I must admit I tend to forget to check mine. However saying that I only have them on one site at the moment, and they don't earn a lot so its not really a big issue for me. I am starting to think that google adsense is not the best way to earn money from a websites.
Date Checked 12/8 /2008 14 12/9 /2008 17 12/10/2008 19 12/11/2008 20 12/12/2008 14 12/13/2008 15 12/14/2008 17 12/15/2008 21 12/16/2008 19 12/17/2008 18 12/18/2008 14 12/19/2008 17 12/20/2008 15 12/21/2008 18 12/22/2008 17 12/23/2008 9 12/24/2008 13 12/25/2008 7 12/26/2008 8 12/27/2008 8 12/28/2008 12 12/29/2008 16 12/30/2008 14 12/31/2008 14 The number of times checked is the number of times the data changed. I'm sure it was perhaps double the above stats...
About 5-8 times a day. Now that I'm at least getting a few dollars every day, it's a thrill. I also use Adsense stats to track traffic throughout the day based on impressions when I don't want to wait for awstats or analytics to update.
1 time at every end of the month for following reason. 1.Checking payment history for make sure my payment has been sent. 2.Download report current months for analysis. Checking 1 time a day for each site revenue from G Analytics ( already integrated )
I've had my Adsense account for almost a year now, but only recently have I decided to put it to use. The first 2 weeks were pretty bad. I'd be hitting that account refresh button over and over again. Seeing small increases in the total amount made me almost wet myself. I guess it transformed itself into a sort of mini game! However, soon realised I was wasting my time and now I've calmed down some what. Only looking around 5-10 times hehe. Although it was a great moment when my account finally went over $10 and Google dispatched my pin!