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I am not clicking on it myself, well I did once just for a test so I could see if it would show up in my reports.
I know it takes a while to update the reports, and when it finally updated, it said I had 0 clicks, but 28 views. How can this be?
And I searched and am so confused about the pay rate, how is it determined? I know it varies but based on what factor?
And I apologize for all the questions, but I attempt to use Google "Search for Content", but when I made a query, it popped up with results, but guess what, No ads to click on!
Again, not trying to scam Google, I am just trying to understand how this all works.
Regards,
Robert.
BTW, Welcome!
Thanks for the welcome.
NEVER EVER CLICK ADSENSE AT YOUR OWN SITE! (even for the purpose of testing your own site)
Please be honest with yourself and come out clean by refunding the money back to the poor advertisers that have to pay you, because you wanted to do some testing on your own site.
Welcome to Adsense and I hope you will make lotsa money!
... and welcome to WW :) $1.30 for 3 clicks is very nice, congrats! sometimes, the first clicks are always high revenue, it may drop down some days, and go up others. expect a LOT of variation on small daily earnings.
$1.30 for 3 clicks is very nice, congrats!
... and it may be the last that you see when Google senses that you have clicked on the ads yourself despite all the warnings. I would write to them to apologise immediately.
And I searched and am so confused about the pay rate, how is it determined? I know it varies but based on what factor?
What you get paid per click depends on many factors including how much advertisers are bidding currently, and how well the clicks convert for the advertisers.
It also depends on what ads are clicked, and what you get paid per click may vary throughout the day depending on time of click, location of visitor in respect to advertiser.
You will soon realise you can't control any of this, and settle back and enjoy the Adsense roller coaster!
There are some things you can control though. Placement of banners, and colour scheme of banners can make dramatic changes. Too many ad blocks on a page might give you lower earnings than one block would, and having banners on pages where they simply don't work can also lead to lowering of potential income.
You might also consider the ads you see on your site. MFA's (made for adsense - a term you will hear a lot round here) many feel are not good earners, and block the appearance of genuine ads that pay better and a lot of people block them for that reason. Be careful with ad blocking though - it can cause you to lose money. There are a lot of threads about this, and it's discussed on a regular basis.
You will find out how any of the above affect your earnings by experimentation. Try and make your experiments logical to see if they work! Measure the statistics before and after changes, and put a channel on each of yout banners to track accurately what is happening.
Have fun, and don't click the ads yourself :)
imho best thing to do is add quality content atleast 3 times a week and promote promote, and add more content. Another cool thing to do is contact a non profit in your niche and see if you can assist them, not only will it make you feel good inside it will help your traffic in the long run also.
I am no expert at adsense or SEO but I do know good deeds are rewarded when you arent looking for a roi in the first place.
peace and good luck
Steve
