Suspected Click Fraud

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   WordofMouseposted 15 years ago

   I wrote a new hub a few weeks ago and it quickly rose to the top 5 of the search engine rankings for its keyword. I have only gotten two clicks since it was published. Today, I all of a sudden had four clicks on that hub within about 5 hours. Should I e-mail Google about this? I don't want them to think I am clicking my own ads; I certainly am not doing that.
   
   I just find it weird that I suddenly got four clicks on the same day. Maybe it's fraud and maybe it's not, but I don't want to get in trouble for it.

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      darksideposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      They'll know if it's you.
      
      So don't worry about it.

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         WordofMouseposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         Thanks, darkside. I didn't think I had to do anything, but I wasn't sure.

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         Pearldiverposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         Exactly!
         
         The Name is a Sure Giveaway!
         
         @OP... Why would you blame a poor defenseless mouse?
         That's the sort of thing that only a Real Rat would do!! 

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   saleheensblogposted 15 years ago

   4 clicks in a day is not too much. I don't think you need to worry about it. How many visits you have got today?

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      WordofMouseposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      I've had 46 PV for that article today, so you can see why I'd think 4 clicks is a bit unusual.

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         saleheensblogposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         one of my hub sold a book in it's first orgasmic[some mark ewbie invented this word] view. It was not my fault

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   TopUniverseposted 15 years ago

   Since you are not clicking your ads no need to worry about it. Google will take care of it. I hope those clicks are genuine as you are getting traffic from search engine.

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   2besureposted 15 years ago

   As long as you did not click on your own ads or ask anyone else to you should be fine.

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   Abbasangelposted 15 years ago

   Hello Amar this is not how you use the forum..
   
   OP --- Google checks ISP and things like that... however I do know that if you get a really ridiculuos amount of clicks from one ISP they will accuse you and revoke your adsense... but this is far greater than 4 click over a 5 hour period. Besides that... people who get 100-$150.00 beat that ratio....
   
   Don't worry about abide by the rules and you will be fine.

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   smelloftruthposted 15 years ago

   Google analytics can solve your problem whether the clicks comes from you or not.

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      easyinkjets.co.ukposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Google cancelled adsense on my account but never really gave a reason just said read faq on disabled accounts which didn't really help so don't trust them

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         smelloftruthposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         Yah, that is actually the sad part with Google. When they ban your account, they provide very scant information why they did it.

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