Adsense bot fraud clics

Discussion in 'AdSense' started by k4nk4n, Feb 23, 2020.

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    Hello
    i am running a 30 000 user forum and using Adsense since 10 years without any issue.
    Since mid december, my daily revenue increased by x10.
    I thought it was the effect of Black Friday/Cyber monday, but phenomena keeps going until the 20 of January this year. Google team suspended my acccount for illegal traffic.
    The 20 of February, I turned on ads display again and issue remained...
    I think i am victim of bot click fraud, but not able to identify them.
    Do you guys have an idea of to get rid of this ?
    Currently, i turned ads display Off and alerted Google teams about this.
    Thanks for reading.
     
    k4nk4n, Feb 23, 2020 IP
  2. qwikad.com

    qwikad.com Illustrious Member Affiliate Manager

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    You need to contact their support. I doubt anyone can help you here. Accounts do get disabled for invalid traffic:

    Artificial impressions and clicks that are generated through automated means such as a bot or deceptive software, are prohibited. Automated traffic can be generated by a publisher, or can be received through purchased traffic. It’s important to review traffic sources before you decide to work with a traffic source. Be aware of programs that check links within your site, YouTube channel, or app, as they may click on ad links as well.

    https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/2660562?hl=en
     
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  3. k4nk4n

    k4nk4n Member

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  4. Denis B.

    Denis B. Member

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    There was some WordPress plugin for blocking click fraud on ads, but I don't know what CMS you use. First talk with Adsense support, then find a solution like the one in my example to prevent future attacks.
     
    Denis B., Feb 24, 2020 IP
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    dabbu347 Well-Known Member

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    You can alternatively use https://wordpress.org/plugins/clickguard/ to prevent the pain and frustration of losing money to click fraud. Protects Google Ads campaigns from money wasting fraudulent clicks.

    Hope this might help.
     
    dabbu347, Feb 24, 2020 IP