Twice now I have logged into my account and seen my earnings increase and then return to see that a click has been subtracted by Google, this happened this evening and last night?
This happen to anyone else? I'm worried someone on Hubpages might be deliberately clicking my ads, although its not a massive amount of clicks, I only average about 27 clicks a day so I'm probably just paranoid.
I was worried someone is angry at me because I said I disliked another website lol
Tracking clicks on web pages is a rather inexact science. Most clicks will initially be counted. However, Google and most affiliate networks have sophisticated software to determine whether a human being actually clicked on a web page button, and not some automated spam bot or something.
After the software reviews the source, only those clicks that have a high degree of certainty are counted. This is why some clicks are taken back sometime later.
OK thanks, just never happened two days in a row to me before!
by badcompany99 16 years ago
This morning I checked my google account and for some reason it was totally crazy yesterday. It was way over 11 percent click rate and had 90 clicks that paid nothing. So I am worried what google will do as they may think it looks dodgy. Anyone ever have that happen to them as I have had adsense a...
by Glenn Stok 3 years ago
Amazon used to account for half my earnings on HubPages with sales happening every day. Now for the past five days (July 28 – Aug 1) I had zero sales. I’m still getting Google traffic to my articles that have Amazon capsules and Amazon text links. So I’m wondering what changed. Hopefully the HP...
by James Nelmondo 14 years ago
One of my hubs has an absolutely ridiculous CTR, today it has 5 views and 4 clicks!(it happens frequently for this specific hub) I suspect that someone is deliberately trying to get that specific hub flagged, and compromise my account.This issue is related to a specific hub only. Should I contact...
by Happy Human 14 years ago
Has anyone else had this problem by any chance? I have not had any Google earnings for 4 days in a row which is unheard of.Even on my worst days I will get at least .01.The clicks are there, I can access my Google adsense account, I haven't gotten any kind of notification - but not a penny in...
by John Coviello 10 years ago
What Happened To Google AdSense Earnings?I have seen my Google AdSense Earnings drop off a cliff, while my Hub views have been unchanged and up nicely at times. What happened to Google AdSense Earnings? Did they change their policies? Back to only clicks earnings money, rather...
by Oyewole Folarin 14 years ago
One of my friend check his google adsense account and found out that there was no click, but to his surprise he is making 1 cent. Why so?
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