@gatormark
Generating legitimate interest from Facebook or any other source should be allowed.
It certainly is, otherwise there would be a clause in policies prohibiting it. But at the same time, it is somewhat difficult for AdSense to differentiate between legitimate and purchased traffic be it through FB ad buys or other nefarious means such as fake accounts.
In most cases it’s not arbitrage since Facebook advertising is more costly than what one can ever expect to earn in ad clicks from that traffic.
As would be expected in properly functioning market.
Probably should pay more attention too, as that CTR was around 2% :/
Imp, Clicks, RPM, Viewable, Rev
913 11 $8.43 61.26% $7.70
941 22 $8.01 57.97% $7.54
Yes sorry, I was a bit hasty:
22/941 = 0.02
I publish content and share it on my social streams no differently then how a news site does.
And after we do a trending FB post...
Excuse me if I misinterpreted your post, but I understood your statement to mean that you are able, at will, to get you posts to trend. Which within the context of FB means that you are paying to promote your posts. Thus generating traffic through means that are not organic.
If this is not the case then great. However, the general context of what I describe remains valid but does not apply to you directly.
But what does apply is:
CTR before = 941/22 = 2%
CTR trending = 1,958 / 23 = 1%
Your CTR dropped by half, suggesting that the users that are coming from FB are not clicking on ads. This is likely a combination of two factors, FB user's are less engaged than user's coming from search, and given the first point and the indirect result of my previous post, advertisers are reluctant to pay for FB traffic, thus less demand and lower prices.
The bottom line remains that there is no AdSense thievery.
If you feel strongly that AdSense is engaging in illegal practices (theft, fraud, collusion), then you should really consider using another ad network, one that you can trust.
