I think I may have done a really stupid thing. I was setting up a link unit of ads and a search. I previously only had ad units setup. I didn't think it would do any harm if I did a couple of searches as long as I didn't click on the ads on the search results page. Is this correct??? This is the really embarrasing part...I'd had a few drinks when I was doing this and I think it's possible that I clicked the link unit, possibly to see what happened. I do really dumb things when I drink.... Is that a problem? How do those link things work? Do i get paid when someone clicks them or do they only pay when someone clicks an ad on the resulting page? Do I need to take actin to stop from being banned? Or should I not worry? Thanks, Chris
Clicking on the link unit is not a click. You have to click an ad on the landing page. That being said using the search was probably your bigger mistake. I do not think you are supposed to do that.
AFAIK, the first click doesn't count for anything - it just brings you to a list of ads. As long as you didn't click on any of the ads there shouldn't be any problem.