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Anyone also experiences "Confirmed Click" and recovered?

         

Trueman

7:24 pm on Sep 21, 2022 (gmt 0)

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I noted a huge drop in Adsense Page RPM (-75%). A user of my page told me that when he clicks on an advertisement, a button appears "Visit site" inside the ad. I thought it's a joke, but this is indeed explained by Adsense, but I have not received any notification about it in my account.
[support.google.com ]

What I tried:
- I blocked some ads manually, the "Start now", "Download now" style
- I made sure that our automated tests do not request ads from Adsense
- I've put the "Advertisement" text above the ad
- I increased padding to the content area to an almost ridiculous amount

This helped after a while for two weeks and the button disappeared, but now I'm in again.

Anyone any suggestion? SaaS business.

Sgt_Kickaxe

8:07 am on Sep 26, 2022 (gmt 0)



I've seen this but haven't experienced it on my site (no adsense).

Google discusses confirmed clicks here - [support.google.com...]

Google suggests its triggered by accidental clicks and to watch this video to "fix" the problem - [youtube.com...]

In my experience you can best avoid "accidental" clicks and confirmed click requests by avoiding situations in which your page title attracts an information seeker but the page doesn't satisfy them. Advertisers want converting clicks but unsatisfied information seekers might click on ads thinking they'll find the answer elsewhere.

Satisfy your visitors, deliver what your titles promise, and you should be fine unless you're doing what Google says don't do..