Charged for clicks but no visitors

Discussion in 'Google AdWords' started by EvcRo, Oct 14, 2009.

  1. #1
    Hello

    i have a question for adwords masters, adwords charge me for xx clicks but i see 1 visitor on my site.

    I have a simple jpg banner on all pages on my site and it was loaded 1 single time.

    So i guess xx-1 visitors from adwords had images disabled :D ?

    Thanks
     
    EvcRo, Oct 14, 2009 IP
  2. payfreshman

    payfreshman Well-Known Member

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    That is most likely the case. Although the fault my be from your end. Google has well sophisticated technicalities and so most likely are not erroneous
     
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    ctrlfreak Member

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    I would recommend adding better tracking. Google offers Analytics, you should implement that to see how much traffic is actually coming to your site via Adwords.
     
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  4. payfreshman

    payfreshman Well-Known Member

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    True.. I assumed the poster had analytics in his website.. How else can you monitor traffic .. Definitely not by picture loading:D
     
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    Fletch_123 Peon

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    Yeah, as others have said you should be using Analytics. And once your site is tagged properly, keep in mind that a 'click'(as recorded by Adwords) and a 'visit'(as tracked by Analytics) won't balance evenly. Your enevitably going to see more clicks than visitors due to the how and what each system is tracking.
     
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  6. EvcRo

    EvcRo Notable Member

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    I checked analytics

    charged for 110 clicks

    1 visitor to the frontpage, confirmed by analytics too.

    Any advice ? Did anyone experienced such a thing ?
     
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    charge but no visitors, that is an problem.
     
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    Is you site completely loading? If you have analytics buried in the footer and the page doesn't completely load you will get false reports.
     
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