Someone keeps clicking on my Google adword at least 8 times this eve..so far

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    How can I find out who this is-- could be a competitor and what can I do about it.

    This is the persons address
    205.188.116.16
    cache-dtc-aa12.proxy.aol.com

    Thanks, Alicia
     
    aliciatapp, Oct 14, 2008 IP
  2. Bohra

    Bohra Prominent Member

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    Do you suspect any of your competitor would do such a thing.
     
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    godmode Well-Known Member

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    Do IP exclusion for that IP address if you see clicks coming from that IP all the time or file a click fraud report with Google adwords team.
     
    godmode, Oct 15, 2008 IP
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    scubita Peon

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    Adwords panel should have a option:

    Limit the number of clicks per Ip: Per hour/per day/per week
     
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    communityn Active Member

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    In any case the clicks would be filtered... so dont' worry that you'll have to pay for it... try informing google and they'll let u know what exactly is happening
     
    communityn, Oct 16, 2008 IP
  6. ganeshjacharya

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    You kindly report about this to google adwords team. You will not have to pay for the clicks. Google refunds the money if they identify the clicks to be fraud. I think in your case they will. Again, I do not think at first place google would have charged you for these.
     
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  7. aliciatapp

    aliciatapp Peon

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    Thank you all

    If I wanted to find out who did this .. isn't there software or a website I can go to or use.

    If in fact it is a competitor.. it would be a good thing to know

    Alicia
     
    aliciatapp, Oct 16, 2008 IP
  8. SEOBOT

    SEOBOT Banned

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    Report to Google this will be better and you will not be charged
     
    SEOBOT, Oct 16, 2008 IP
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    Just keep an eye on that IP and the site from where the click is coming from... but dont worry.. the clicks will automatically gets filtered as Invalid clicks, and you will not be charged for those clicks
     
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    ganeshjacharya Peon

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    You can try querying google for "click fraud detection"
     
    ganeshjacharya, Oct 19, 2008 IP
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    I support - there must be some option in Panel.. like we can control CPC with the help of budget controller in same way there must be some option to limit the number of clicks from some particular IP or location.
    This is very hard to find that person... in fact I feel it is not possible to stop it..

     
    Umesh281, Oct 19, 2008 IP
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    designbuyers Banned

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    How to do querying google for "click fraud detection"
     
    designbuyers, Oct 19, 2008 IP
  13. zeekstern

    zeekstern Active Member

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    Will this help?

    OrgName: America Online, Inc
    OrgID: AMERIC-59
    Address: 22080 Pacific Blvd
    City: Sterling
    StateProv: VA
    PostalCode: 20166
    Country: US

    NetRange: 205.188.0.0 - 205.188.255.255
    CIDR: 205.188.0.0/16
    NetName: AOL-DTC
    NetHandle: NET-205-188-0-0-1
    Parent: NET-205-0-0-0-0
    NetType: Direct Assignment
    NameServer: DNS-01.NS.AOL.COM
    NameServer: DNS-02.NS.AOL.COM
    Comment:
    RegDate: 1998-04-18
    Updated: 1998-04-27

    RTechHandle: AOL-NOC-ARIN
    RTechName: America Online, Inc.
    RTechPhone: +1-703-265-4670
    RTechEmail:

    # ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2008-10-18 19:10
    # Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database.

    You might try contacting AOL but I doubt if they can help unless you have more info. It looks like it is some dummy who has an AOL account and they are using a proxy so you probably won't find the real culprit.

    By the way, I went to http://ws.arin.net/whois/ and entered the IP addr to get the above info.


    Zeek
     
    zeekstern, Oct 19, 2008 IP
  14. aliciatapp

    aliciatapp Peon

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    Zeek, thanks a lot for the information........they haven't continued.. it must have been a fluke

    If the address you found was a tile competitor then I would be concerned,, Most of my competitors in the tile business are small mom and pops and in this economy .. their time would be better spent talking to architects : )

    Alicia
     
    aliciatapp, Oct 20, 2008 IP