Has Anyone Else Noticed More Invalid Clicks Than Usual Lately?

MattinSD · 12-14-2011, 01:56 PM

Has anyone else noticed an increased number of Adsense clicks being determined as invalid by Google lately? I would probably see a handful of these per month in the past but, over the last week or so, I've started to see a bunch of them on a daily basis.

Without exception, the clicks (which show up as $0.00 earnings/click) are for image ads. The issue is affecting pretty much all of my sites, so I'm wondering if this is due to a recent change that Google has made or if this is a sign that there are problems with my ad placement, etc.

Has anyone else noticed this too, or should I take this as a warning that there is something wrong with my sites?

yukon · 12-14-2011, 02:19 PM

So turn off image Ads, the image Ad CTR is most times very low anyways (at least for my sites). I only run text Ads.

ranktrackerpro · 12-14-2011, 06:10 PM

Google takes care of most of my invalid clicks. It's quite impressive - they know before I do

Turning off image ads would be a shame. If you're not getting good ctr on image ads, maybe it's your graphic designed that should be fired, not the ads type.

12-14-2011, 01:56 PM	#1
MattinSD Warrior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 27 Thanks: 3 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Has Anyone Else Noticed More Invalid Clicks Than Usual Lately? Has anyone else noticed an increased number of Adsense clicks being determined as invalid by Google lately? I would probably see a handful of these per month in the past but, over the last week or so, I've started to see a bunch of them on a daily basis. Without exception, the clicks (which show up as $0.00 earnings/click) are for image ads. The issue is affecting pretty much all of my sites, so I'm wondering if this is due to a recent change that Google has made or if this is a sign that there are problems with my ad placement, etc. Has anyone else noticed this too, or should I take this as a warning that there is something wrong with my sites?

12-14-2011, 02:19 PM	#2
yukon SEO Strategist War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 6,534 Thanks: 355 Thanked 1,993 Times in 1,274 Posts	Re: Has Anyone Else Noticed More Invalid Clicks Than Usual Lately? So turn off image Ads, the image Ad CTR is most times very low anyways (at least for my sites). I only run text Ads.

12-14-2011, 06:10 PM	#3
ranktrackerpro Active Warrior Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 51 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	Re: Has Anyone Else Noticed More Invalid Clicks Than Usual Lately? Google takes care of most of my invalid clicks. It's quite impressive - they know before I do Turning off image ads would be a shame. If you're not getting good ctr on image ads, maybe it's your graphic designed that should be fired, not the ads type.