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AdWords counting multiple clicks from one visitor

blaze

12:33 am on Jul 16, 2004 (gmt 0)

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Ok, check this out.

Google reported 9 clicks for thursday so far. Upon looking in my logs, this is what I found:

203.115.22.83 - - [15/Jul/2004:05:39:22 -0500] "GET /software/index.html?google=true HTTP/1.1" 200 15110 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)"
203.115.22.83 - - [15/Jul/2004:06:05:00 -0500] "GET /software/index.html?google=true HTTP/1.1" 200 15110 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)"
203.115.22.83 - - [15/Jul/2004:06:19:40 -0500] "GET /software/index.html?google=true HTTP/1.1" 200 15110 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)"
203.115.22.83 - - [15/Jul/2004:06:19:45 -0500] "GET /software/index.html?google=true HTTP/1.1" 200 15110 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)"
203.115.22.83 - - [15/Jul/2004:06:20:18 -0500] "GET /software/index.html?google=true HTTP/1.1" 200 15110 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)"
203.115.22.83 - - [15/Jul/2004:06:20:18 -0500] "GET /software/index.html?google=true HTTP/1.1" 200 15110 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)"
203.115.22.83 - - [15/Jul/2004:06:20:48 -0500] "GET /software/index.html?google=true HTTP/1.1" 200 15110 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)"
203.115.22.83 - - [15/Jul/2004:06:20:48 -0500] "GET /software/index.html?google=true HTTP/1.1" 200 15110 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)"
203.115.22.83 - - [15/Jul/2004:06:21:37 -0500] "GET /software/index.html?google=true HTTP/1.1" 200 15110 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)"
203.115.22.83 - - [15/Jul/2004:06:21:38 -0500] "GET /software/index.html?google=true HTTP/1.1" 200 15110 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)"
65.41.131.121 - - [15/Jul/2004:11:52:29 -0500] "GET /software/index.html?google=true HTTP/1.1" 200 15110 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)"

That was *all* of the clicks reported for thursday.

I only see two unique visitors.

Since I'm not getting a referral URL, theoretically they could have clicked through on a bunch of different searches.

Whatever the case is, Google counts multiple clicks from one visitor.

blaze

12:38 am on Jul 16, 2004 (gmt 0)

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For fun, I reached back in the logs:

BTW, I changed the the URL from /?google=true to /software/index.html?google=true a couple of days ago.

203.115.22.83 - - [11/Jul/2004:22:57:53 -0500] "GET /?google=true HTTP/1.0" 301 0 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)"
203.115.22.83 - - [11/Jul/2004:22:57:56 -0500] "GET /software/index.html HTTP/1.0" 200 14690 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)"
203.115.22.83 - - [11/Jul/2004:23:40:21 -0500] "GET /?google=true HTTP/1.0" 301 0 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)"
203.115.22.83 - - [11/Jul/2004:23:40:24 -0500] "GET /software/index.html HTTP/1.0" 200 14690 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)"
203.115.22.83 - - [12/Jul/2004:03:54:00 -0500] "GET /?google=true HTTP/1.0" 301 0 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)"
203.115.22.83 - - [12/Jul/2004:03:54:05 -0500] "GET /software/index.html HTTP/1.0" 200 14690 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)"
203.115.22.83 - - [12/Jul/2004:03:54:21 -0500] "GET /?google=true HTTP/1.0" 301 0 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)"
203.115.22.83 - - [12/Jul/2004:03:54:28 -0500] "GET /software/index.html HTTP/1.0" 200 14690 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)"
203.115.22.83 - - [12/Jul/2004:04:09:16 -0500] "GET /?google=true HTTP/1.0" 301 0 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)"
203.115.22.83 - - [12/Jul/2004:04:09:24 -0500] "GET /software/index.html HTTP/1.0" 200 14690 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)"
203.115.22.83 - - [12/Jul/2004:04:10:38 -0500] "GET /?google=true HTTP/1.0" 301 0 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)"
203.115.22.83 - - [12/Jul/2004:04:10:46 -0500] "GET /software/index.html HTTP/1.0" 200 14690 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)"
203.115.22.83 - - [12/Jul/2004:04:19:13 -0500] "GET /?google=true HTTP/1.0" 301 0 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)"
203.115.22.83 - - [12/Jul/2004:04:19:19 -0500] "GET /software/index.html HTTP/1.0" 200 14690 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)"
203.115.22.83 - - [12/Jul/2004:04:55:17 -0500] "GET /?google=true HTTP/1.0" 301 0 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)"
203.115.22.83 - - [12/Jul/2004:04:55:21 -0500] "GET /software/index.html HTTP/1.0" 200 14690 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)"
203.115.22.83 - - [12/Jul/2004:04:56:19 -0500] "GET /?google=true HTTP/1.0" 301 0 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)"
203.115.22.83 - - [12/Jul/2004:04:56:27 -0500] "GET /software/index.html HTTP/1.0" 200 14690 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)"
203.115.22.83 - - [12/Jul/2004:10:08:31 -0500] "GET /?google=true HTTP/1.0" 301 0 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)"
203.115.22.83 - - [12/Jul/2004:10:08:35 -0500] "GET /software/index.html HTTP/1.0" 200 14690 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)"
203.115.22.83 - - [15/Jul/2004:05:39:22 -0500] "GET /software/index.html?google=true HTTP/1.1" 200 15110 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)"
203.115.22.83 - - [15/Jul/2004:06:05:00 -0500] "GET /software/index.html?google=true HTTP/1.1" 200 15110 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)"
203.115.22.83 - - [15/Jul/2004:06:19:40 -0500] "GET /software/index.html?google=true HTTP/1.1" 200 15110 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)"
203.115.22.83 - - [15/Jul/2004:06:19:45 -0500] "GET /software/index.html?google=true HTTP/1.1" 200 15110 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)"
203.115.22.83 - - [15/Jul/2004:06:20:18 -0500] "GET /software/index.html?google=true HTTP/1.1" 200 15110 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)"
203.115.22.83 - - [15/Jul/2004:06:20:18 -0500] "GET /software/index.html?google=true HTTP/1.1" 200 15110 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)"
203.115.22.83 - - [15/Jul/2004:06:20:48 -0500] "GET /software/index.html?google=true HTTP/1.1" 200 15110 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)"
203.115.22.83 - - [15/Jul/2004:06:20:48 -0500] "GET /software/index.html?google=true HTTP/1.1" 200 15110 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)"
203.115.22.83 - - [15/Jul/2004:06:21:37 -0500] "GET /software/index.html?google=true HTTP/1.1" 200 15110 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)"
203.115.22.83 - - [15/Jul/2004:06:21:38 -0500] "GET /software/index.html?google=true HTTP/1.1" 200 15110 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)"

I believe (sent an email) that Google is double counting all of these clicks.

blaze

12:47 am on Jul 17, 2004 (gmt 0)

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This is insane.

According to Google, each click is valid.

digitalv

12:51 am on Jul 17, 2004 (gmt 0)

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Are you advertising on third party sites? Probably some AdSense fool clicking his own ads if you are. I can't believe that Google won't refund you, you should call and talk to someone instead of doing it through e-mail.