The last few days I've been monitoring almost hourly over my stats. This is an example only, not exact, but I don't see how this is possible: hour 11 = 20 clicks, $0.69 hour 12 = 1 click, $2.12 hour 13 = 2 clicks, $0.01 hour 14 = 35 clicks, $2.00 1 click in an hour, then jump to 20 the next, goes back down, and jumps back up. What the f..>? The earnings are very weird also. What kind of reporting is this?
This is just normal behavior. You should actually only check your earnings at the end of the day to have a clear view of the actual earnings, clicks etc.
I've been tracking more aggressively because of the lowered CPC. Last hour I saw 5 clicks and 1 cent, what the @#$$...throughout the day, that channel averaged a lot ore.
There has been a huge difference in the amount made, and the amount reported in the channels as of late. This has been well documented throughout the last couple weeks. I wouldn't worry too much about it as long as your payments are higher than the reports Hexed
Even that, from my experience, if you check right at 0000 PST for yesterday's earning, some adjustment can be made, meaning there were still some clicks not accrued on time. Example, at about 0015 PST, I've checked my yesterday's earning, it was a meagre $1.70 or something, then 2 hours later, my yesterday's earning was updated to $2.70
What drives me nuts is that earnings are high then often drop, Why ? For instance on Friday at 11 am my earnings showed : $12.34 at 2:30 PM the same day, my earnings were $8.03. I ve noticed this a few times now days, is this also part of the 'smart pricing' curse ?
Ive had it everyday since Oct 1, I ve just signed up with another program today, if I get accepted I am done with adsense. I now make with adsense what I did a year ago....... :-(