Does AVG Browser Helper click Google Ads?

Discussion in 'Google AdWords' started by winsoar, Jul 2, 2008.

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    I installed the latest version of AVG Anti Virus on one of my computers and it added a toolbar including a search helper plugin.

    When I searched on Google it "scanned" the results to check if they are OK or not.

    Does this scanning actually count as a click through on the ads?
     
    winsoar, Jul 2, 2008 IP
  2. riya_senk

    riya_senk Well-Known Member

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    No i guess none toolbar clicks on ads.
     
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  3. winsoar

    winsoar Well-Known Member

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    How do they avoid it if they are fetching the URL?
     
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    riya_senk Well-Known Member

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    They will just check the HTML part of page, It wont follow urls inside javascript.
     
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  5. winsoar

    winsoar Well-Known Member

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    On the Google search results page the Adwords ads are HTML links.

    The toolbar appears to spider those sites, therefore I believe it is clicking all the Adwords ads on the page.
     
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    fadetoblack22 Well-Known Member

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    IT should say in the AVG results what it has scanned. However the company would face some serious legal issues if their tool was clicking on ads!
     
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    easymultitracking Peon

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    It better not!
     
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  8. winsoar

    winsoar Well-Known Member

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    I've uninstalled it just incase.
     
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    It wouldn't effect Google Ads.

    I have never had any issues with it before.
     
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    If you're concerned, shoot them an email. However, I'm pretty sure they don't click them.
     
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    i believe AVG just copy the url and then check its main AVG Site's database, where main database have all information.

    but not confirmed.
     
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  13. winsoar

    winsoar Well-Known Member

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    According to The Register:

    "We parse out the target and go straight there, skipping any Google click counter," says Pat Bitton, head of communications at AVG, a Czech company with regional offices in the US and the UK.

    Good news!
     
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    Yeah its definatley not just clicking on the ads. That would be a nightmare!
    =Patz
     
    patzer, Jul 3, 2008 IP