Ever been victim of click fraud ?

Discussion in 'Guidelines / Compliance' started by EmperorCoder, Sep 16, 2006.

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    I believe I might be victim of click fraud. I saw a big spike in my clicks and CTR today.

    I checked my stats to see what was going on, and I see one particular user that seemed to have visited all my pages multiple times (63 page loads from that single user which is VERY high for my tiny site).

    There is no way I can be sure that the clicks are indeed coming from that particular user, nor I can be sure that it is indeed click fraud (maybe the guy is VERY interested although I doubt it).

    Has this happened to anybody ? Should I worry ? Can I get banned because the Internet is full of freaks I can't control ?

    Thanks,
    Emp
     
    EmperorCoder, Sep 16, 2006 IP
  2. sd2001

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    Give Google a head's up and let them know you may be a victim of sabatoge. I speculate (and I've heard this many times on DP) that keeping the lines of communication open is crucial in weird situations like this.
     
    sd2001, Sep 16, 2006 IP
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    If you own a small number of websites and sites with tiny contents, think of using a free adsense tracker software like "adlogger". It will tell you which user with ip clicked ads.
     
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