fradulent clicks!

[pessi]

hello everyone

I just registered for google adsense. I just have a simple doubt. After lot of browsing i understand that if there are clicks from the same IP my account will be banned. If there is a user i dont know who apparently delibrately clicks say 10 times in the same day on the ads then will i be banned? i mean someone may try to screw you up right! then what?

Cheers,
prasad..

[Macro]

>> i mean someone may try to screw you up right! then what?

Then, don't make enemies ;)

But, I wouldn't worry too much about that. Google may not specifically say it but if they found somebody multiple clicking your ads they'll probably suss his IP and make some corrections. Stay as clean as you can, don't encourage people to click your ads (either in public or in private) and the chances are you'll be OK.

Welcome to WW.

[pessi]

hmm..thanks a lot for the advice. I have just started today so lets see. wish me good luck.

cheers,
prasad..

[Macro]

From your name it sounds like you are from AP.

Anyway, good luck.

[pessi]

yes i am from ap and have started a telugu movies website and was thinking of putting adsense into it.

cheers,
prasad..

[Macro]

Hmm, I'm not so sure Adsense will be a good match for a Telugu movies site as I can't see a lot of Adwords advertisers buying those keywords. But, then I have been surprised before.

[Jon_King]

>>I'm not so sure AdSense will be a good match for a Telugu movies site

Agree it probably won't do that well. I have a similar situation where the ads would be much better if they were some how displayed on general demographic data as opposed to on-page factors.

For instance, take an educational site with novels for college students. The ads can be absolutely off-target because with story lines like "Jack and Jill ran up the hill." I get ads for 'foundation leveling jacks' instead of ads matched to the actual demographic of the viewer.

There are many situations where on-page text simply cannot describe the viewer. If AdSense was to ask me to fill out a visitor demographic for a particular site like the one described above I could supply data that would tell them 'college students, ages 18 -24' and hopefully get ads taylored to this group.

Maybe sometime in the future we'll be able to direct ad content a bit more.

[europeforvisitors]

There are many situations where on-page text simply cannot describe the viewer.

True, and that's why AdSense isn't a good fit for every site. It's a "contextual" advertising product, which means that ads are matched to page content--not to audience demographics. If you're selling luxury cruises to wealthy travelers, for example, AdSense is a great medium; but if you're trying to sell Louis Vuitton luggage or Cartier watches to people who fit the "luxury traveler" demographic (as opposed to people who are researching expensive luggage or watch purchases), you may be better off with an ad in CONDE NAST TRAVELER, THE NEW YORKER, or THE ROBB REPORT.