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Google AdSense 0 Clicks Bug Lingers On For Several Weeks

For the past several weeks, publishers have been complaining about an issue with Google AdSense reporting that their Google AdSense ads have been getting zero clicks. This has become known as the 0 clicks bug.
There are numerous threads about this issue, but the big one is this Google AdSense Help Thread that documents a bunch of cases of this bug. The AdSense reports may show zero clicks on ads for several days and then update and begin to show clicks afterward.
Ramandeep Singh posted his complaint and wrote:
Since March 2023, many of publishers keep reporting ‘0 click; problem in this Google AdSense Forum.
This is different issue, No policy violation notifications are there in Policy Centre, Ads are appearing normally, CPM ads revenue is counting, but Click are either being removed from AdSense accounts or not counting. In other words AdSense ads clicks are not counting in Publisher accounts at all. When no clicks are there, publishers are unable to earn anything, except CPM revenue.
I am one of those publishers, there is enough discussion already in Google AdSense Community, and rest of the web, but no one is aware what is causing this. Many are saying this is caused by invalid traffic, but as far as my personal case is concerned, I have never ever got invalid traffic, and proper security settings are on place. I have never got invalid traffic revenue deducted as well.
One of senior forum experts have already said to contact Google, but there is no response from Google AdSense Team yet. No one knows what is happening or why AdSense is not counting clicks. Everyone have their own opinion, but only AdSense Team can fix it.
It is our humble request to AdSense Team, that please fix this known issue, so that we can work with ‘peace of mind’ once again on our websites.
Google AdSense product expert Busterjet wrote, “I have brought this to Google’s attention via the communication channel available to Product Experts, but have not had a response so far.”
The issue seems to resolve itself and then comes back again.
Here are some screenshots of the issue:
So if you see zero clicks in your AdSense reporting and you think something is off, it might be related to this reporting issue.
Google has not yet confirmed the issue but that is Google for you when it comes to AdSense.
Forum discussion at Google AdSense Help.
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Google Hanukkah Decorations Are Live For 2023

Hanukkah (aka Chanukah) starts this coming Thursday night, December 7th. Google has added its Hanukkah decorations to the Google Search results interface to celebrate. Google does this every year and I expect to see the same rollout in the coming weeks for Christmas and Kawanzaa but for now, since Chanukah is in the coming days, we have the Hanukkah decorations live at Google Search.
Here is a screenshot of the Chanukah decorations as they look like on the mobile search results.
You can see it yourself by searching on Google for [chanukah], [hanukkah], but not yet [חֲנוּכָּה] or other spelling variations yet but it should soon. It looks better on mobile than it does on desktop results.
To see the past, the 2023 decorations, 2021 decorations, 2020 Chanukah decorations, 2019 Google holiday decorations, the 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010 and so on.
Happy Chanukah, everyone!
Forum discussion at X.
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Google Pay Accepted Icons In Google Search Results

Google seems to be testing a Google Pay Accepted label or icon in the Google search results. This label has the super G logo followed by the words “Pay accepted” words next to search result snippets that support Google Pay and notate such in their structured data.
This was first spotted by Khushal Bherwani who shared some screenshots of this on X – here is one:
Here are some more screenshots:
Here is test and without test window for same query. pic.twitter.com/n9cYWBOsro
— Khushal Bherwani (@b4k_khushal) October 20, 2023
Brodie Clark also posted some screenshots after on X:
In continuation from the test from October, Google is now testing out a new Google Pay label associated with organic results. Last month, Google was testing Pay Accepted text, with this month changing it to Pay encrypted checkout. More details: https://t.co/MvFNoPmMDR pic.twitter.com/WDVVc4RbTO
— SERPs Up 🌊 (@SERPalerts) November 30, 2023
I tried to replicate this but I came up short.
This is not the first time Google had similar icons like this in its search results.
Forum discussion at X.
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Google Discover Showing Older Content Since Follow Feature Arrived

Typically, Google Discover shows content that is less than a day old, but it can show content that is weeks, months, or even years old. However, typically, Google will show more recent content in the Discover feed. Well, that may have changed with the new Google follow feature.
Glenn Gabe, who is a very active Google Discover user, noticed that since the Follow feature rolled out, he has been seeing content that is weeks and months old way more often than before the follow feature rolled out. Glenn wrote on X that “this could also be playing a role. i.e. Google isn’t providing as much recent content, but instead, focusing on providing targeted content based on the topics you are following.”
It makes sense that if you follow a specific topic and if Google Discover only shows the most authoritative types of content, it might be hard for Google to find new content on that topic. So it does make sense that Google may show older content more often for that specific topic you follow.
Here are screenshots Glenn shared:
Have you noticed this in your Discover feed?
Forum discussion at X.
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