This is an open request to the AdSense team at Google.
There have been just too many issues with AdSense during the past week or so. The reporting delays are getting too frequent now and then some major technical glitch occurred last week that probably had an impact on the revenue of some AdSense publishers.
The problem resurfaced today and most AdSense users are seeing a screen like the one above – the Google ad impressions are in line with their regular page views but there’s no other data.
The issue has been around for the past 5 hours or so but the AdSense blog doesn’t have an update yet but if you check Twitter or any of the web forums, there’re tons of people already discussing the issue – here’s a snapshot.
These are no "official responses" but when we see another AdSense publisher facing the same issue as us, we sort of assume that the problem is universal and not necessarily specific to our own AdSense account.
Am sure AdSense engineers are in the process of fixing the reporting bug but here’s another humble request – please add the Google AdSense service to your Apps Dashboard as it will help the hundreds and thousands of AdSense publishers out there to monitor the health of the system that pays their utility bills without having to scan poor man’s email.
Google AdSense probably has a wider user-base than Google Video or Google Sites so it’s definitely a strong contender for getting a place in the Apps Dashboard. Thanks for listening.
Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/internet/request-to-google-adsense-team/7879/
Tags: feature, google, Google Adsense, Internet
Reader Comments
I wonder why Goog is facing bad bad problems these days, first Feedburner, then Google Search twice, followed by Gmail and now hitting Adsense… Hope they listen…
Written by Pavan Kumar on 03.09.09
lot of problems, not even received the check, there is no bludart tracking code….
Written by search andhra on 03.09.09
Not to me mention the human error where every site was marked as spam and the gmail becoming inaccessible few days ago.
Does Google has too many things on its plate right now?
Written by Sriram Vadlamani on 03.09.09
This is truly a valid suggestion. I was particularly let down by non-updation of Adsense blog. That is a basic thing to do when you are facing an issue and let your users know. Grow up Google!
Written by Raju on 03.09.09
Dont you guys feel that adsense has started giving very less money from the past few months ??
Written by Sanjay on 03.09.09
Google Adsense has nothing to do with Google Apps, so it shouldn’t be included to the Apps Dashboard. Instead I would like that all important Google services, like Adsense, to have a own status dashboard.
Written by Ken on 03.09.09
So there is a problem. I thought, its my account only showing such calculations!
I was wondering to see the Feedburner too! The number of subscribers figures is changing daily either to have reduced or increased, but the data does not show – new subscribers or even unsubscribe r’s details!
Hope, everything will be normal soon!
Cheers!
Written by Netwala on 03.09.09
Even i have been noticing this problem. Though the clicks are now appearing but certainly there seems to be some glitch.
Written by Vaibhav on 03.09.09
Thanx God i m not alone :-)
Written by Vinay on 03.09.09
still waiting wait payment, usually it comes on first week
Written by bobit on 03.09.09
It is a good suggestion, however, I must agree with Ken. It should reside on it’s own status page. Maybe with AdWords, AdManager, etc…
P.S. Isn’t it against the ToS to publish screenshots of your earnings? :)
Written by HatLord on 03.09.09
The best performing Ad unit for me is the one (Adsense for contend) displayed using feedflare feature of (old) Feedburner…something that they now don’t offer in the Google’s Feedburner. Like most, I have have now shifted to Google’s Feedburner and now there is noway to edit the settings of that Ad unit. Feedburner console on have option for Ad for Feeds. (This is the one I am talking about:http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/publishers/adsense )
For last few days feedflare have been displaying erratically (it happens often, so I am also using ShareThis ) on my blog and so are the Ads that are displayed using them…ad impression for that unit are going down. Are they going to completely stop that Ad serving feature of Feedburner or is it just temporary?
Written by Vinayak on 03.09.09
To make it short,small family better family.After making a lot of acquisitions and implementing new business models now google also running to gliches,but google can suvive such minor issues.
Written by George on 03.09.09
I too haven’t seen any earnings in my account.I thought this was just another click-less day.Thank god that this could be a bug.
Written by Rohit on 03.09.09
I thought its only with my adsense a/c…. thx for the info
Written by Kevin on 03.09.09
I thought that I was the only one having problem with adsense, hope they fix it fast. Thanks Amit for the post
Written by firedupblog on 03.09.09
I’m glad to hear I’m not the only one experiencing problems with GA. I received an email from them a few days ago telling me everthing was fine, however my ads are still showing unrelated ads.
Hope they get things fixed soon.
I agree, they should keep us informed more.
Written by Roger on 03.09.09
I was facing the same problem. I had earned few cents but click report was zero.
Thanks for the info Amit.
Written by Technology Blog on 03.09.09
Lately i have seen that adsense earnings are reduced about 75% when compared to last years earnings. Is any one else facing the same problem?
Written by analogstuff on 03.09.09
I’m glad that Google faces all these issues. That Adsense Evil Team should be dissolved. Many innocent people’s grunt will eventually hit Google Adsense and it would be celebrative when they dissolve that Arrogant Adsense Team. Google, just because of Adsense Arrogance…I wish you run into more and more of these and disappear as Netscape. Microsoft, are you watching the waters?
Zero tolerance policy on Adsense…target those poor publishers and when it comes to pay time just blame them for someone else’s misuse and keep the money to fatten your a$$. Time will come and you’ll certainly realize. But by the time I wish you were gone completely.
Written by Sirminski on 03.09.09
You might want to look at this thread where Indian Publishers have been issued checks without MICR Code and bank employees are refusing to accept the same…
link
Written by svaji on 03.09.09
same problem i have also faced…..it is really annoying with the Google Adsense Reports for the past couple of weeks
Written by Techkran on 03.09.09
I think AdSense should have its own status page with detailed statuses for things adsense for search, adsense for content,… whatever details possible.
Written by Vamsi on 03.10.09
same problem i have also faced…..it is really annoying with the Google Adsense Reports for the past couple of weeks
Sorry, forgot to add great post! Can’t wait to see your next post!
Written by Techkran on 03.10.09
My problem is different from this one i have not received my Adsense PIN. It has passed 53 days. what i do ?
Written by pankaj on 03.10.09
@svaji – I too received the AdSense cheque without the MICR code but ICICI bank accepted it without any issues. It would help if you deposit in a city where Citibank also has a branch as that would make clearing easy.
Written by Amit on 03.12.09
hi all
me too got the cheque without micr code.no issues with the federal bank but they told me that they do not guarantee for citibank kochi to pay them …….anyway they would be sending it to kochi……………it should clear,,right
Written by Maneesh on 03.12.09
@amit: Any updates on the adsense glitch? My impressions are pouring in steadily but the revenue is just not happening.
Written by Prashanth on 03.13.09
I have seen a few problems with google adsense reporting , but things are working again by the looks of it
Written by Doolang on 03.16.09