How Can I Determine Which Page Ad was Clicked From?

[kensav]

Early this morning I had checked my stats and had 1 ad clicked and I've made $6.11 already. I'm using wordpress for my website and have ad block s inline on my articles that is duplicated across the whole site.

I can tell what ad block it was clicked from but is there any way I can tell what page it was clicked from?

That's a huge cpc that would be nice to take advantage of.

[elguapo]

Unless you use an external Adsense monitoring tool, there is no way at this point to tell exactly what page was clicked on. Today, I got a click for $11.54, but I know what page it was on because I created a channel for it. Try creating channels for your pages, or grouping them into topics so you can tell which topics are high paying or not.

[kensav]

But I use a blog or CMS for my websites. I just install the adsense code on to a template page and it renders each article based on the template.

Would I have to create a new channel for each page and manually add it to each post?

[rkhare]

1 ad clicked and I've made $6.11 already

lucky you, but dont worry, its once in a blue moon thing, next may be back to .05 :-(

any idea which tool is best for monitoring adsense?

[WallyWorld]

Could be you have more than one click earning that $6 but the click reporting is slower than the $ reporting. Happens often.

[kensav]

I doubt it Wally. I've seen the impressions go up for about 3 hours now and the clicks remained the same. It's a low traffic website now with less than 1000 uniques a day. Only makes me $1-$2 per day.

Funny thing is that I have another site with only a few 100 total visits per day and that make $5 a day average. Higher paying keywords I guess.

[jenkers]

could just be a stats delay - I'm seeing a huge shortfall in clicks today against impressions. This happens fairly often.

[humblebeginnings]

Darn! $ 6,11, possibly from one click?
I would say $ 6.11 from 10 clicks is already fine!
Best of luck!

[jomaxx]

I agree with jenkers - more likely a reporting glitch than a miracle click.

[elguapo]

It is possible that it is a reporting glitch, but ALSO possible that it is the real deal. Have you guys never seen high paying clicks? It's like saying that because there is no snow in the Philippines that snow does not exist :o)

[jenkers]

I believe I've seen a couple of $20 plus clicks in my time. But as I stated - I can see a big reporting delay today on my account. On accounts with low traffic these delays can be very significant. But - yes it could be a $6 plus click. If so - congrats but don't bank on it...

[jretzer]

I'm pretty sure that the earnings, clicks and impressions stats are not in sync. Its possible that the $6 click was actually several clicks, and that the earnings have updated, but not the clicks.

[kensav]

Well it's been 6 hours now and I have a total of 3 clicks for just under $7. The 1 click for $6.11 looks like it was real.

Is there any way with a blog site to track from what pages a ad gets clicked from? I suppose I could create a new channel for each of my 300 newest pages but WOW that's a lot of work.

[elguapo]

I'm pretty sure that the earnings, clicks and impressions stats are not in sync

I just find it fascinating that people are quick to dismiss sightings of high click rates and attribute to something else. Sure it can, but it can also be the real thing. You say things does not seem to be in sync today, I look at my websites and there's nothing extraordinary today in terms of delay. What you are seeing is not universal.

There are so many threads asking "what's the best paying keywords" etc. Aren't you guys interested in asking kensav what his keywords are? Or I suppose kensav's stickynotes is already overflowing with such questions :o) So kensav, spill the beans and let us know what is the topic of your blog?

[kensav]

Sure I don't care at all. It's not the obscure.

Send me a stick note and I'll give you a few topics about what the ad could have been. Not sure exactly which page it was clicked from.

[jretzer]

I'm not trying to discount the $6 click. I've had one of those myself (end of day on one website: 1 click, $8.00). But I have seen posts here on WebmasterWorld stating that the reports often are out of sync. People have written about end of day click or earnings dumps. I just got one myself: number of clicks didn't change, but the amount reported just doubled.

[elguapo]

One universal rule of Adsense: there's nothing universal about it.

While one may be experiencing stats delay, others are not. While one may be getting click dumps, others are not. While one's stats may not be in sync, others are not. While one's revenues or CTR or eCPM are plummeting, others are not. It is hard to make generalizations based on one's experience with the program -- amd immediately dismiss what others are saying they are seeing.

[jenkers]

There are also other universal rules - marginal utility, diminishing returns etc - in my own experience (for what its worth) chasing the big $$$ clicks tends to be counter-productive. Be happy that you got good $$ and carry on what you are doing.

My own experience also tells me that those really big $ click occur on very low traffic pages and even then it can be $$$$$ one click and pennies the next.

But in response to the original request - to keep completely within the TOC and if you aren't able to instigate click-tracking then channels are the way to go.

[kensav]

400 page website and I changed the ads on the top 200 and gave each page it's on channel. Now I'll be able to see what pages are the popular click thrus.

I'll report back in a few days to let everyone know if it was worth doing.

[blairsp]

to get back to your original question. I use an add free stats counter which shows (amongst other info) not only what page produced the click but also what domainthe click went to.

[21_blue]

Also to get back to the original question, URL channels would achieve the same end.