Should I Submit An Invalid Clicks Form For Adsense?

[3000]

When is the right time to send an invalid clicks form for Adsense?

I had a few clicks that seemed out of the ordinary. I checked my account around 12:00 pm pacific time and saw that a had 4 clicks.

I checked again around 12:40pm and saw that I had 8 clicks this time but only 3 more impression then I saw at 12:00.



I'm kind of weary to submit a claim because my site that is affected has an EMD and is basically a site just for adsense. The form said this:

"Use this form to let our team know about invalid activity in your account. Please keep in mind that it's your responsibility to prevent invalid activity from occurring in your account, and this form does not absolve you of that responsibility."

So basically if I don't send one and they do find it to be invalid I could essentially still lose my account?

[paulgl]

There is never any reason to contact google.

Invalid activity happens to best of clients.

Nothing to worry about.

The clicks get credited immediately, but the impression
data lags.

Most people don't even know they have invalid activity
as they don't check every minute. But everybody gets
some form of invalid activity.

There is a difference between invalid activity, that
happens normally, and click fraud. Many people think
they are one and the same.

Having said that, what you don't want to do is attract
people who just click and have no mind to buy a thing.
And do this constantly and in high numbers. Then it
starts looking like...um....click fraud.

Paul

[umrbd]

Well, Google is very well about this hole and they will not even think to ban an account which have some number of invalid clicks if you see some unusual figure like in thousands than you must report them to Google as they have a separate form for this purpose

[yukon]

Your asking for trouble by requesting a manual review.

My advice, follow the Adsense TOS & stop checking your Adsense account more than once per 24 hours (seriously).

Google will handle invalid clicks, you have no control over that. If your traffic/clicks is legit don't worry about it.

This is just my own theory take it for what it is. If you stay logged into your Adsense account, Google will know your IP, & see that your not click bombing your own Ads, they will see another click bombers IP. I'm 99.999% sure they track IPs based on Adsense Ad clicks.

[lovboa]

When I opened my first site, I told my girlfriend about it and told her if anyone clicks on those Google Ads, I make money.
When I woke up the next day, I had 2 visitors- me and her- and 22 clicks. Google only counted it as 1, though.

[yukon]

Originally Posted by lovboa

When I opened my first site, I told my girlfriend about it and told her if anyone clicks on those Google Ads, I make money.
When I woke up the next day, I had 2 visitors- me and her- and 22 clicks. Google only counted it as 1, though.

That's the #1 rule about Adsense, never reveal your Adsense sites to anyone especially family.

Anyone that has never ran Adsense just doesn't understand how it works. They seriously believe If they click bomb your Ads It helps you.

Man I would be freaking out If I found out I had 22 clicks coming from my own IP.

Money & family/friends never mix well, even outside of Adsense it's just a bad idea & almost always ends with a bad experience.