dont you knuckleheads read? he said he confirmed all clicks and none were invalid. the fact is Google is taking more from the pot, who knows today they may decide to give publishers .5% of the advertisers cost per click, tomorrow they may only payout 1%, who knows and who can do anything about it? nothing is in writting therefore if times are slow at Google: Not to worry shareholders we will simply give the publishers a smaller percent this month and then give them a bigger % next month, to keep them happy and using our adsense program