Adsense Click Bombing

Charley Brown · 12-31-2009, 05:42 AM

What actually constitutes click bombing?

My wife just checked her adsense account this morning, and one of her sites had 11 link unit clicks on 12 impressions after we had gone to sleep for the night... However, when checking Google Analytics, there were only 2 unique page views for that time frame, both organic searches.

How is it possible that Google is only showing 2 page views in analytics, but 12 impressions with adsense? Should she be concerned about the situation and contact Google or is it necessary. I am going to check the site logs for her this morning, though using Google Analytics, it was deduced that the two visitors last night were from another part of the country (Illinois) and Canada.

Anyone have any suggestions to prevent click bombing?

LetsGoViral · 12-31-2009, 06:16 AM

It means that your competition decides it might be fun to mess around with you and uses proxies to click on your ads making google think it's you who is doing that.

Might get you banned from Google. TBH - it's a really a$$hole thing to do. It's not even beneficial for anybody.

I'd recommend writing to Google informing that you noticed unnatural behavior and asking if they could investigate that. That will prevent suspicion from you!

bigcat1967 · 12-31-2009, 08:27 AM

That is one of my biggest fears w/ adsense. G will assume you are guilty and may ban your account. You may start thinking (if you haven't already) of doing other affiliate marketing if that's what your into.

Charley Brown · 12-31-2009, 11:11 AM

Well, my wife reported it to Google. I got the persons IP address and banned them from the server as well. We'll see how it goes. I found out they also were on her site earlier in the day, arriving there with the same keyword, and clicked on 5 regular ads as well. They were either clickbombing her site or are just really stupid.

JohnMcCabe · 12-31-2009, 11:35 AM

Charley, I'd keep my fingers crossed and my options open until I heard back from Google if i were you...

You don't have to be judged guilty of anything to lose your account. They simply have to decide that you represent a risk to their advertisers. That's what happened to me.

I thought I was doing a good thing, finding sites that scraped my content without permission and used it on Adsense farms. When I found one, I'd report it to Google. The sites usually disappeared pretty quickly.

Then one day I tried to log into my account. All I got was a page that said the account was suspended. I followed their procedure, provided the information they asked for, and waited.

Their final decision was that even though they believed I did nothing wrong, I still represented a risk to their advertisers. To err on the safe side, they were banning my account. They also flushed what they owed me for that month. It was only a few hundred dollars at that point, but it hurt just the same.

I wish you better luck than I had...

InternetMarketingIQ · 12-31-2009, 12:45 PM

You can't prevent it. Adsense just won't pay you. It's not a big deal. If you are worried write you rep.

12-31-2009, 05:42 AM	#1
Charley Brown Active Warrior Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 79 Thanks: 2 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Adsense Click Bombing What actually constitutes click bombing? My wife just checked her adsense account this morning, and one of her sites had 11 link unit clicks on 12 impressions after we had gone to sleep for the night... However, when checking Google Analytics, there were only 2 unique page views for that time frame, both organic searches. How is it possible that Google is only showing 2 page views in analytics, but 12 impressions with adsense? Should she be concerned about the situation and contact Google or is it necessary. I am going to check the site logs for her this morning, though using Google Analytics, it was deduced that the two visitors last night were from another part of the country (Illinois) and Canada. Anyone have any suggestions to prevent click bombing?

12-31-2009, 06:16 AM	#2
LetsGoViral LuxWriter.com War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Europe Posts: 662 Thanks: 63 Thanked 74 Times in 54 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Adsense Click Bombing It means that your competition decides it might be fun to mess around with you and uses proxies to click on your ads making google think it's you who is doing that. Might get you banned from Google. TBH - it's a really a$$hole thing to do. It's not even beneficial for anybody. I'd recommend writing to Google informing that you noticed unnatural behavior and asking if they could investigate that. That will prevent suspicion from you!
	Professional article writer will provide you with content that SELLS! Try Coolest Backgammon App for iPhone!

12-31-2009, 08:27 AM	#3
bigcat1967 Senior Warrior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 1,259 Thanks: 21 Thanked 54 Times in 52 Posts	Re: Adsense Click Bombing That is one of my biggest fears w/ adsense. G will assume you are guilty and may ban your account. You may start thinking (if you haven't already) of doing other affiliate marketing if that's what your into.
	Massage Chair Philadelphia Lake Erie Fishing Charter

12-31-2009, 11:11 AM	#4
Charley Brown Active Warrior Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 79 Thanks: 2 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Adsense Click Bombing Well, my wife reported it to Google. I got the persons IP address and banned them from the server as well. We'll see how it goes. I found out they also were on her site earlier in the day, arriving there with the same keyword, and clicked on 5 regular ads as well. They were either clickbombing her site or are just really stupid.

12-31-2009, 11:35 AM	#5
JohnMcCabe Happy Hooker War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North of the Peace River, Southwest Florida, USA. Posts: 8,035 Thanks: 2,930 Thanked 4,901 Times in 2,615 Posts Social Networking	Re: Adsense Click Bombing Charley, I'd keep my fingers crossed and my options open until I heard back from Google if i were you... You don't have to be judged guilty of anything to lose your account. They simply have to decide that you represent a risk to their advertisers. That's what happened to me. I thought I was doing a good thing, finding sites that scraped my content without permission and used it on Adsense farms. When I found one, I'd report it to Google. The sites usually disappeared pretty quickly. Then one day I tried to log into my account. All I got was a page that said the account was suspended. I followed their procedure, provided the information they asked for, and waited. Their final decision was that even though they believed I did nothing wrong, I still represented a risk to their advertisers. To err on the safe side, they were banning my account. They also flushed what they owed me for that month. It was only a few hundred dollars at that point, but it hurt just the same. I wish you better luck than I had...
	Salad is not food. Salad is what food eats... -- The REAL PETA, People for Eating Tasty Animals "I did not fight my way to the top of the food chain to eat tofu!"

12-31-2009, 12:45 PM	#6
InternetMarketingIQ Senior Warrior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: US of A Posts: 2,190 Thanks: 47 Thanked 258 Times in 212 Posts	Re: Adsense Click Bombing You can't prevent it. Adsense just won't pay you. It's not a big deal. If you are worried write you rep.
	Internet Marketing IQ™