Real earnings case study

I left AdSense for Journey

Real figures from 12 finalized dates. Photos are illustrative.

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The cutover

Journey went live August 3

AdSense programmatic code came off and Journey became the active network.

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Before the switch

AdSense: $8.11 in 7 days

The clean GA4-linked baseline averaged about $1.16 per day.

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After the switch

Journey: $1.76 across 12 dates

About $0.15 per date; the August 3 launch date may be partial.

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Independent control

Traffic did not collapse

GA4 recorded 14,793 sessions and 22,053 pageviews from August 4–15.

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The honest gap

The per-date average is about 87% lower

Directional only: launch day may be partial, and the windows differ.

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One hopeful signal

The latest 3 days improved

They earned $0.97 versus $0.11 in the first three reported dates.

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Still unresolved

Journey traffic is not imported

The portal shows zero traffic while GA4 sees visitors, so its RPM is not usable yet.

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Before you switch

Export, audit, budget, verify

Save baselines, check every template, verify one tag and plan for Net 65.

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