200% adsense CTR...

SladeK · 12-21-2009, 02:49 PM

Today I woke to find one of my sites had one page impression and two clicks. Awesome right? I thought so, but of course I am always freaked out by the fact that Google might find that suspicious so I didn't make too much of it..

About an hour later that same site had one more visit and 2 more clicks, so now it is sitting at 2 impressions and 4 clicks... 200% CTR

Any idea if I should be concerned with Google finding this suspicious and killing my account without notice?

Vexo · 12-21-2009, 02:58 PM

Dont think they would do anything, maybe if it happens regularly they would check it out. Probably sombody that opned your adds in different tabs

HCLee · 12-21-2009, 04:46 PM

I think that's because your clicks are transferred to your stats approx. every hour while the impressions every 4-5 hours. Therefore the number of clicks shown in your stats may temporarily exceed that of the impressions and the CTR may be > 100%.

Lucid · 12-21-2009, 05:56 PM

HCLee is right. Although in some cases, it stays at 200%. I've even been able to duplicate this and the data still shows two clicks, one impression months later.

Glassjaw009 · 12-22-2009, 01:28 AM

Google wants to keep their most profitable publishers around at all costs. Yes, they can be ban happy, but they're not going to ban you unless you truly do something against the TOS. If you didn't, odds are you're probably safe. They know that sometimes people are going to click on multiple ads and they've calculated that and taken it into effect.

However, it might trigger a manual review, in which case you can get banned for going against their TOS in your layout, but just having that high of a clickthrough rate shouldn't get you banned. Cheers!

12-21-2009, 02:49 PM	#1
SladeK HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 141 Thanks: 30 Thanked 8 Times in 7 Posts	200% adsense CTR... Today I woke to find one of my sites had one page impression and two clicks. Awesome right? I thought so, but of course I am always freaked out by the fact that Google might find that suspicious so I didn't make too much of it.. About an hour later that same site had one more visit and 2 more clicks, so now it is sitting at 2 impressions and 4 clicks... 200% CTR Any idea if I should be concerned with Google finding this suspicious and killing my account without notice?

12-21-2009, 02:58 PM	#2
Vexo HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 102 Thanks: 0 Thanked 9 Times in 6 Posts	Re: 200% adsense CTR... Dont think they would do anything, maybe if it happens regularly they would check it out. Probably sombody that opned your adds in different tabs

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HCLee HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 490 Thanks: 0 Thanked 25 Times in 23 Posts	Re: 200% adsense CTR... I think that's because your clicks are transferred to your stats approx. every hour while the impressions every 4-5 hours. Therefore the number of clicks shown in your stats may temporarily exceed that of the impressions and the CTR may be > 100%.
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Lucid Senior Warrior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 1,142 Thanks: 11 Thanked 128 Times in 120 Posts	Re: 200% adsense CTR... HCLee is right. Although in some cases, it stays at 200%. I've even been able to duplicate this and the data still shows two clicks, one impression months later.
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12-22-2009, 01:28 AM	#5
Glassjaw009 HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 232 Thanks: 3 Thanked 42 Times in 38 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: 200% adsense CTR... Google wants to keep their most profitable publishers around at all costs. Yes, they can be ban happy, but they're not going to ban you unless you truly do something against the TOS. If you didn't, odds are you're probably safe. They know that sometimes people are going to click on multiple ads and they've calculated that and taken it into effect. However, it might trigger a manual review, in which case you can get banned for going against their TOS in your layout, but just having that high of a clickthrough rate shouldn't get you banned. Cheers!