Invalid Traffic - AdSense for Content

[Wader]

Hello, i have a huge problem from december 2018. I get large Invalid Traffic - AdSense for Content (over 50%) every month. I dont know what to do, realy i send 4 messages to google nobody reply, so i want to know few things and i hope someone will help me.

1. Is this fake or google take from me
2. If is fake how to stop it

So im not master at all in adsense report things and that stuffs but i will try to make some screenshots and waitning to someone here to help me.

My last billing [prntscr.com...]

This is report for top countries [prntscr.com...]
as u can see here sweden attack me. but as i see i dont have much clicks i have high RPM. But every month they cut that off from billing
Here u can see that i dont have unbillable bids [prntscr.com...]


So if someone can help me before i realy get ban from adsense. Also if u need any more information u can ask here or pm me.

[motorhaven]

[support.google.com...]

[Wader]

I try all that. No use. Anyone something better?

[KaseyM]

Are you using something like WordPress? You could use a plugin. [wordpress.org...]

Depends on your server set up in all honesty but you could do additional checks on Swedish visitors.

[Wader]

I have my own dedi on centos apache + nginx + php fpm + varnish. Also i dont have click bomb. As u see in screenshots i have low clicks with high rpm (150€+) but for sure i will check out your plugin proposal. Oh yes i use wordpress with wp super cache cdn and opcache redis and autooptimise.

[trebuchet]

Also i dont have click bomb.

No, you have click bomb. You had almost two clicks per pageview from Swedish visitors only. That's a click bomb. Their bombing accounted for 1,850 euro or almost two-thirds of your monthly earnings from just 5,428 pageviews.

If I was you I'd investigate why the Swedes have it in for you. Do you have a Swedish rival? Is there something about your site posted on Swedish social media or forums? Is someone in Sweden linking to your content and telling visitors to click your ads?

The other thing I'd do is tell Google you're aware of this problem and are investigating. They probably won't ban you if you are upfront and honest.

[Wader]

Ya i will probably somehow blacklist sweden on ads, also i send 4 emails to google, they didnt even respond to it. But loot it from today,

[prntscr.com...]

its strange high RPM and i "earn" good money that they deduct at the end... so i was more thing that is some bad ads or something third from sweden region only, but december, january, february, martch, and still going.... strange, for investigation im not so expert but i will try to do best what i can.

[trebuchet]

Click bombs are usually a fairly random event. So if this is recurring every month, it's likely a strategic attack from a competitor, rival, grudge-bearer or ex-wife. Check your logs to see which Swedish IPs visit the most.

[Wader]

Thank u all i find it. Actualy it is some whole range of ip adresses who use some bots.
If anyone have similar problem i solve it over this page

[tracemyip.org...]

Install wp plugin and register. Actualy its pretty better than google analytic. Much better and simpler. And i find users from similar ip

Example
111.222.333.251
111.222.333.255
111.222.333.245 etc
And i block them and problem is currently solved.

Thank u again all very much. Cheers

[trebuchet]

I'm glad you were able to fix it. I must say though that I find it odd that Google hasn't been picking these bot attacks in real time. They are usually corrected on the fly, rather than clawed back at the end of the month.

[levo]

Check your Analytics, go to Browser report, select adsense, and try to pinpoint browsers and/or versions with really high CTR. Also check your Technology > Network report, select Adsense and try to find high CTR or %100 bounce rate network visitors that also click ads. Once you find a suspect network, add browser version as secondary dimension and use that version number to find IPs/UAs in your logs.

Only your Analytics account can help you find Adsense attackers, there are hundreds of bots out there and most of them don't click any ads, nor even render them. Instead of chasing every bot out there, narrow your search to browsers and networks that create adsense revenue with very high-ctr or bounce rate, and focus on them.

Good luck!