Just had a thought about Adsense and my hubpages.
I have 8 published hubs and let's say I have a 12% CTR (click thru rate).
That's 1 click out of 8 views. What if 4 visitors out of the 8 had clicked on an ad. That would have been 50% CTR!
How likely would I be banned from the google adsense program? If this was a normal website with 8 pages and it received 10 to 40% CTR, and if I were google, I'd be very suspicious.
This is a scary thought.
I guess everybody who's been with AdSense for a while can remember a CTR of 100% and even 400%. It happens sometimes, but not often. I believe Google estimates CTR on a monthly basis or so, but it's next to impossible to have a consistent CTR of even 20%. The average at Hubpages is about 2 to 5% in my experience, so there's nothing to worry about.
Google have many means of determining click fraud. A high CTR alone would not be the sole factor.
I doubt you could get consistently high CTR, higher than say 10%, from hub pages on a regular basis. If you do, then yes, it will probably trigger some checks and like darkside said, they could be investigating. If they find out it's something like you having a link somewhere asking your friends and family to visit and click the ads, they will ban you. They just need to suspect as much, that's all, looking at the click-through patterns.
Don't worry about that. The Adsense Team knows how to recognize click fraud these days. Legit CTR's can be "sky high" and nothing happens except a larger paycheck
I don't think that will matter, because google has many methods of determining click fraud with cookies, ip address, etc.
by rancidTaste8 years ago
How does Google AdSense pay for page impression? I amn't clear about that and so I ask it? Would you please help about that?Thanks
by squid-janices73 years ago
So I've been a Hubpage and Squidoo writer for the past 5 years. Recently, my 185 Squidoo hubs were transferred over to Hubpages and to start earning money, I applied for the Google adsense program about 2 weeks...
by Jesse Helton4 years ago
I've applied 3 times and I'm still not accepted. I really like hubpages and I don't want to switch to another platform. I put a ton of effort into my hubs and really hope someone can help me out. Any suggestions?...
by Susannah Birch7 years ago
I don't know if this is workable or not, it's just a suggestion.However I was just reading a thread about hubbers "rewarding" other hubbers by clicking their adverts. My suggestion: Since we cannot see Kontera...
by Pandoras Box7 years ago
Why am I not getting this? What do I need to do?I click on content and see no place for adsense. No button in the left sidebar or anywhere else.Are my adsense and analytics not 'linked'? I mean they are, near as I can...
by Dorsi Diaz8 years ago
Something just occured to me, not only are we writers here but we are ALSO CONSUMERS. I see nothing wrong with clicking on a fellow hubbers google ad if it's something we are interested in. I am getting the feeling that...
Copyright © 2018 HubPages Inc. and respective owners.
Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners.
HubPages® is a registered Service Mark of HubPages, Inc.
HubPages and Hubbers (authors) may earn revenue on this page based on affiliate relationships and advertisements with partners including Amazon, Google, and others.
terms of use privacy policy (0.15 sec)