I'm sure I'm not the only one who obsessively checks adsense several times per day. Well... I just realized that often the monthly figure is updated sooner than the daily figure. So if you click "this month" today's figure is often updated before the just "today" thingy. Just thought somebody would be interested.
lol.. I check all four figures.. daily, monthly, weekly and all time! Usually one of them is updated before the other three.. and it could be any one.
I also check obsessively, although I think it is more fun to just watch the grass grow, or paint dry.
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Logging in daily is like watching grass grow (only a bit quicker). What's the point? Just check it when you expect change because you tweaked it. Besides that, a few times for interest and to know what to expect in the mail. Spend the time you waste on checking the figures on building more content; only then will you notice an accellarated increase. It's the 80/20 rule applied and it sorts the regular mail AdSense boys from the FedEx men.
It can be tempting, compulsive even; to repeatedly check adsense to see how much you have made but it eventually wears off. A quick glance in the AM to make certain nothing unusual is appearing in the logs is about all I give it these days.
there is a very usfull tool to monitor your addsense called sysSense find it at www.SingersCreations.com
I check daily. The reason why is because my site is currently fluxuating between first and second page on a very competitive keyword. Last month I nearly tripled my previous months earnings for one page (not site, but single page). I also noticed that for 3-4 days or so I was hitting 4x the average on daily earnings. Basically going from $xx.00 to $xxx.00 on this single page. The CTR was the same, impressions were the same, however the earnings were different. I have yet to see that kind of income from the page. For those 3-4 days, however, I was ranked on page one of google for the term. It was strange to see the earnings up so high, but the CTR and Impressions remain the same. So yeah, I check daily, or at least every 3-4 hours when I'm at home and have the ability to do so.
Call it obsession or call it what you must...I am a believer in AS SEO. I manage 50 channels. When you tweak your sites and employ SEO techniques the two are very related...the faster you can get feedback the better. I find AS is also great way to determine your over traffic at the moment. I have also found when my rankings are better my earnings are greater. I never look at the money I'm making
It's fun for me to check several times per day. Yes, it's obsessive, but it doesn't take more than 5 minutes out of my day in total.
Im sure if you are making good money on adsense it is actually quite fun watching the money add up...
I find it the daily total and monthly total match but I think the daily is not up to date, I might try using any other day in the month as the starting point with today as the end and it usually has a more up to date number. I assume the monthly and daily might be cached but some odd period would not be. It's fun especially when it's some milestone number like $1, $50 or $15,000.
i experiment a lot with the keywords and channels and so track adsense daily .. and find out how things are working out. If you are constantly trying to improve ur earnings .. checking adsense more regularly is a must. Yes, thats one webpage which shows you how your webpages which were just lying there has suddenly turned alive !!! A great feeling I must say
I love checking those stats. I'm a neophyte at best, but those days where your earnings are 5 or 10 times a normal day.... I love those days. Makes me all warm and fuzzy inside.
Since several people mentioned this was just as much fun as watching their Adsense earnings, here's my page about watching grass grow! ;-)