I clicked my add

This is a "stupid firefox" variation

[fischermx]

In IE, you can select the text of an add, then release the mouse outside, then go right-click and copy the text of the ad.
In Firefox, doing the same operation leaded to a darn click!, yickes!, first time this happens to me.
I have no idea why Firefox takes it as a click, it is even against the basics of Windows UI, if you release the mouse button outside the object, the click should not count! Who programmed this so!? damn.

[perldiver]

The safe way to do this in both FF and MSIE is, without marking text, right-click on the link and select "Properties".

[ann]

better yet, pick up the adsense view tool.

[fischermx]

I found a very interesting thing. The accidental click happens in a very low CTR channel with barely a few clicks.
I see my stats now and I have one click more, I guess mine, but the earnings are the same. I see the stats in the first page and also the advanced reports and both are the same, one click more, same earnings.

Has Google finally setup a way to automatically discount self, accidental clicks?

I already sent an email reporting this accident, but I have not even received the automated response that happens when the ticket is assigned, so I doubt this is human intervention.

[perldiver]

Ann: The Preview Tool does not work if you need to see the real URL of a CPM ad.