We can tell you how many hits, or 'impressions' your links have gotten. Once you are registered, clicking the "AdPie" link in the top menu will take you to a report that lists all of your AdPie-active articles and the number of times your turn in the rotation has been visited. However, we are not given any data as to the clicks you recieve - your Google AdSense account will record them when that happens, along with keeping track of your overall impressions on a day-by-day basis.

If you are using ads on other sites as well as CC, but not using channels, Google's reports will not tell you where the impressions are coming from.

Assuming you used a channel or only have ads on this site, there are cases that could cause the counts to not match. Google Ads use javascript that runs as the last part of loading a page. Your Colored Chalk impression count is updated before the Google Ad is completed, and so if a user closes the window or loses connection between these two operations, you will see a discrepancy. However, if you are seeing this happen often, please contact me immediately with details so that I can look into the problem.

Using Google Ads here does not limit you from using them elsewhere. If you want to know which clicks are coming from Colored Chalk, use the channel feature in AdSense and submit with that in your Ad-Code.

Yes, one as host, and one as a member. The accounts are considered separate by the system.

Absolutely. This works just like an animation with X contributing members, so long as you are each registered with separate user ids and each submit individual ad-codes. Note: your 'slices' may not turn out to be even in revenue. You get paid based on visitor behavior, which will cause varied results as to who gets clicks and when they occur.

As a courtesy, you should contact the artist who created the content in question and let them know about AdPie. If you asked for perimission specifying that you would use their music for non-commercial purposes, then things change - you are now using their content in a way that could earn you money, which is no longer "non-commercial". Use common sense and respect the art that others create - do not steal the work of others for use here.

The "fair use" clause of copyright law is a lot narrower than most people think, and in this case even moreso because of the revenue potential. I have access to intellectual property lawyers and can help you research whether or not you fall within those boundaries. If "fair use" is the case, the original owner is not entitled to a slice. Please read here for more information.

This is where things get interesting. Each animation should be followed by a table of members and links to pages that display artwork, music, poetry, fiction, or other elements that comprised that animation. Each of those pages is a part of AdPie as well, with the slices becoming specialized.

For example: Let's say you have an animation with contributed artwork, poetry, and music. The artist may want a gallery page for his/her original work. That gallery page is not shared amongst all members, it is only shared between the host and the artist. The same happens for the music page if one is created, or for the poem if it is published as a supplement. As visitors delve behind the scenes of an animation, the slices become more refined.