Hello all. I installed prosper-202 on my site to monitor my clicks and to help sort out any click fraud. There are 2 things that I have noticed. The clicks from Prosper software and what google is charging me for never add up. Every day they have charged me for an extra click. Today there are 3 extra ones. Secondly I am getting charged for a lot of duplicate click. (2 clicks in less than a minute from same IP address). Does any one else use Prosper and how accurate is it? And 2 should I be asking for a refund for 2 click from same Ip in less than a minute. Thanks for everyone's help in advance.
Could be many reasons. Prosper not recording clicks properly, differences in data to update. I would never check today's stats for one thing. Google is good at finding double servings. It may not show right away in your account but they do refund clicks after doing their regular maintenance to find such things.
Are you sure? - they don't tell you that they are refunding you, it just turns up as a credit for invalid clicks.
2 different trackers will come up with 2 different amounts. The one might not count a click if the site does not load all the way.
Prosper isn't 100% accurate and honestly: Do a few clicks more or less matter? Google is pretty good at detecting fraudulent clicks and there isn't a real alternative with similar volume, so I think it's something you have to accept as negative side effect...
You are right. I make enough money on Adwords to justify some bad clicks here and there. Without Google I would not have the business that I have. But I think they use that to their advantage as well.