Earnings but NO clicks

adsense problem

[momisanin]

Last four days the following anomaly has occurred on the one of my web sites ... I have had NO clicks and 1 or even 6 cent earnings is displayed on 30% of the pages? Has anybody seen this problem before?

[edited by: mack at 2:42 am (utc) on July 17, 2006]
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[leadegroot]

I would expect that you are seeing site-targetted advertising.
To confirm, go to the Advanced reports, create a search for the time period and channels you are concerned about and select 'Show Data By' as Individual Ad Units.
Mark the 'Show data by targeting type - contextual or site' checkbox and hit 'display report'
If you are seeing site-targeted advertising, you will see some (or all) of these entries showing 'Site' under the 'Targetting' column.

[momisanin]

ladegroot, thank you for the answer. You were right!

Here is also an explanation from Google:

If you are seeing earnings without clicks, you are likely earning revenue from site-targeted advertising.

Site targeting allows advertisers to select individual sites or groups of sites on which they want their Google ads to run. Rather than bidding for these ads on a cost-per-click basis, advertisers bid to run on these sites on a cost-per-thousand-impression (CPM) basis.

If an advertiser bids to run ads on your site, it's because they've determined a match between what your users are interested in, and what they have to offer. Advertisers can create customized ads for the sites they select, so they can directly message your users in a highly targeted way.

CPC and CPM ads will directly compete to show on your pages, and we'll display whichever ad will generate the maximum revenue. Site targeting will work to your benefit, as more competition among ads means higher potential earnings for you.

[chocorol]

I had the same problem... and the same answer. Someone is targetting my site. Quite strange since I disabled the "Advertise on this site" long time ago.

[netmeg]

The "advertise on this site" thing being disabled is just for people targeting your site specifically, I think - you can still be picked up in a Content Network category if someone decides to site target a group of websites all at once.