Why are people getting so many impressions?

Discussion in 'AdSense' started by noxrawr, Oct 23, 2010.

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    Where does google draw the line between a click and an impression? There are people out there with 40 thousand impressions, I would assume that this doesnt mean they clicked 40k times on their own ads.
     
    noxrawr, Oct 23, 2010 IP
  2. lifeplayer

    lifeplayer Notable Member

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    If you have a rich content quality site and did well in SEO, then it is possible to get 40k impression or even more
     
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  3. noxrawr

    noxrawr Greenhorn

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    Nice, but how is that related to my question. The question was, when does google count a click as a click and not as an impression?
     
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    RumpledElf Well-Known Member

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    Considering a click is a click and an impression is an impression, what do you mean?

    Personally I get hundreds of thousands of impressions a month, and hundreds of clicks. They're not the same thing at all.
     
    RumpledElf, Oct 23, 2010 IP
  5. Keppy

    Keppy Peon

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    A click is if someone clicked a link / ad. An impression is if the ad / link was displayed but no one clicked it.
     
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  6. RumpledElf

    RumpledElf Well-Known Member

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    Mmmkay I just read through some of noxrawr's posts .... you don't actually use adsense yet, do you? A lot of these kinds of questions go away once you have been using it for a while and see what is happening in the adsense reports.
     
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  7. noxrawr

    noxrawr Greenhorn

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    Nope I do not yet use adsense but I am trying to get my website approved asap, I just understood "impression" in a different matter, such as a self click. Its clear to me now however :)
     
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    fokerss Active Member

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    they will pay in impression . so dont worry .
     
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  9. RumpledElf

    RumpledElf Well-Known Member

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    Yeah, even if you have no clicks you can get money just for impressions. Varies dramatically by niche and rank. Cents for some of my sites, dollars for others.
     
    RumpledElf, Oct 23, 2010 IP