Suffering click attack.

[JoaoJose]

Just logged on my account right now and had some huge CTR and Clicks.... It's 7 pm and I already have 100% more clicks than at the end of a regular day!

Emailed Adsense at once, letīs see what they say...

[sonny]

I don't think they have support on weekends.
I'd have a rough night sleeping and worrying about that click attack, while waiting for an email response that might come tommorrow.
You already got paid today, so I would pull the code, wait for adsense support and investigate your logs.

[JoaoJose]

I won't loose my sleep for this, I didnīt do anything wrong.

They'll get back to me tomorrow and If they need server logs or anything else I'll provide it.

Just keep your eyes open because it can happen to anyone.

[David_M]

I've had this happen to me before. Google didn't ban me etc.. they just ignored the clicks. EPC may have dropped slighty over the next day or two because of it.(smart pricing?)

[JoaoJose]

Apparently they ignored the clicks as my earnings were consistent with my other days earnings.EPC is normal today...

Waiting for G's email.

[jeter4982]

This is an interesting case, because I have had this happen to me multiple times in the past, and I just get a form response from Google saying that they have automated features to catch click fraud, and not to click your own ads, or encourage others to do so. My account was never banned, but I was worried, because I don't think they ever looked at my account, as the clicks and the money remained in my account. Maybe ASA could provide some insight on the best method to report a "click attack"

Tom

[JoaoJose]

Ok, just received G's answer. They thanked me for the email I sent and said they would keep an eye on this. And then yada yada the standard stuff.

Anyway if this happens again I will also email them again. It only takes a minute and it shows that I know and follow the TOS.

Concerning that days earnings they were normal, the system filtered all the invalid clicks nicely.

[sonny]

that's good, now I won't sweat it as much if/when it happens to me!

[jeter4982]

Ya, it sounds like exactly the same form response they sent me. I have never participated in click fraud, and never will, but to tell you the truth, if you look at my stats, it probably looks like I do, because of the insanely high CTR. I am pretty sure someone is clicking the ads on purpose to get me in trouble, but I have looked at the logs, and came to no conclusion. Yet Google does not seem to be interested, so I guess I have done everything I can do in reporting it.

Tom