Google Adsense Question?????

Today I accidentially click on an adsense add on my website, and when I checked my adsense report for today, I only had one person click on an add (me), however, it did not generate any income. I was not a referal add, does google know that I clicked it and will i get kick off for click on one add???

The answer could be as simple as being that the ad didn’t cost enough to generate income. The system calculates how much the ad costs to display … based on factors such as keyword quality and ad quality and competition for that particular keyword – this is what the advertiser gets charged every time his ad gets clicked on. The higher the advertiser bids on his ad, the more likely it is that the ad will be displayed.

Adsense users receiver a percentage of the value of the ad that gets clicked on … in your case it could simply mean that the ads value was so low that it didn’t generate enough to earn you income.

I don’t think Google will punish you for having clicked on the ad … I’m sure they would send you a notice if this was the case, although they might have detected it and stopped the ad from generating revenue.

I’m not 100% sure, but it could be either of these cases. I’d say wait a day or so and see if you receive any notices from Google, if not, I’d say you don’t have anything to worry about …they are strict … but I’m sure they realise that anybody can make a mistake.