When I ask this question, it obviously means that my AdSense experiment is not working as well as I was anticipating it to be. There are a number of visits to my blog, but no clicks! Made me wonder…who clicks on these ads? Even after much contemplation I did not reach any specfic conclusion. Then, I asked myself an easier question: who doesn’t click on these ads?
I think I found a part of the answer. Ever since the time I have been actively blogging (about the same time I started with the AdSense experiment), I myself haven’t clicked on any AdSense ads on other peoples’ blogs! Now, if all bloggers did it like me and start “not-clicking” on their fellow bloggers’ ads, it’s not going to work for anybody.
So regardless of whether anyone clicks on my ads or not, I am going to play my part in the game. Starting today, I have decided to click on at least one Google ad on every blog (except mine!:)) that I visit. DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS. IT’S A STUPID THOUGHT. You may just get your AdSense account suspended for doing that. 
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Logic would say that you don’t want to click on other people’s ads simply to raise their income, and you don’t want other people to click on your ads if they know they’re not going to patronize whatever company is advertising. Useless clicking drives down the value of advertising, and if advertisers see that clickthroughs are not generating return for them, then they will stop advertising.
People who click on AdSense ads are generally people who arrive on your site from search engines looking for something else, or people without the savvy to know that the ads are in fact advertisements.
I’ve only been blogging for a couple of months and have actually been surprised by the number of clicks that I have been getting. I’m sure it’s still a pathetic amount of revenue compared to the traffic at really busy blogs, but it’s a start…
Flexo: Don’t worry I am not really going to do that :)….just trying to vent my frustration. Thanks for the info though.
frugal frugalson: you are one luck dude. I have spent hours modifying the look of the ads…but nothing works. I guess I am getting impatient too soon; hopefully things will work out over time.
While I run AdSense ads on my site, ironically I rarely/never click on any ads elsewhere because I have the Adblock Plus extention for Firefox so I never even see them. Like Flexo said the most likely clickers are from search engines who came to an article, then see something else related in the adsense link they are interested in.
chuck: same here, the Noscript extension blocks all scripts from “googlesyndication.com” and I see no ads. I am surprised you guys get so many non-blogger visitors on your blogs.
You don’t seem to have any ads right now on your blog… Did you give up?
Yan, yeah..the income is not worth loosing a few valuable readers (modest reason). It’s just not worth it (real reason).
Honestly, very early on, I may have blogged with that extra revenue in mind. But now, I blog because I like to blog…the revenue has taken a back seat.
I think it is a good idea. I employ that strategy myself… I’ll go click on your ads…… etc.. etc…etc….
Actually, I think your adsense links seem counter to much of the advice on your site. I’m not sure how many of your regular readers are looking for PayDay Loans. . . . Perhaps this is something that can be tweaked, I’m not sure.
people who come to your blog looking for information i.e. they do not need any product so do not click the adsense advertisemet.
people click advertisement because they want to buy something, i think. let say mr. a want to buy a wedding ring, he visit a blog about wedding ring, he sees adsense advertisement about wedding ring, he clicks the advertisement, and maybe he buy the ring.
ha ha does my view makes sense or make no sense..
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