asp4bunnies - 2:24 pm on Aug 16, 2005 (gmt 0)

Let me give you two scenarios:

1) 500 clicks in the span of 2 minutes from one ip address.

2) A couple of clicks a day here and there over the course of a week, from one ip address.

Do you really think Google is so stupid as to not recognize which is an attack and which is a self-clicking pattern? Incidentally, scenario 2 will not trigger a site ban unless it's from the owner's ip address. It might trigger a recalculation of revenue to ignore those clicks or you might net your competitor some dishonest money. Either way you're wasting your time.