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Earnings: Your questions answered
Thursday, April 13, 2006
Is there is a minimum number of impressions or clicks I need to get before I can start earning through AdSense?
No, there's no minimum number of
impressions or clicks for generating earnings
. You can start earning the very first time a user clicks on a cost-per-click (CPC) ad or views a
cost-per-thousand-impressions (CPM) ad
. Keep in mind, however, that you'll need to earn $100 before your earnings will be paid out to you.
If a CPM ad appears on my site, do I need to receive 1,000 impressions before I am paid?
No,
with CPM ads
you're paid for
each
impression, so if you receive 1 ad impression, you'll receive 1/1,000 of the CPM bid for that ad unit.
I received 57 page impressions. Why don't I have any earnings?
It sounds like the ads currently appearing on your site are probably CPC ads, so you'll be paid for clicks, rather than impressions. Our system will
automatically display
whichever ad or ads representing the highest revenue potential for you, whether they're CPC or CPM ads.
How much do you pay per click or impression?
We don't pay a fixed price for each click or impression - we pay you a portion of the amount paid by the AdWords advertiser. This amount varies based on the actual CPC or CPM paid by the advertiser. Each ad that appears on your site will most likely generate a different CPC or CPM.
Do I get paid when visitors use my search box?
With
AdSense for search
, you'll be paid when users click on the ads that appear on their search results pages, not from the search queries themselves. You won't be paid if a visitor uses your search box, but chooses not to click on the ads on the search results pages.
Do I get paid when visitors click on my link unit topics?
When a user clicks on a
link unit
topic, you'll be paid for clicks on the CPC ads that appear on the resulting page of highly targeted ads. However, you won't be paid for clicks on the initial topics themselves. Link units can siginficantly boost your overall AdSense revenue by providing even more relevant and monetized content to your users.
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