barryc No problem at all I would be delighted to help.
The good news is that while I can understand why you feel your core web vitals are bad what is happening is that Google doesn't have enough data about your site and so this is why the FID is not showing. We usually find that once the scores move from question marks to number scores then the FID will be green and the other scores will move up slightly as well.
In terms of the steps to take the main issues with your CWV is that the Ezoic cache isn't hitting. Are you manually clearing your cache regularly? Do you have the CDN manager set up?
I noticed that you don't have the AI placeholders switched on for mobile - did you find that they didn't understand your site?
In terms of monetization these are the steps that I would recommend that you take:
1)
Start to use NicheIQ topics. Topics are evergreen keywords that are linked to your domain niche. It saves you hours of work doing keyword research. Alongside this these keywords are within reach for your site and are updated weekly so as your site grows so does the difficulty and traffic levels. We have a challenge going around NicheIQ topics in community here: https://community.ezoic.com/d/3008-nicheiq-topics-challenge
2) I would recommend creating your own videos using Flickify. As you create videos Flickify will automatically add the videos into Humix for other Publishers to use and then add them to the page on your site that they were created from.
3) This article can really help you to increase your EPMV https://community.ezoic.com/d/3338-how-can-i-increase-my-epmv
4) Set up the responsive ad placeholders https://community.ezoic.com/d/4157-how-to-set-up-responsive-ad-placeholders
5) Check that your consent management app is set up with Ezoic and complies to all GDPR and CCPA legislation.