I have been observing this issue for over the past month or two now. I have found that Statcounter will show AdSense clicks in the "exit link activity" area. However, not all of these clicks are being shown by AdSense. Three Theories 1) Maybe it's the AdSense link units being clicked, and then the user simply doesn't click the ad on the second page where they actually appear? In turn, Statcounter is tracking the click and AdSense is not. ---> I took link units off of my page, and found that ad units were still getting clicked and tracked by Statcounter, but not by AdSense. This theory - FAIL 2) AdSense takes time to update their stats- Sure. But not one months time. ---> Statcounter shows that my new acne site has around 10 clicks over the past 24 hours, and a few clicks over the time of launch which was about a week or two ago. However, AdSense has only counted 1 click total. No! I don't click my own ads. Trust me. I've been with AdSense for a year and a half. I know how to make money with the program without having to cheat. This theory - FAIL 3) Invalid clicks / High bounce rate for advertiser ---> It could be that Statocounter is tracking clicks that are raised red flag / invalid by AdSense. And this could be the case, however, wouldn't you think that out of the last 20 or so clicks I have had on my acne site, more than one of them would be valid? Again, I don't click my own ads, nor do any of my friends / family. This theory - POSSIBLE What's going on here then? I know Google wouldn't ever steal from their publishers, and I am sure that whatever they're doing is in the advertiser's best interest. However, an explanation to why this is happening would be helpful. [UPDATE] Been browsing the web and it seems like many other people are having the same issue as of recent weeks. See this links ---> HERE
yeah... it's happened to me.. that's why i am very confused with my low earning... thx.. for your sharing... google never tell us the rule
Yeah. I don't really know what's going on. I guess it's just something we'll have to deal with. I wonder if JenSense knows anything regarding the issue? I'll have to head over to her site and ask.
I understand at the most, 25% of clicks not being valid. But the last 21 out of 22 of my clicks haven't counted.... This just isn't right...