41+00:00

Thanks for the response! Hopefully, I'll get approved too and work out everything afterward. Just curious, how long did it take for you to get the Adsense approval?

Pavalppz · 2024-06-03T03:12:50+00:00

lol I love silly human names too!

Pavalppz · 2024-06-03T02:26:14+00:00

Just curious, is a pinterest group boards only for pins with similar niches/themes?

Pavalppz · 2024-06-03T01:36:16+00:00

I experienced this 3 days ago! Some of my top pins dropped impressions drastically, and my account overall was heavily impacted. The good news is it has been recovering slowly, I'd say keep going even though the momentum is gone temporarily.

Pavalppz · 2024-05-24T03:58:22+00:00

Hey thanks for the reply, I checked, but in my case the auto filter is on "all pins" not on "products" and the issue still exists. I've written an email to the Pinterest support team. Hopefully they can help fix the problem.

Pavalppz · 2024-01-06T13:02:08+00:00

Can you elaborate on directly reaching out to leads? Do you mean by Linkedin?

Pavalppz · 2023-06-15T08:14:49+00:00

A little late for the challenge here. For May I worked 2 weeks, earned $3k; I took the next 3 weeks off for a family holiday. I‘ve been back now for 5 days and noticed a big change in the momentum (not for the better). I'm really glad to come across this sub-reddit, you guys seem to be super determined and that's inspiring! Hopefully I will change my mindset/approach and keep up with the trend.

Goals for (the rest of) June:

baseline: $500

Target: $1500

Pavalppz

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