Yakezie.com - Topic: Clickbombing?

Eric - PersonalProfitability.com on Clickbombing?

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:46:24 +0000

I lost about $20-$30 in April too. Oh well. If they are invalid, I would rather them take a few bucks then shut me down.

PK @ DQYDJ on Clickbombing?

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:12:56 +0000

My Personal Finance Journey said:

Edward Antrobus said:

I followed PK' s advice about only showing ads on certain domains and now I'm getting the message that another domain is showing my ads. Is there any way of finding out what sites they are?

The same thing happened to me. I just ignored it. I think that's just a standard generic message.

No, that's a real message. Here's how to see what it means:

adsense.com -> "Account Settings" -> "Access and authorization" section.

Hover/click on the '?' for 'Site Management' if you don;t yet have the message - you'll note that this section will highlight when unauthorized sites click ads. That section let's you set which domains are allowed, and when you're under attack just set the domain to something like 'yahoo.com', heh.

Anyway, ads will show up on some other sites - Google, for one (must be from caching or something?). Just give it some time and only approve those that 'make sense'.

My Personal Finance Journey on Clickbombing?

Fri, 17 May 2013 05:39:02 +0000

Edward Antrobus said:

I followed PK' s advice about only showing ads on certain domains and now I'm getting the message that another domain is showing my ads. Is there any way of finding out what sites they are?

The same thing happened to me. I just ignored it. I think that's just a standard generic message.

Edward Antrobus on Clickbombing?

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:10:31 +0000

I followed PK' s advice about only showing ads on certain domains and now I'm getting the message that another domain is showing my ads. Is there any way of finding out what sites they are?

Edward Antrobus on Clickbombing?

Thu, 09 May 2013 12:22:06 +0000

I lost 7 cents worth of income. Hey, that was an entire day's worth of clicks! It looks like my CPC is starting to rise back up to normal, plus my 5th highest click ever (those multi-dollar ones are always rather exciting to see). Unless things really go in the toilet again (and probably even if), I should reach my first payout threshold this month!

TightFistedMiser on Clickbombing?

Thu, 09 May 2013 11:06:27 +0000

I'm not sure if I'm going to put all of my adsense ads back up. My affiliate earnings were a little better than usual last month when I didn't have adsense. I'm thinking that visitors might click on the affiliate ads more if they can't click on adsense ads. It only takes a couple extra affiliate sales to replace my adsense earnings.

Moneysma on Clickbombing?

Wed, 08 May 2013 18:41:26 +0000

Things appear back to normal for me ever since I took my ads down for a few days and then put them back up. I was dreading checking my email every day for the one where Google would ban me. Luckily they didn't. They just took $70 of revenue away.

Now my clicks are legit, but I seem to be averaging less than I was before the click-bombing attacks started. Oh well, just glad I didn't get banned.

My Personal Finance Journey on Clickbombing?

Tue, 07 May 2013 08:11:54 +0000

It's good to hear that Adsense didn't simply ban people! I'm taking the plunge and reactivating my adsense ads. Thanks for the input! Hopefully, this s**t-storm is behind us! haha

First Million is the Hardest on Clickbombing?

Mon, 06 May 2013 18:36:09 +0000

Google took away about $50 worth of clicks from me, which I suppose is better than banning me outright.

Of course, now I haven't seen a click in over a week which is unusual on the opposite end of the spectrum. I really have no idea what's going on with adsense anymore, I just want things to go back to normal.

sooverthis on Clickbombing?

Sun, 05 May 2013 16:35:08 +0000

Looks like Google took away $20 in invalid clicks from April - not as bad as I thought it was going to be. My clicks are still higher than usual, but it's possible that my search traffic has increased a little. Crossing fingers that it's over!

My Personal Finance Journey on Clickbombing?

Sun, 05 May 2013 05:00:38 +0000

Looks like it's been a few weeks since the last comment in this thread, which is likely a good thing!

Has everyone noticed that the clickbombing attacks have stopped?

I just checked my adsense history, and for the last week, the clicks all seem legit. It might be time for me to turn back on the ads and start making some money for the clicks again!

Do you all think we're in the clear?

PK @ DQYDJ on Clickbombing?

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:51:30 +0000

Don't be afraid to use javascript or php to turn off some of the riskier traffic groups - anyone from countries that are bombing, people using proxies, direct traffic, etc. You can just show them CPM ads in the same spot - I can't see a CPM provider getting mad about false clicks.

My Personal Finance Journey on Clickbombing?

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:43:19 +0000

I'm still getting a whole lot of weird clicks from various countries. There will be like 3 page views, but 7 clicks from France, Russia, etc. I've just decided to un-authorize my site so that none of the clicks are counted as money until this clickbomb fad runs out. Hopefully, Google will start getting a handle on it!

Moneysma on Clickbombing?

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:24:46 +0000

I noticed some strange activity on my site too. I took my ads down and went into my adsense account to authorize sites. I then waited a few days and slowly put my ads back up. So far, so good. But I am scared so now instead of checking my account every other day or so, I am checking it multiple times a day.

PK @ DQYDJ on Clickbombing?

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:59:35 +0000

Yeah, you should see them start popping up in a few days if they were moved offsite - if it's anything like me, you'll end up authorizing only a few domains (dqydj.net, yourdayjob.net, google.com, a few other feed readers). As far as I can tell, the script I wrote and messing with the AdSense admin section has stopped the clickbombing for now.