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Why would my Adsense $ jump 15x on one day without a traffic increase?

domino66

10:45 pm on Apr 23, 2015 (gmt 0)

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My site usually generates ~5 Adsense clicks for around $3 in commissions each day, #'s that have held steady for at least 6 months with very little variation. But last week I checked my report, and saw that on two consecutive days, my daily revenue was $31 and $18 (with 76, and 45 daily click-throughs respectively.)

What I can't explain, though, is that there was absolutely NO increase to my site's traffic. IOW, it was exactly the same # of visitors who just happened(?) to generate 76 click-throughs instead of 5? Doesn't seem to make any sense to me.

Anyway, I just want to know what might have caused this? Obviously has to be a script of some sort...and I've heard that sometimes competitors will sabotage their rivals sites with auto-clicking scripts to get them booted from Adsense, but I really doubt that's the case with my site. Regardless, I haven't heard a peep from Google about it, and now my Adsense #'s are back to their regular 5 click-throughs / $3 / day.

But anyone know what could account for those two super-high days?

ken_b

11:02 pm on Apr 23, 2015 (gmt 0)

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There was a recent problem like that, here's Googles response. Might be your issue.

Google's reply for the April 19/20 Click Bombing [webmasterworld.com]

domino66

11:11 pm on Apr 23, 2015 (gmt 0)

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Yup, that looks like it. Thx!

IanCP

9:18 pm on Apr 24, 2015 (gmt 0)

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I'm still experiencing a similar unbelievable situation.

Therefore to me?

Google's daily AdSense reports are purely nonsensical fantasy, and something they have lost all control over.

I'll now ignore everything, wait for finalised earnings, and treat that with utmost suspicion.

piatkow

3:14 pm on Apr 25, 2015 (gmt 0)

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What surprises me is getting a steady CTR with that few clicks. My experience with Adsense on a low traffic site is that the CTR jumps all over the place.

IanCP

9:49 pm on Apr 25, 2015 (gmt 0)

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There was a recent problem like that, here's Googles response. Might be your issue.
Google's reply for the April 19/20 Click Bombing [webmasterworld.com]

Coming up 404.

ken_b

10:11 pm on Apr 25, 2015 (gmt 0)

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Coming up 404.

WW is apparently moving to a new server this weekend and it looks like some threads haven't caught the bus yet.

guggi2000

10:47 am on Apr 26, 2015 (gmt 0)

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@ken_b Can you post the original response or a link to Google's statement?

ken_b

1:12 pm on Apr 26, 2015 (gmt 0)

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This is from the AdSense Help Known Issues page.

The link below is broken to get it to display here. Copy and paste it into your address bar and then take out the extra space after https: to get it to work.

Or just do a Google search for "adsense help known issues".

Invalid activity on the AdSense network
Latest update: This issue has now been fixed.

Details:

As of April 19th, some of you may have been impacted by a new segment of invalid traffic. Fortunately, Google�s traffic quality systems were able to react quickly to detect this traffic as invalid and treat it accordingly. The invalid traffic between April 19th and April 20th however, was not removed from your estimated earnings.

This invalid traffic will be removed from your finalized earnings by the end of the month. As a result, you may see a larger than normal difference between estimated earnings and finalized earnings for the month of April 2015.

This invalid traffic is not counted in your estimated earnings as of April 21, 2015, however you may continue to see it reflected in your weblogs as Google does not block the traffic.

We work hard to ensure that we maintain a healthy ecosystem for our publishers, users and advertisers. Advertisers have not been charged for this invalid traffic.

Last updated: April 21, 2015

https: //support.google.com/adsense/answer/1067521?hl=en

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