Warning From Google Adsense

Discussion in 'AdSense' started by bloon, Apr 10, 2008.

  1. #1
    First...I never ever clicked my own ads, I am tottally understand, If I clicked my own ads, I will be banned.

    But today I've got email from google that I have invalid clicked?? and I never clicked my own ads:

    Heres the Email :

    "It has come to our attention that invalid clicks or impressions have
    been generated on your Google ads, posing a financial risk to our
    AdWords advertisers. Please note that any activity that may
    artificially inflate an advertiser's costs or a publisher's earnings is
    strictly prohibited by our program policies.

    We understand that you may want more information about the activity we
    detected. However, because we have a need to protect our proprietary
    detection systems, we're unable to provide our publishers with any
    details about their account activity, including any web pages or users
    that may have been involved. Thank you for your understanding.

    We recommend reviewing these references to learn more about invalid
    click activity and other activities that could endanger your account
    standing:

    https://www.google.com/adsense/policies?hl=en_US
    https://www.google.com/adsense/localized-terms?rc=NZ&ce=1&hl=en_US
    http://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/topic.py?topic=8426&hl=en_US

    In addition, because we credit advertisers for any invalid activity we
    detect, we may adjust your account earnings for any days during which
    such activity occurred.

    Lastly, please note that if we continue to detect invalid activity on
    your Google ads, we may take further action on your account in order to
    protect our advertisers' interests, and payment may be withheld. Thank
    you for your understanding.

    Sincerely,

    The Google AdSense Team"



    Should I replied the email or not? Should I ask google which ads that have invalid clicked??
    How do I know I have invalid clicked? I want to track it down the problem..


    Advise please
     
    bloon, Apr 10, 2008 IP
  2. sultanofseo

    sultanofseo Notable Member

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    #2
    don;t worry, its just a warning. google will not give you any more info but you need to monitor your server log to see if you can track anything. you do not need to reply but you can if you wish. you can say like you will take a closer look at your analytics/stats to see if you can detect where the invalid clicks are coming from and take preventive measure.
     
    sultanofseo, Apr 10, 2008 IP
  3. leandar

    leandar Well-Known Member

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    get more organic traffic avoid bannfobiea
     
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  4. c4st

    c4st Peon

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    Someone once told be about click fraud detection software. Maybe you want to take a look into it?
     
    c4st, Apr 10, 2008 IP
  5. phinelinda

    phinelinda Well-Known Member

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    #5
    Email them and ask them. If they warned you, you should know about what is on your websites and where you publicize them.
     
    phinelinda, Apr 10, 2008 IP
  6. Abhik

    Abhik ..:: The ONE ::..

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    #6
    You better rectify the problems asap. You might not be second time lucky.
     
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  7. Freewebspace

    Freewebspace Notable Member

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    But the problem is Server logs can only show the stats but not invalid clicks...
     
    Freewebspace, Apr 10, 2008 IP
  8. www.itsfreeworld.info

    www.itsfreeworld.info Banned

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    #8
    May Be SOme Of yr WEbsite vistor have clicked on yr ads too many Times with same Ip....
    Too many Click with so less Page Impression = Invalid Clicks.
     
    www.itsfreeworld.info, Apr 10, 2008 IP
  9. thivakaran

    thivakaran Active Member

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    I have no idea is al about...This is sound crazy but i just ask u if got any friends which anger with u and he know your sites very well..Hehehe
     
    thivakaran, Apr 10, 2008 IP
  10. annisk

    annisk Peon

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    #10
    Check your site stats! Any strange? Maybe the IP's or ISP's?
     
    annisk, Apr 10, 2008 IP
  11. angilina

    angilina Notable Member

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    Investigate and solve the problem AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
     
    angilina, Apr 11, 2008 IP
  12. projectw3-new

    projectw3-new Peon

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    #12
    Here's when your logs will really save your bacon.
    Refer to your logs and see if there's any repeat IP addresses.
    For example, xx.xx.xx.xx visited your website 100 times in the last 30 minutes,...or something like that.

    Once you single out the IP address, check the country which the IP is coming from.

    BAN the IP, and possibly also the Country from your site if you can...depending on which country it is. E.g. you can ban the country if the suspicious traffic is from non-english speaking country.

    Then email Google what you have done, and keep monitoring your Adsense stats. Always stay vigilant, especially if you've received an email like that.

    Hope that helps :)
     
    projectw3-new, Apr 11, 2008 IP
  13. Geraldm

    Geraldm Well-Known Member

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    Question:

    What's an invalid impression? how can Google tell what impressions are valid or invalid?
     
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  14. SubmitShop

    SubmitShop Banned

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    #14
    This is just a warning, try to find if some body close to you might try to play, increase traffic to get hits from around the world.
     
    SubmitShop, Apr 11, 2008 IP
  15. scubita

    scubita Peon

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    #15
    where's your traffic coming from? serp's? or do you buy traffic?

    once i had an alert just like that, and at the time i was buying traffic from adwords.
     
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  16. projectw3-new

    projectw3-new Peon

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    #16
    Are you buying International traffic? also known as untargeted traffic?

     
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  17. mhmdkhamis

    mhmdkhamis Well-Known Member

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    #17
    try use google ad manger
     
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    #18
    check your stats and check the ip of your returning visitors.
     
    falguni1, Apr 11, 2008 IP
  19. adda4u

    adda4u Well-Known Member

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    #19
    This is my personal opinion

    See google will play with us ....no one can argue with google...

    Even i recd the message as it is...For first time i sent return mail Saying that I am sorry for that and i asked can u provide me source of invalid clicks they said no...

    After some months my site has huge traffic and i am getting good returns through referrals i never place content ads ....

    Few days back i recd msg from google saying that disable of a/c
    in msg it says ur a/c Banned due to invalid clicks ...

    I think invalid clicks will arise thru content ads am i right???

    I know this people will like that ...
     
    adda4u, Apr 11, 2008 IP
  20. conradmiguel

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    #20
    A click bomber could have click-bombed you.

    Or worse Google's bots are angry w/ your website. :D
     
    conradmiguel, Apr 11, 2008 IP