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getting adsense clicks but no cash.

by ragnartm
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My adsense account shows some clicks to my ad (at a mad clickthrough rate) but sadly.. I don't get any money for it, my account balance is 0.00 and the clicks doesn't increase it at all... What the... Anyone have any idea why?
#adsense #cash #clicks
  • Profile picture of the author Steve Faber
    They are probably what G has determined as click fraud or other types of invalid clicks, so you won't be paid for them. Another possibility is that you're using link units and people are clicking on the link, but then not clicking on an ad when they are taken to the ad pages.
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  • Profile picture of the author mathiasc
    Yup! most probably a click fraud caused this.
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  • Profile picture of the author ragnartm
    click fraud? How come? Google are telling me the visitors they are sending me are not up to their standards? Wow that's ridiculous.
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  • Profile picture of the author AlbertF
    Did you click it? It must be some specific reason as to why Google isn't pay up for the earnings.
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    • Profile picture of the author ragnartm
      Originally Posted by AlbertF View Post

      Did you click it? It must be some specific reason as to why Google isn't pay up for the earnings.
      Nope I did not.
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  • Profile picture of the author Steve Faber
    click fraud means G thinks that someone clicked the ad that wasn't a legitimate visitor. They have alogs that can determine this from things such as behavior after the click. For example, if the ad was clicked by a script or if someone clicked on the ad and immediately clicked away from the landing page.
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  • Profile picture of the author kentaiwan98
    This is one of the big problems with Adsense. Google will always look after advertisers interests first, so suspicious clicks will be filtered out. Of course, Google gets to determine what are suspicious clicks.

    That is why I think Adsense is a poor choice, for blogs and sites with low traffic.

    Surprise surprise, Google's index doesn't index that article properly... Google! Whatever!
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    • Profile picture of the author Stephen Crooks
      Of course they are going to look after the advertisers interests, this is the whole point of it! The advertisers don't pay money out just so that you can get paid, they want to have a return on their investment. If they are not getting that via click fraud then the whole system collapses and everybody loses. It isn't the biggest problem with Adsense, it is the best thing that they do!


      Originally Posted by kentaiwan98 View Post

      This is one of the big problems with Adsense. Google will always look after advertisers interests first, so suspicious clicks (my site) will be filtered out. Of course, Google gets to determine what are suspicious clicks.

      That is why I think Adsense is a poor choice (my site), for blogs and sites with low traffic.

      Surprise surprise, Google's index doesn't index that article properly... Google! Whatever!
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  • Profile picture of the author Brawnydt
    Um, it might not necessarily be click fraud... you could also have turned on your "allowed sites" feature under "adsense setup" and not added the URL of one of your adsense sites. The same kind of thing would happen if you did that.
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  • Profile picture of the author sandraartox
    never had this problem before... I think may be Google filter the clicks? Or the money just too less to show?
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  • Profile picture of the author DeanJames
    1) It could be that Google deems those clicks to be 'classed' as invalid according to the algorithm they have in place.
    2) It could be, as Brawnydt, has pointed out - that you are using the allowed sites feature and haven't included that url or have done a typo when entering it.
    3) It could be a reporting error, which sometimes happens.

    Where is your traffic coming from?

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