Google just issued me a $100 credit, which is quite a large credit considering that I've only spent around maybe $400 with them. I'm guessing it's related to content search click fraud, but they really would not give me any details. How common is this? While I appreciate the credit, it does raise a rather large red flag for me around the level of click fraud that there must be going on out there.
That's strange! I never had Google giving me 100$ Can you please copy-paste the e-mail where they present the 100$? Thanks!
If you don't want it, I'll take it! It could be a click fraud thing, but that seems to be pretty high for your spend. Did you use a coupon when opening the account?
I didn't use a coupon when opening my account. Google did not notify me via email about the credit. I saw it in my Adwords account just appear one day. When I sent them an email trying to understand what it was for, this is the reply that I received.
100 dollars given by Google just because??? Never heard... I wish I would have received them - I wouldn't invest them in Google AdWords at all! Haha!
Are you talking about Google AdWords voucher which you get when you purchase a web hosting? I've got mine £50 (about $100 worth).
I think its money from click fraud but they usually send them back a month later!! and they usually email you! Otherwise just lucky!!
I don't think it's from adsense fraude because it's a round number, normaly adwords staff only gives the exact number of dollars being fraud with
they seem to give it if you were a victim of click fraud. you probably lost more then the 100 dollar they are offering ...
sometime they issue credits for you filling out a survey or trying a new trial program - perhaps you did one of those and forgot it
Never happened to me as well! and I've been using adwrods nearly since they've started... Every month, I only get few dollars worth of credit (due to click fraud)... But not $100 all at once. Tim