Piracy is definitely affecting us but I think what hurt me the most was changes by Google. Surprisingly after compiling my stats I found it wasn't as bad as I thought.
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2007 - 1:1,300
2008 - 1:1,300
2009 - 1:1,800
2010 - 1:1,800
2011 - (1:2,283)
2012 - (1:3,283)
2013 - (1:2,661)
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https://gfy.com/showthread.php?t=1108462
But I think Jel had a bigger spread whereas my ratios were comparatively shitty even back in 2007 when his were much better.
I'm convinced that CCBill has been batching some affiliate credits for transactions for many months. The patterns are just crazy. I don't know why or what exactly is going on but it's weird to have these lulls and then sudden surges in sales. So unless you are doing extreme volume I wouldn't put much stock in weekly or even monthly numbers as an affiliate since something seems to be going on.