fraudulent clicks

[bnc929]

I'm detecting what look to be fraudulent clicks from adsense sites through my adwords account.

For example, and this is just one example, I had 25 clicks from this URL in my site stats:

pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-6004880694283459&random=1062000111608&hl=en&format=120x600_as&output=html

I'm guessing the "random" variable is supposed to change on every page view -- meaning on a single page view, by a single person, this ad was clicked 25 times.

Also I have scores of IP addresses listed in my stats as being referred more than once by adsense in the same day. One IP address had 25 referrals for instance. One single IP address visited my site 25 times in one day through adsense banners? This didn't look to be a proxy server either.

My site stats and my adwords stats show the same number of clicks so apparently Google is not discounting these obvious fraudulent clicks. At the very least there should be IP address filters.

Until there is I've suspended distribution to adsense people. Apparently Google is playing catchup to overture in the click fraud department.

[seeber01]

Have you notified Google of this problem with Adwords so they can research it?

If there are fraudulent publishers, then Google, as well as honest publishers, would definately want it stopped.

I have Adsense on my site and would hate to see dishonest publishers ruin it for honest ones, not to mention what it does financially to advertisers.

[caustic]

yes, it means it has not been detected automatically, notify Google and while you may still be charged for those, they will likely terminate the offending Adsense account/s.