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I recently decided to turn on adsense after my post. The ads look great and content is awesome I just can’t see the impressions in Adsense. I have always used adsense code and inserts it into to certain areas and tracking no issue with channels. How can I track the impressions with adsense under my post, since you can’t pick a channel?

I have a blog and I got to wondering if I should use adsense or w/e to earn some useful income. How would I get around convincing my parents to let me do this?

And also, does anyone else use adsense to make legitimate income?