Does it affect adsense earnings? Do I need to install mod_cloudflare on my server?
EditorialGuy
4:12 am on Feb 24, 2017 (gmt 0)
Cloudflare has no effect on AdSense (at least in my experience), and you shouldn't need to install anything on the server.
jbayabas
4:19 am on Feb 24, 2017 (gmt 0)
Do I have to install mod_cloudflare?
Cloudfare has this **Notes:** We would also strongly recommend installing mod_cloudflare so original visitor IP is passed back to your server logs.
Is mod_cloudflare necessary?
leebow
7:49 am on Feb 24, 2017 (gmt 0)
I had to have my hosting company install mod_cloudflare - as all my logs were just showing same IP addresses visiting my sites.
Once mod_cloudflare was installed - correct user IP addresses were coming in again.
I wanted to make sure adsense was seeing all the IPs and not just thinking same IPs were clicking the ads.
jbayabas
11:51 am on Feb 24, 2017 (gmt 0)
I don't think that's how it works. Without mod_cloudflare, only the server log is seeing the same ip. But Adsense is still seeing different ips. That's why mod_cloudflare is not necessary. Am I correct?
Anyone using cloudflare without mod_cloudflare installed?
bhukkel
12:23 pm on Feb 24, 2017 (gmt 0)
mod_cloudflare is not necessary for Adsense, it only rewrites the local apache logs with the right IP addresses. Adsense always sees the customer IP.
jbayabas
12:27 pm on Feb 24, 2017 (gmt 0)
Thank you!
itek
4:16 pm on Mar 19, 2017 (gmt 0)
I was using cloud flare for about 6 months. The past month I noticed irrelevant ads and numerous blanks spaces. I have since disabled Cloudflare and jumped back on original nameservers. My CTR is up 300% since getting rid of this CDN
