Hey all, I never get any clicks from DP, but last night I suddenly got 5, and earned $2.30. And that's just for me alone. Has anyone else had a similar thing happening? And I wonder, what would Google think when they see me, who never earns anything, suddenly earning that kind of money? Would it be reason enough to get banned?
I wouldn't worry about it. Google have a system that detects the majority of fraudulent clicks so I am confident that they will be aware of this incident if it were indeed a malicious act. The worst they can do is adjust your payment at a later date to cater for any invalid clicks that may have occured.
Google will take action if it is really fraud clicks. They take click fraud VERY seriously. Its not just adjusting the payment, first thing they do in case of fraud clicks is to suspend your account. You may get a chance to appeal, and its really a pain to get abck in to the system. It will take atleast 2-3 weeks, in case you prove that it is a click bomb and you are not responsible! But just getting 5 clicks is not necessarily a click bomb. It may depend on your posting pattern too. If you have replied on many threads or posted a new thread, it could be possible. In my opinion, this revenue sharing is not worth the risk, unless you are earning a good amount from it.
the best thing to do is to tell them what happened, they will know that you are well intentioned. Better before than after.
You don't need to worry about it and enjoy the money...But I rarely get that thing from DP because I rarely start threads!
You don't really need to start threads to earn money. I use to earn a bit from here but the then the impressions stopeed registerig for some reason so decided to take the adsense off.
I know but you would earn more if you start some threads.... For threads you start, your AdSense client ID will be used 50% of the time when the thread is viewed as a thread. Your AdSense client ID will be used 50% of the time when the thread is viewed by post (and you made the post).