For what does Google Adsense pay?

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[NewOne]

For what does Google Adsense pay? I have heard that google pays just for the clicks on their ads but not for the impressions? Am I right? Please answer everyone who know.
Thanks.

[david_uk]

Both - ish (sort of).

Most of the ads we see on our sites pay per click. You can have 4,000,000 impressions, but unless you get some clicks you don't get any money.

There are cpm ads that have been added to the range available to advertisers fairly recently. Here, you will get paid whatever Google decides per 1000 impressions.

So a mixture of both, but most of the ads pay per click.

[bhartzer]

Yes, they pay for clicks--not impressions.

[Iwrite]

I just queried this with them and understand it to be just clicks.

[Zygoot]

Mostly clicks but also for impressions (with CPM campaigns.)