Most of the wealthiest people on the earth started out in rags (unless they were born into a wealthy family...rare!) All gold-winning athletes were clumsy and awkward to begin with. Your feelings are very natural. You are cut out for this. It takes being persistent...an attribute of success...Keep going. It may take time, probably will...but you will get it sorted. Yes, like one of the posters said below...we're all in this together with the same concerns and difficulties. Rooting for you!

How long have the sites been up? Where are your articles at? How are the rankings? What's the search volume look like?
Your rant is in a good place, we're all here for the same thing, and here to help.

Need input on the sites or articles? PM me.

Keep going. Here's why you're already nearly there.
http://www.youtube.com/user/InternetMarketingMBA

I have also done 2 websites, and have 43 articles here and 6 and ezines and click through rate like you said is like real sad...I think that we have to wait and see what is going on with google and we don't get very many people here saying what they have made lately and also not very many success post either. But, I am not going to coat this over with chocolate. I am frustrated too. But, what else can we do but keep at it or we will never know.

Like Joan said we are feeling a slump from the Google changes. But I want to encourage you to press forward. To stay at the wheel and build an IM business that fulfills your original goals. Set backs are required before we can have a great come back!

Hi Evelina. The abysmal click through rate could possibly have something to do with the Google Panda algorithm, and where you have submitted those articles. Are you referring to "views" or "click throughs" to your site? SA is getting better results than the other directories right now. I feel confident the others will return, however. I'm happy to help if I can. Just PM me with a link to a couple of your articles. Two heads are better than one. Let's figure it out.

Think you're being a bit hard on yourself. Hopefully your forum post will attract some useful feedback. Sometimes admitting you don't have all the answers is the first step to getting those answers. I'm sure there are experienced IMers here who can lend a hand. Best Wishes, JR