Is someone stealing my adsense clicks?

[snowylee]

I have noted when I log into my adsense account huge discrepancies in terms of impressions. I have 4 sites. The over all impressions reads 900. When I click the top channels
to see which site has generated the most impressions I notice the actual impressions of the 4 sites put together is less than the all over impression. I wonder if somebody is stealing my adsense clicks. I would appreciate your comments & ideas.
Thanks

[Trafford]

Sorry, I don't understand. How can someone steal your Adsense clicks? The only thing I can think to steal your Adsense clicks is hacking your website and replacing your Adsense publisher ID with mine.

[Catherine]

IMO, if you have a doubt regarding your Adsense account or Adsense clicks on your sites, you should contact Adsense and ask them regarding the same. They might take some time to reply but will give you a proper solution or clear your doubt regarding the same

Hope this helps..

[paul]

I don't think someone can steal the clicks but there is possibilities that someone might have replaced your code with their own adsense code.

[GWilson]

I don't think so (about someone stealing the clicks), and I think so (about he replacing the Adsense code). Try to check all the Adsense code put in your web pages. Make sure that the publisher ID in the codes is yours.

[manolis]

I think that Google itself is stealing the clicks specially if they see many clicks from the same IP. If this is happening then they are getting this as a fraud.

[paul]

That's called google filter for fraud clicks, there could be another possibility, some people might be hijacking traffic either/or the traffic might be coming from questionable source.

[Bakeron]

IMO, if you have a doubt regarding your Adsense account or Adsense clicks on your sites, you should contact Adsense and ask them regarding the same. They might take some time to reply but will give you a proper solution or clear your doubt regarding the same

Hope this helps..

I somehow doubt that Google will gladly respond to this issue. Not because this issue is that strange or important but that Google doesn't care about people's problems unless you make them their problems.

[KillerPanel]

I agree with you on Google not caring. A few of my questions still wait to be answered. But only a few years have passed. I'm still keeping my fingers crossed, 'cause you never know...

[cranzi]

I bet if you could round up enough people with the same problem, say a forum with the domain googledoesntcareaboutus.com they might take some notice. Who wouldnt, when it gets to the point that you see a big corp. place not caring, its going to hit the news and hit it hard.

[Catherine]

I somehow doubt that Google will gladly respond to this issue. Not because this issue is that strange or important but that Google doesn't care about people's problems unless you make them their problems.

Some users have the same experience with Google. They do not reply to the questions on time or they don't even care to reply, however, you should give it a try as if you do something wrong your site with the code and Google blames you, you will atleast have a proof that you tried to contact them. Though, it's just my opinion. The decision is yours

[Bakeron]

Some users have the same experience with Google. They do not reply to the questions on time or they don't even care to reply, however, you should give it a try as if you do something wrong your site with the code and Google blames you, you will atleast have a proof that you tried to contact them. Though, it's just my opinion. The decision is yours

Good point! Well, that is true about Google. Once they have you under their magnifying glass it is hard to get off the hook and that is why you need the proof of contacting them.

[Catherine]

Good point! Well, that is true about Google. Once they have you under their magnifying glass it is hard to get off the hook and that is why you need the proof of contacting them.

Thank you

Well, that's correct. Google might not reply if contacted them, however, if they reply, they may ask for a proof from you and it is better to keep it handy so that you have an answer if they ask for it