One of the most popular method of adwords fraud is to get a ip proxy list and start clicking on the adds of your competitor.
Does anybody knows where to get an up to date list of proxy ip's to be able to stop competitors visiting your webpage or at least identifying these visits as fraudulent.
Does anybody know any sowtware which delivers a list of proxy so we can stop fraudulent clicks and orders.
thank you
One of the most popular method of adwords fraud is to get a ip proxy list and start clicking on the adds of your competitor.
I'm pretty sure that is only the most popular way for first time fraudsters. Once they figure out there are more efficient ways to do it they move on :-/
Does anybody knows where to get an up to date list of proxy ip's to be able to stop competitors visiting your webpage or at least identifying these visits as fraudulent.
Use your favorite search engine and search for 'proxy server ip list'.
Does anybody know any sowtware which delivers a list of proxy so we can stop fraudulent clicks and orders.
Nope. But even if you get your list how are you going to stop the fraud from happening since you do not control the click at the Google SERP?
JAG
I spoke to adwords last week about my concerns, and they told me, that whilst they would make a note of it on the account - they did not have a means of tracking IPs. I found this quite intriquing - and am not wholey sure that this can be true - how else do they know when click fraud has been committed? If the adwords advisor could comment/clarify this I would be most grateful. What can we, as publishers do to try to prevent potential click fraud activity?
prevent potential click fraud activity
That's the thing...you as an advertiser cannot prevent click fraud. You can only detect and suspect it after it has happened.
The normal way to go about reporting it and getting a refund is to supply your log files to your Google rep. And yes Google has the ip numbers from the clicks so I don't why you were told they didn't :-/
JAG
easy, you don't show ads to visits coming from those ip addresses.
I'm wondering just how much these guys know when you phone them up
Good question :-/ I usually find my answer but I sometimes have to call a few folks to get it.
easy, you don't show ads to visits coming from those ip addresses.
You showing ads? OK. I thought you were talking about Google not showing ads to certain IP addresses that you think the ad should not be shown for.
JAG
I guess if someone was clever enough they could really cost an advertiser some serious dosh - I just really hope it isn't me in the not too distant future.
sorry meant PAGES not ads
does the click count when it hits the google redirect or once it has hit the landing page, eg. does serving a 404 to those clickthroughs count as a click?
JAG
