Adsense reports and actual payment amounts?

[xuron]

Ok I am a new publisher and started adsense last month, well I earned like $545 or so, and on the payments for july it is showing $334, so I am furious... I hope this is not correct and $200 didn't dissappear or am I doing the reports wrong?

[miguelito]

who can say, i once ticked the overall report box and one of my channels at the same time and it added $ 300 to my total...i was real happy until i realised my mistake ;)

[John Carpenter]

It could also be invalid clicks deducted subsequently.

[europeforvisitors]

It could also be invalid clicks deducted subsequently.

I once had a large sum deducted from my reported earnings at payment time for that reason. (I knew it was because of invalid clicks because I'd reported the clickbot attack a few weeks earlier.)

I do wish AdSense would correct the earnings report (not just the payment amount) when earnings from invalid clicks are deducted, just to allow accurate month-to-month comparisons of earnings.

[John Carpenter]

Yup, well, Xuron, if I were you, I'd definitely email AdSense support and ask them if there's something wrong. BTW, they won't reply today because it's weekend, so don't go crazy.