AdSense question on impressions.. - WickedFire - Affiliate Marketing Forum

rob · 06-29-2006, 10:29 PM

Whenever I am setting up my site, I always make some changes and refresh the webpage to see them. I usually do this a lot. Now I have Google ads on the page and their policy says:

"Any method that artificially generates clicks or impressions is strictly prohibited. These prohibited methods include but are not limited to: repeated manual clicks or impressions, incentives to click or to generate impressions, using robots, automated click and impression generating tools, third-party services that generate clicks or impressions such as paid-to-click, paid-to-surf, autosurf, and click-exchange programs, or any deceptive software."

Would what I be doing get me in trouble? I don't want them to think I'm trying to increase my impressions when I'm just trying to see if the results are what I wanted. Should I remove the ads whenever I'm making changes?

Peter · 06-29-2006, 10:39 PM

Good question, one I would like to know also. I do the same as you, constantly refresh when I'm checking an update or fixing a problem.

WallaceCleaver · 06-29-2006, 10:56 PM

I do this all the time during designing and I have never had a problem. If you are really worried about it then you could always email Google. Me? I'm not that bothered and will just continue to refresh during my design phase.

rob · 06-29-2006, 10:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WallaceCleaver

I do this all the time during designing and I have never had a problem. If you are really worried about it then you could always email Google. Me? I'm not that bothered and will just continue to refresh during my design phase.

Thanks. I emailed them and I'll post their "official" response when I get it.

Payton · 06-30-2006, 01:10 AM

I'm too lazy to go look through the adsense help but there's a section that basically says it's fine for you to view your own pages.

peach · 06-30-2006, 11:59 AM

Refreshing doesn't really matter, just don't click your ads

Charlie · 06-30-2006, 12:18 PM

They must be able to account for this in relation to CPM adverts that they run and must accept that you will look at your own pages.

RedMatrix · 06-30-2006, 12:28 PM

I think its okay when you are desiging offline. Once you upload the page, and view it, then impressions count. I notice that there are only PSA's when i refresh locally.

J-Tag · 06-30-2006, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by RedMatrix

I think its okay when you are desiging offline. Once you upload the page, and view it, then impressions count. I notice that there are only PSA's when i refresh locally.

That's cause the page isn't able to be crawled by the AdSense bot.

But yes, you're fine to design your site. I've probably logged thousands upon thousands upon thousands of impression on my ads.

pegallinux · 07-01-2006, 02:00 PM

Yap, i always refresh my site too, but beware about your mouse pointer. I never put my pointer at adsense to avoid a accident click at those ads that you not deliberate.

Nathan · 07-01-2006, 02:21 PM

Do you test on your live site or have a secondary site you have a duplicate of your site on that you can test various things on?

That's what I do, no way would I mess around with my live site withouth testing it elsewhere first. On that test site I have a place holder where the adsense would be. I can refresh till the cows come home and it make no impact on the adsense impressions.

If it works on the test site I make the changes on the live site.

JDA · 07-01-2006, 02:32 PM

This had never even occurred to me as a possible problem.

It's amazing the million different things you can worry about with Google.

a.titus1 · 07-02-2006, 01:09 AM

I like to put any ads on sites Im working on in a seperate channel. If the google adsense folks ever come knocking, I can at least show them that the site was in a dev channel.

rob · 07-02-2006, 02:20 AM

Here's Google's response..

Quote:

Thanks for your inquiry. No, refreshing your page while updating your site
is not a violation of AdSense program policies.

To prevent invalid ad impressions, Google uses the same sophisticated
technology that we use to prevent invalid clicks. Although AdSense
publishers are not permitted to click on their own cost-per-click ads,
they are permitted to view the cost-per-thousand-impression (CPM) ads on
their own websites without the risk of creating invalid ad impressions. We
constantly monitor all click and impression activity for sites displaying
Google ads as part of our efforts to prevent invalid clicks and
impressions from being charged to our advertisers.

a.titus1 · 07-02-2006, 02:21 AM

Thanks for the update. Nice to know google is aware of that kind of thing.

RedMatrix · 07-02-2006, 04:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by a.titus1

I like to put any ads on sites Im working on in a seperate channel. If the google adsense folks ever come knocking, I can at least show them that the site was in a dev channel.

I like your idea. It makes perfect sense.

Nathan · 07-02-2006, 05:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob

Here's Google's response..

Good to know. Thanks for taking the time to find out

06-29-2006, 10:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
rob Banned Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 193	AdSense question on impressions.. Whenever I am setting up my site, I always make some changes and refresh the webpage to see them. I usually do this a lot. Now I have Google ads on the page and their policy says: "Any method that artificially generates clicks or impressions is strictly prohibited. These prohibited methods include but are not limited to: repeated manual clicks or impressions, incentives to click or to generate impressions, using robots, automated click and impression generating tools, third-party services that generate clicks or impressions such as paid-to-click, paid-to-surf, autosurf, and click-exchange programs, or any deceptive software." Would what I be doing get me in trouble? I don't want them to think I'm trying to increase my impressions when I'm just trying to see if the results are what I wanted. Should I remove the ads whenever I'm making changes?

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07-01-2006, 02:00 PM	#10 (permalink)
pegallinux Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1	Beware Yap, i always refresh my site too, but beware about your mouse pointer. I never put my pointer at adsense to avoid a accident click at those ads that you not deliberate.

07-01-2006, 02:32 PM	#12 (permalink)
JDA Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 722	This had never even occurred to me as a possible problem. It's amazing the million different things you can worry about with Google. __________________

06-29-2006, 10:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
Peter Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 193	Good question, one I would like to know also. I do the same as you, constantly refresh when I'm checking an update or fixing a problem.

06-29-2006, 10:56 PM	#3 (permalink)
WallaceCleaver Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: My computer chair Posts: 598	I do this all the time during designing and I have never had a problem. If you are really worried about it then you could always email Google. Me? I'm not that bothered and will just continue to refresh during my design phase.

06-30-2006, 12:18 PM	#7 (permalink)
Charlie Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 325	They must be able to account for this in relation to CPM adverts that they run and must accept that you will look at your own pages.

06-30-2006, 12:28 PM	#8 (permalink)
RedMatrix Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 74	I think its okay when you are desiging offline. Once you upload the page, and view it, then impressions count. I notice that there are only PSA's when i refresh locally.

07-01-2006, 02:21 PM	#11 (permalink)
Nathan Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 543	Do you test on your live site or have a secondary site you have a duplicate of your site on that you can test various things on? That's what I do, no way would I mess around with my live site withouth testing it elsewhere first. On that test site I have a place holder where the adsense would be. I can refresh till the cows come home and it make no impact on the adsense impressions. If it works on the test site I make the changes on the live site.

07-02-2006, 01:09 AM	#13 (permalink)
a.titus1 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 566	I like to put any ads on sites Im working on in a seperate channel. If the google adsense folks ever come knocking, I can at least show them that the site was in a dev channel.

07-02-2006, 02:21 AM	#15 (permalink)
a.titus1 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 566	Thanks for the update. Nice to know google is aware of that kind of thing.

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