bumpski - 10:53 am on Jul 19, 2005 (gmt 0)

The Reverse Scenario

I work mostly in the morning on the East Coast USA, so it's very early Google time.
No matter how hard I try, every once in a while, I accidentally click on one of my own Adsense ads (Sorry Google and advertisers, I'm one too).
I usually go and immediately check my stats (early in the mornin). Invariably there is a click with no payment, so I don't feel too bad. Adsense reporting says; same IP in reporting as used to click through, no money for him! (Of course this is a different topic, lack of payment for same IP, many use the same IP! This could be a place where a static IP at home could be a good idea).
So Adsense is definitely detecting clicking of ads by the individual monitoring Adsense statistics. (You might not want to check so often!)

I, like many here, am assigned many IP addesses by my ISP. I know this is unlikely, but what happens if I inherit a new IP that coincidentally someone used to click heavily on one of my website's ads, then go check my adsense stats? Do all those clicks get dumped? Could I be penalized, or booted? I know internationally this can be a big issue where entire towns use one IP address!

Google probably allows for one occurence and doesn't penalize, because they understand how the Internet Protocol and IP address assignment works, I would hope?