Concerned about big Jump in CTR

gone to 10% today off only 400 impressions so far

[hughie]

Hi There

been running Adsense just under two months now and today my CTR has jumped to 10% with 43 clicks off 394 impressions, my usual rate is down around 2.5-3% on the 8-9000 impressions mark.

Should i send a query to google in case someone is trying to get me banned or does this thing happen every now and then.

Cheers,
hughie

[oddsod]

It happens quite often. Get concerned if your CTR at the end of the day is very unusually high.

[moneyraker]

It happens to me too once in a while. I sometimes start the day with 7% CTR and end up at 3% by the end of the day. Maybe just a delay in the impressions stats.

[hughie]

will see how things go, cheers for that.

After reading about people getting banned on here a week or so ago, i want to stay one step ahead and make sure i ask the question of google before they come and ask me!

Ta,
hughie

[Chris_H]

Mine took a massive jump today too, at around mid-day (UK) from the usual 5% to 20%! First time I've seen this kind of jump in over 2 years of using Adsense.

First thing I did - check my logs for unusual entries. Nothing unusual was found, so I too will have a look at the end of the day.

[altyfc]

400 impressions is far too small a sample to draw any conclusions.

Aaron

[hughie]

it's settling down to around 4% off 3500 impressions now.

Looks to me like one or two people had a bit of a click-fest on the adverts early on and then it's been back to normal since then.

ta for the advice
Hughie

[Freedom]

Actually, I am convinced the impressions do not update at the same time as the clicks, thereby skewing the CTR.

Happens to me all the time. Don't sweat it.

[arifagic]

some advice for you, you should get a adsense tracking php / mysql script very usefull, you se witch ads are beeing clicked on etc.. + you se the IP off users that click them.. Witch is great to detect if some one is trying to get you banned!

my 0.2 cents!