I went into my account and there were 3 clicks with earnings. I went in a few minutes later to check something and the clicks and earnings were gone. Why? It was a high ctr 3 clicks on 17 impressions. Has this ever happened to anyone? Geez, I finally start getting clicks and then they disappear. What is up with that?
High CTR has nothing to do with it as long as the clicks were valid. Make sure you never click your own ads and that you don't have any friends that do either. It sounds like google has deemed the clicks invalid - but you could contact them to confirm. Checking your logs might help you determine where the clicks came from.
I didn't click on them and didn't have anyone else click on them. I had clicked on my ads accidentally awhile back (I contacted google and explained), but my report still showed the clicks only with zero earnings. In this case, the clicks disappeared as well.
Unfortunately, I don't have logs to check that. How do I set something like that up? Anyway, are you saying that if the same person comes in and clicks on three ads, they deem them invalid? I have gone into sites before and have clicks on more than one ad because they interested me, would these have been considered invalid by google. Are publishers not paid for numerous clicks from the same IP? UPDATE: I just checked again and now the clicks and earnings are back!
I get this sometimes, too. In fact, it just happened to me about an hour ago. Try closing and restarting your browser and then check your stats again.
Cool beans. I sometimes notice 1 or 2 clicks disappearing too but I just assume they are invalid clicks. I have learned from this board never to click on my own ads.