Suspicious activity on my website

Discussion in 'Guidelines / Compliance' started by tonyinabox, May 20, 2006.

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    Never happened to me before.

    Yesterday I saw the adsense search stats

    It's 2xx% CTR that mean queries more than clicks.

    Have this happen to you guys a lot? It is quite strange for me because it never happened before.

    What should I do or monitor or keep track?

    I feel like someone try to ruin my account, but not sure. :eek:
     
    tonyinabox, May 20, 2006 IP
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    Smyrl Tomato Republic Staff

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    I would contact Google and note it CTR is out of ordinary.

    Shannon
     
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    ajayr Active Member

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    I have had it sometimes as well, it means that in the results page that comes up, your visitor is clicking on multiple ads.
     
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    I myself have had that many times as well, but I do not get many search queries per day.
     
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    It happened quite often to me when I had the search box. Nothing to worry about - it's normal if you have low search counts.
     
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    Oh now I understand. yeah.. that could be... I also contact google before post this thread already.

    This happened on one site that have low search and just installed search box for a week.. Another sites has a lot of search, but never happened before.

    Thank you very much. I am just waiting to see what google say.
     
    tonyinabox, May 20, 2006 IP
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    Tony

    If it was a "one off" on one day I wouldn't worry too much about it. If you see a continuous pattern then it is probably worth reporting.

    I DO think we need to be a little "sensible" about reporting every little incident to Google. I know they are nice and have plenty of resources but I am equally sure they can do without a lot of the reports they will get.

    One thing I have noticed from this board is that information and tips that are meant to be helpful (i.e. made with the best of intentions) can sometimes have the effct of causing minor hysteria/paranoia amongst members. Just use some common sense - if your account is run diligently over a period of time you are unlikely to have problems.

    I noted in a recent report that around 90% of the "bannings" are made in the first month of an account being opened. If you have had an account for months or years with no problems that is actually unlikely to change.
     
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  8. tonyinabox

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    yeah, this never happen before so that why i think it's suspicious activity. im not worry about 'banning' much. i just love to do my website. love to see my website growing. i don't even think i can make money from my website doh. LOL
     
    tonyinabox, May 21, 2006 IP