Other Program Performance
Of course, AdSense for Content ad units are not the only components of AdSense. The other AdSense programs—Search, Content, Domains, and Feeds—are reported in pretty much the same way as AdSense for Content units. However, AdSense for Search and AdSense for Domains do report some additional metrics that are worth noting.
Search Performance
You can display an AdSense for Search report in almost exactly the same way as an AdSense for Content report. To generate a Search report, on the Reports tab, click the Search Performance link. You can then display a report, as shown in Figure 9-17.

Figure 9-17. You can display reports for AdSense for Search pretty much in the same way as for AdSense for Content
One difference between an AdSense for Search report and an AdSense for Content report is that AdSense for Search can’t display information by unit impressions, only by page impressions because ads are displayed on Google’s search results pages, not your pages (unless you’ve elected to open search results on your own site).
You’ll also notice that the AdSense for Search report lists Queries. These are the times someone used the search box to make a search.
A click is counted when someone searches using your search box, and then clicks on one of the sponsored links on the results page.
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