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Does two clicks and .01 cents even possible? Is this foul play?

Discussion in 'Reporting & Stats' started by hanime, Jan 21, 2007.

  1. #1
    So today I checked my stats and it had two clicks for .01 cents, does google allow this, and is this fraudelent?
     
    hanime, Jan 21, 2007 IP
  2. skimmy

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    #2
    Well they don't show fractions of a cent and maybe you didn't get a full cent for each click...
     
    skimmy, Jan 21, 2007 IP
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    #3
    This happens with me for some sites with low paying keywords, such as proxies. Nothing to do with fraudulent activity.
     
    lapsaJ, Jan 21, 2007 IP
  4. Baltek

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    #4
    Don't worry Hanime, it did that to me too, sometimes it happens on revenue sharing websites.
     
    Baltek, Jan 22, 2007 IP
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    I don't really understand how google does their CPM, one day it will be 68 cents the next 20.
     
    Fashionista, Jan 22, 2007 IP
  6. Baltek

    Baltek Peon

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    #6
    Depends, not all bids made by Advertisers are worth the same, so on a single page you can have ads worth 20, 30 and 75 cents.
     
    Baltek, Jan 25, 2007 IP
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    #7
    dont worry
    your results will improve eventually
     
    adrian88, Jan 25, 2007 IP
  8. Clive

    Clive Web Developer

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    #8
    For this single reason I'd kick google ads off my page.
    How do you find it worth keeping ugly ads on your website when they don't even pay a "full cent" for a click.. Disaster :)
     
    Clive, Jan 25, 2007 IP
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    i dont think they are ugly

    they actually blend in with the page

    check out the frugality101 blog...

    adsense is still worth it
     
    adrian88, Jan 25, 2007 IP
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    #10
    Try this one...

    Yesterday, on a nice tutorial site, I got 66 views, 1 click, and earned .00 Wish I could figure that one out.
     
    scoopy82, Jan 25, 2007 IP
  11. Clive

    Clive Web Developer

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    Doing free advertising for Google while they're still earning from your website, huh :rolleyes:
     
    Clive, Jan 25, 2007 IP
  12. my Bun

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    I think Adwords advertiser can bid as min as 1 cent. 0 cent also happen to me. For my case, because I accidentally click my own ads and I quickly press the browser back button. May be Google can detect whether the click is genuine or not. I got per click from 0.3 - 0.60 cents but some time the figure change after few hours, not sure why.
     
    my Bun, Jan 26, 2007 IP
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    trichnosis Prominent Member

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    there may be two thinks :1- one of your visitors has clicks public ads 2 - if your site is noenglish , it's normal (this is my experience . it's possible you to see low cpc with nonenglish sites)
     
    trichnosis, Jan 26, 2007 IP