Is clicking on your own ad on your own site click fraud?

[guillee]

With the new site targeted ads, you can create an ad only for your site, click it, and discover which is the % commision is Google giving you per click.

My question is: This would be considered click fraud? If you create an ad for your site, and you click it?

[Rodney]

yes

[Sunflux]

Well, I suppose one could argue that the only person losing money is yourself... :-)

[moltar]

Interesting idea, guillee! I don't know if it's allowed, but I sure do want to know if it is.

[wildfiction]

It would be redefining the word "fraud" if it was considered click fraud. You can't steal from yourself now can you? and Google will be getting a % so you're not stealing from them...

I think that Google need another term in their ToS that states that you may not click on your own ads to discover info etc...

[jomaxx]

Site targeted ads are CPM, so clicking is not necessary in order to determine the publisher's split. Go for it.