How many times have you accidentally clicked your own adsense ads?

Discussion in 'AdSense' started by oceanside monkey, Jul 13, 2007.

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How many times have you accidentally clicked your own adsense ads?

  1. never (yet)

    14 vote(s)
    33.3%

  2. under 5 times

    18 vote(s)
    42.9%

  3. between 5 and 10

    5 vote(s)
    11.9%

  4. I think between 10 and 20

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  5. um, maybe more than 20 times

    5 vote(s)
    11.9%
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  1. #1
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    How many times have you accidentally clicked your own adsense ads? please participate in the poll above and /discuss below
     
    oceanside monkey, Jul 13, 2007 IP
  2. udit1425

    udit1425 Banned

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    i click on my own ads once a month...accidentally...as it happens...human do make mistakes
     
    udit1425, Jul 13, 2007 IP
  3. Blackmane

    Blackmane Peon

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    Once I think.
     
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    qwestcommunications Notable Member

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    #4
    Never. Initially u got be a little careful and you get use to it.
     
    qwestcommunications, Jul 13, 2007 IP
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    melbel Notable Member

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    I have accidently done it. I was so scared when I did it. I still am a bit nervous, but they haven't contacted me. Should I contact them?
     
    melbel, Jul 13, 2007 IP
  6. Nerve

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    #6
    No need to contact them, they didn't realize you clicked them.
     
    Nerve, Jul 13, 2007 IP
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    I may have clicked it once.
     
    smgitjr, Jul 13, 2007 IP
  8. argothiusz

    argothiusz Well-Known Member

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    #8
    Never I am not human so do not make such human mistake..Lol
     
    argothiusz, Jul 13, 2007 IP
  9. Micromag

    Micromag Well-Known Member

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  10. Motivator

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    #10
    I've never done it.
     
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  11. Pahrump Mike

    Pahrump Mike Life Is Good

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    I have clicked on them maybe 5 times. The last couple of times I didn't receive any money for the click so I am sure that they do know.
     
    Pahrump Mike, Jul 13, 2007 IP
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    glendowney Notable Member

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    I have accidentally clicked it a few times but emailed them straight after to let them know what happened.
     
    glendowney, Jul 13, 2007 IP
  13. aimtowin

    aimtowin Active Member

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    #13
    Somewhere around 5-6 times but Google knows about it so no need to worry.

    It's easily done when checking out your site and especially late at night or early morning.
     
    aimtowin, Jul 13, 2007 IP
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    shand0 Well-Known Member

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    #14
    One time, as i remember
     
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    #15
    Never done it. I rarely even click the ads on other sites. Just conditioned not to, I guess. In the early days it always seemed too scary to click on those ad boxes, wherever I saw them. Didn't know what I might be letting myself in for. Now they no longer scare me, but I don't often see anything I'm tempted to click on. So I was never really in danger of accidentally clicking them on our site. Hopefully it will stay that way! :)
     
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  16. Computerized

    Computerized Well-Known Member

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    I've clicked on my own ads once or twice. That was many, many months ago. Brings back memories :D
     
    Computerized, Jul 13, 2007 IP
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    i've done it as an example of what not to do. I said "here's how you lose two dollars" and clicked.
     
    Cylon, Jul 13, 2007 IP
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    i have probe done it about 4 or 5 times in the past few months, jsut rushing doing something and slip it in.
     
    shiftline, Jul 13, 2007 IP
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    Only when I'm drunk.
     
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    Four times in 3 years. Reported immediately. Got scolded 3 times. Treated like a wayward child, actually.
    This has caused me to adopt the policy of avoiding Adsense ads with a vicious zeal. My cursor will never, ever wander anywhere near any Adsense ad, ever. They have trained me well, with repeated admonitions. I get it. I abhor the spanking.

    Yahoo just says, "It's OK. We know people make mistakes, and we simply discount them". Google's tack, on the other hand, is to respond with humiliation, and a threat. WHY?

    Google paraphrased - "You have violated our policy, and if you do it again, you will be punished". As if it were intentional. Very disturbing. I guess Google is perfect.
     
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