i have a habit of checking my adsense earnings like every hour, i need to stop. Reports are definitely not in real time, how long of a delay is there? any know
i normally have a lag of about an hour plus, when checking at night and waiting for the days to change so i can see how much i made for previous day.
I use an automated script that checks every hour, that is about the longest I can go between checking if I'm near my pc. I would agree with that...seems about right on a normal day.
Maybe for you high rollers, but us little guys (or at least myself), it really is only once per hour.
I find that the channels update much quicker than the main agregate overview. Can't say I've actually bothered to time it though.
I use both channel and aggregate view, and there are times when I get enough traffic/income to warrant checking every 5-10 minutes (overwhelmed with excitement), and still only notice that it updates every hour basically on the hour (give or take about 2 minutes). I've never noticed any deviation from that pattern either.. Has anyone else used any other ad service yet? I'm curious how often those update.
If you're that keen, then check BOTH 'your daily/ month so far' and 'today's' you will see one update before the other which way round varies.
I haven't timed it for exactness but, about once per hour (+/- 15 mins) seems about right. Either way, the online payment still only comes once a month!