Site Earning AdSense Income While Offline?

my website under construction

[dailypress]

I just noticed today that my website (which is currently under construction) generated such revenue:

Page Views:41
Clicks: 20
CTR: 48.78%
ePM: $5.57
Total Earning $0.23

The index page says: website under construction and displays no Google ads. I am assuming the clicks came from the cached pages or other links on various blogs such as : "www.example.com/Page5.htm"
I have not moved any pages off the server and only changed the main index page to "Under Construction"!

20 clicks for 23 cents?

Do you think I am receiving invalid clicks? Should I report that to Google before they ban my website?

[dailypress]

anyone with any ideas why 20 clicks generated only 23 cents?

[ken_b]

23 cents for 20 clicks is low, but not all that unusual.

[dailypress]

Again, I had one click this morning for 1 cent!
I think since the website is under construction and no links to other pages exist on my front page all ads have become useless.
It used to be over 6 cents on average! Once I launch the new design the earning will hopefully go back up again.

[mzanzig]

The index page says: website under construction and displays no Google ads. (...) I have not moved any pages off the server and only changed the main index page to "Under Construction"!

So the rest of the site has remained unchanged?

Is there a slight chance that you get traffic to "deep links" into your site, i.e. is there still anything that can be found through the blogs you mentioned, or natural SERPs? And are Adsense ads on these pages?

That would be my first guess.

As for the click value, well, I guess Google regards your visitors as "not too valuable". Also, just changing the homepage to "under construction" (ideally with a little man with a shovel) might get you some negative points when reviewed by a human.

OTOH, I don't think anyone at Google actually worries too much about $0.23 ;-)

[bwnbwn]

don't wporry about it won't take you but 444 days to get a check.

On the other hand if it goes up maybe I would make a call.

[dailypress]

Yes, that is what I also think is the issue. Adsense Ads are still on those pages. I'm not that worried either as long as Google's feelings arent hurt. Because I am almost done with the new design and I expect the CPC to go up again.

[loganz]

rule 1 of website redesign..

never ever put a "under construction page"

keep your old layout/design up until your new one is complete

create and test your new layout/design locally on your computer

[marc82]

i assume it's google cache. the low price is probably because of the location of the cache (some ip with strange path). i noticed the weirdest ads, when looking at my cached pages.

[MThiessen]

Be careful, I don't think underconstruction pages are allowed to have adsense.

But it is generating traffic do to cache or offline browsing. An offline browse of a downloaded site will still trigger the adsense java code, causing adsense to go online (if you are connected to the web).

I would take the code of the UC pages till they are completed. FYI..