Adsense not registering all the legitimate clicks?

Discussion in 'AdSense' started by tau, May 25, 2007.

  1. #1
    I just noticed that my web site tracking registering clicks from my visitors on the adsense ads, but in 11 clicks only 4 are registered. All the clicks are legitimate, I never click on Adsense on my sites, because there is no point to play with fire...eh..Google, because they have all my info and they can just ban me from the program... Besides, all the clicks are going from different IPs, as I can see from my logs...

    Does anybody have the same experience? Is it just because my account is quite young and they "tax" me that way? Or they think that the half of the clicks are not legitimate for some other reasons I cannot think of?

    Thank you!
     
    tau, May 25, 2007 IP
  2. ajsa52

    ajsa52 Well-Known Member

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    What system are you using to track the clicks ? Maybe AdLogger ?
     
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  3. tau

    tau Peon

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    #3
    Adlogger, CrazyEgg and my own scripts (to check in what direction the reader left my site).

    I've heard that if a reader opens adsense ad by right click->open in new window, adsense may not register it.. is it correct?
     
    tau, May 25, 2007 IP
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    login Notable Member

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    #4
    Where did you hear that ?

    Google says that right click->open in new widow are counted.
     
    login, May 25, 2007 IP
  5. tau

    tau Peon

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    Somewhere on a forum, but I wasn't sure that's why I was asking ;)

    I still getting reports that ads were clicked but the clicks are not registered... I just dont know what to do... Seems like I'm loosing money without knowing why... I wish Google was more transparent for its publishers... :confused:
     
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    sufi Well-Known Member

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    I think AdLogger registers mouse overs as a click. This might be the reason.
     
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    i heard that some tracking system counted for all clicks, even click the blank space, Am I correct?
     
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    axlarry Notable Member

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    Actually it happened to me too. Wonder how we could validate about this matter.
     
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    ajsa52 Well-Known Member

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    Mouse over are no counting as clicks on AdLogger, read below

    Not for adlogger, read below:

    I've examined the AdLogger code and it's counting clicks for the following events:
    - onfocus When the ad (googlesyndication.com iframe) get focus: selecting the ad with the mouse (including right mouse click to show menu) or the tab key.
    - beforeunload On this event is checking the mouse coordinates and counting click only if is inside an iframe.
     
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  10. tau

    tau Peon

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    Thanks, guys

    Well, I may tell you for sure, a lot of clicks were caught when people were exiting a page by clicking on the ad (left click, and the action was page unload), and it's no brainer it's a valid click... and the url is http: / / pagead2.googlesyndication.com#468x60, what should it be else?!

    I dont want to put a pressure on Google, but sometimes I think they should be more transparent to what is going on and what is the profit cut ;)

    If my script registers that a user left my page by a adsense ad, and that click was not registered, that can be considered as the fraud in US from google's side, because that page is my property, I did not violate Adsense TOS, I provided the service, and I was not paid for that...
     
    tau, May 26, 2007 IP
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    qwestcommunications Notable Member

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    Unfortunately, none of the tracking suystems are 100% accurate.
     
    qwestcommunications, May 26, 2007 IP
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    How, may I ask, do you KNOW that all the clicks are legitimate?
     
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    #13
    yeah tracking systems are not 100% accurate.
     
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  14. tau

    tau Peon

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    Maybe you are right guys, I was just wondering...
     
    tau, Jul 3, 2007 IP