Google Bot Clicking on Adsense?

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Today I noticed 4 clicks on one of my sites in a matter of minutes which came out to a 57% CTR.

I checked the logs/IP and it turns out to be Google and their bot clicked on my Adsense 4 times in a matter of minutes. The revenue is still in my account and this is the third site of mine where a Google bot has clicked on my Adsense.

I just hope Google Adsense doesn't ban me for invalid clicks when it's their own bot doing the clicking. Anyone else have this happened to?
#adsense #bot #clicking #google
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  • Profile picture of the author whoisray
    Yes, I'm pretty sure just 2 visitors today and I got 4 clicks out of one. The other visitor was in the morning and the clicks happened an hour ago, the same time when the Google bot came by.
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  • Profile picture of the author AmazeMe
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    Originally Posted by whoisray View Post

    Today I noticed 4 clicks on one of my sites in a matter of minutes which came out to a 57% CTR.

    I checked the logs/IP and it turns out to be Google and their bot clicked on my Adsense 4 times in a matter of minutes. The revenue is still in my account and this is the third site of mine where a Google bot has clicked on my Adsense.

    I just hope Google Adsense doesn't ban me for invalid clicks when it's their own bot doing the clicking. Anyone else have this happened to?
    Can you elaborate on this?

    When you say it clicked on your AdSense 4 times in minutes, are you saying it registered in your AdSense account? If so, how do you know this? Does AdSense show IP addresses in the reporting?
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    Originally Posted by whoisray View Post

    Today I noticed 4 clicks on one of my sites in a matter of minutes which came out to a 57% CTR.

    I checked the logs/IP and it turns out to be Google and their bot clicked on my Adsense 4 times in a matter of minutes. The revenue is still in my account and this is the third site of mine where a Google bot has clicked on my Adsense.

    I just hope Google Adsense doesn't ban me for invalid clicks when it's their own bot doing the clicking. Anyone else have this happened to?
    4 clicks at 57% CTR means you had 7 people/traffic, you'll sometimes get high percentages on your CTR when traffic is really low.

    If you only had 2 traffic/people & 1 clicked an Adsense Ad, that alone would be 50% CTR.
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  • Profile picture of the author supaH
    Haven't seen a Google Bot click an adsense ad before, but I have had amazon bots click them for $0 revenue.
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  • Profile picture of the author johnnys229
    Lol, if this is true it would be one of the craziest things I've heard in a while.
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