I am seeing the lowest numbers ever. Is it the same for you? Few questions:

1.) If you are smart priced how long does it take until you get out of it, or do you ever?

2.) What are some potential things that can smartprice your account?

3.) What can a webmaster do to overcome smartprising or to avoid smartpricing.

4.) What are the things that cause an acount to be smartpriced. I think this is an important thing to know, what can you do, to make sure you are not smartpriced?

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If webmasters are smartpriced because clicks don’t make sale, what about some VERY POOR landing pages that Adword advertisers have. I have seen landing pages that will HARDLY MAKE SALE. Is it fair to hold the webmasters responsible for the click not making the sale?

ASA your help here will be greatly appreciated. Any input will help all of us.

As part of our efforts to make sure that the AdSense account details publishers provide are valid and correct, we do a couple types of validation that you may be aware of: the Personal Identification Number (PIN) program and, in some locations, phone number verification. One or both of these verification methods is required in order to ensure the security and accuracy of your information so you can receive payments from AdSense.

In the past, our system would ask you to verify your information when your earnings reached $50. However, we’ve recently changed the threshold to $10. This lowered amount means many of you may see a PIN arrive in your mailbox soon, as well as a prompt in your account to verify your phone number. For more information about these holds, visit the links in the ‘Required Actions’ box on your Payment History page.

(Psst: If your all-time earnings are between $10 and $50, this might be a good time to learn all about PINs so you’ll know what to expect. Or, if you prefer surprises, you can remain blissfully ignorant till a PIN mailer pops up in your mailbox. Just be sure you don’t pitch it in the trash!)

Are you seeing the following error message when trying to log in?

“Welcome! You’re signed in to Google Accounts under the email [your email address] and your Google Account password, but this is not a valid AdSense login.”

We’ve heard that there’s been confusion among publishers about this login error message — especially if you’re absolutely positive that you’ve used the correct email address when logging in. (And 99.9% of the time, this is the case.) To help you access your account, we’d like to provide you with some clarification and tips for troubleshooting.

If you’re seeing this error message, this means your AdSense account shares the same login and password as a Google Account, but the two accounts are not linked. As a result, when you try logging in at www.google.com/adsense, our system will only grant you access to your Google Account — not your AdSense account. To resolve this issue, you’ll need to maintain two separate passwords.

The easiest way to proceed is to first ensure that you’re logged out of Google Accounts for any other products you use, such as Gmail or AdWords. Then, change your AdSense password at https://www.google.com/adsense/assistlogin. You’ll be asked to submit your login email address to us, and we’ll then send a reset link to that address. When changing your AdSense password, please be sure to select a unique password that you’re not using with any other Google product. After you’ve changed your AdSense password, please try logging in again at www.google.com/adsense.

We understand that this is inconvenient, and we apologize for the confusing situation. We’re working on migrating all AdSense accounts over to Google Accounts, and in the meantime, we appreciate your patience.

Let the theorizing begin!

Actually, anyone expecting major revelations along the lines of “What’s in the hatch?” were probably disappointed by “Lost’s” fourth season premiere. Titled “The Beginning of the End,” the episode didn’t establish any new directions for our favorite castaways that weren’t already introduced last season.

Instead, we got a bit of a breather, which gave the characters time to deal emotionally with the events of last season’s finale. Hurley gave a nice speech memorializing his pal Charlie (Dominic Monaghan). In a show that has myriad dangling plot threads, dozens of major characters and just 48 episodes left to bring it all to a satisfying conclusion, you have to admire the fact that they took this hour to commemorate a dead character. It was a nice character moment and it seemed to have a lot of feeling. One thing “Lost” has never been afraid of is reaching for the big emotions. It may be safer to appeal to the mind, but sometimes the heart needs to be fed too.

Not that Charlie is completely gone, mind you. 

The flash-forward we saw last May appears to be a trend, as this episode featured Hurley in his post-island life back in a mental ward. And just as he once saw visions of his imaginary friend Daniel, poor Hurley is now seeing Charlie. But this time Charlie appears to be working as an advocate of sorts for the island, almost begging Hurley to return.

We should also take a moment to puzzle over the appearance of guest star Lance Reddick, formerly of HBO’s “The Wire.” Though he presented himself to Hurley as an attorney for Oceanic Airlines, I don’t think I’m going out on a limb to say that there seems to be more going on with him than meets the eye. I’m sure we’ll see more of him, though with that piercing stare and creepy, knowing half-smile, I’m not sure I want to. His appearance, combined with Jacob’s scary shack in the jungle makes me wonder if “Lost” is leaving the sci-fi behind in favor of out-and-out horror.

The episode’s biggest unanswered question, of course, is who are the rest of the Oceanic Six? We know Jack, Kate and Hurley got off the island, but who are the other three? The person in the coffin, no doubt. But what about Michael and Walt? If you’re a credit reader, you’ll notice that Harold Perrineau, who plays Michael, is back in the opening credits. Though he didn’t make an appearance in this episode, my money says he’s on that freighter with the rest of the so-called rescuers.

It appears we’ll find out for sure next week, when we’ll finally get to meet these freighter people. The “Lost” community needs to hurry up and come up with a shorthand name for them, similar to The Others or The Tailies. How about the Freighter Fakers? The Not Penny’s Boaters? I’m open to suggestions.

And I would be remiss if I didn’t call attention to one of the worst ideas ABC has ever attempted with its real-time pop-up commentary that ran with the rerun of last May’s season finale on Wednesday night. Across the bottom of the screen, a constant stream of text, mostly describing the action above it, served to distract and at times infuriate viewers. What were they hoping to accomplish with that? I only made it through 10 minutes before I went screaming for the DVD. Maybe it’s a tactic in the ongoing writers strike? If their goal is to make reruns completely unpalatable to watch, they may have found the magic touch.