Question about clicking on your own Adsense links.

vbmark · 07-31-2005, 05:05 AM

Hello,

My questions are:

- Because the ads are relevant to my site, and I am interested in the things on my site, I want to click the ad(s) to see the product. However, I am afraid that if I do then Google will charge me with click-fraud and I'll loose the Adsense privilege. Am I being too paranoid and should not worry about checking out the product? Or, is that something I should not do?

- If I can't click on the ad(s) then how do I know if it is a site of, say, questionable content that I don't want someone going to perhaps because of bad products or business practices? I think it is fair to want to see who is selling what on my site.

Any enlightenment would be appreciated.

Thanks!

JohnnySuede · 07-31-2005, 06:09 AM

NEVER click your own ads!!

And if you do, contact the AdSense support and tell them about it.

To look at the site, simply copy the url displayed above the ad.

jed_baguio · 07-31-2005, 12:12 PM

yeah thats what i do too, if im interested on some sity i just point my mouse over and let it hover there, usually it shows at the bottom of internet explorere the location of the site, so I type it manually...

DONT EVER CLICK YOUR OWN ADS!

sunny · 07-31-2005, 01:35 PM

I also have this problem some times.
I would like to visit the sites promoted on my sites.
Using firefox browser is quite simple to open a new tab and copy there the domain name that is shown in the ads anyway.

A problem that occur is that because of the adsense rule that forbid to click ads on my own sites I am trained not to click on google ads, and I don't do it also on other sites many times.

chronic420 · 08-02-2005, 12:18 PM

google isn't going to suspend your account if you click on an ad or 2 from your own site, they arn't nazi's and they wont suspend your account unless its obvious your getting fraudulent clicks just to cheat the system

but..as someone said your best bet would be to right click and hit properties copy the link and then open a new page

SEOforGoogle · 08-02-2005, 12:44 PM

chronic420 -
I just got an email from Google AdSense that told me that I had fraudulent activity on my acount - because I had 2 clicks from my site while I was on it. (I was testing the pages to see what content was going to get served, and the first was intentional, but hte second one was accidental)

So, they are watching, and I'd HIGHLY ADVISE clicking on your own site...

AdsenseCoach · 08-02-2005, 12:54 PM

yeah google do track all IP's and monitor the amount of times they click a publishers adverts ( not just from 1 site.. EVERY site that publisher has )

so be careful people

SEOforGoogle · 08-02-2005, 04:21 PM

another curious part to this story. My AdSense account is with my Gmail email account. I just logged into my gmail account - and the email that mentioned the fraudulant activity has been completely wiped. It's nowhere to be found, OR my reply email...

Interesting eh?

darrenstraight · 08-02-2005, 04:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SEOforGoogle

another curious part to this story. My AdSense account is with my Gmail email account. I just logged into my gmail account - and the email that mentioned the fraudulant activity has been completely wiped. It's nowhere to be found, OR my reply email...

Interesting eh?

woow that’s very interesting also kind of spooky!

SEOforGoogle · 08-03-2005, 05:07 AM

Still no return on the email...if anything happens, I'll update the story here....

07-31-2005, 05:05 AM	#1 (permalink)
vbmark Noogle Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Question about clicking on your own Adsense links. Hello, My questions are: - Because the ads are relevant to my site, and I am interested in the things on my site, I want to click the ad(s) to see the product. However, I am afraid that if I do then Google will charge me with click-fraud and I'll loose the Adsense privilege. Am I being too paranoid and should not worry about checking out the product? Or, is that something I should not do? - If I can't click on the ad(s) then how do I know if it is a site of, say, questionable content that I don't want someone going to perhaps because of bad products or business practices? I think it is fair to want to see who is selling what on my site. Any enlightenment would be appreciated. Thanks!

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07-31-2005, 06:09 AM	#2 (permalink)
JohnnySuede Noogle Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: C:/Documents/User/Pr0n/ Posts: 22 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	NEVER click your own ads!! And if you do, contact the AdSense support and tell them about it. To look at the site, simply copy the url displayed above the ad.

07-31-2005, 12:12 PM	#3 (permalink)
jed_baguio Junior Googler Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 29 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	yeah thats what i do too, if im interested on some sity i just point my mouse over and let it hover there, usually it shows at the bottom of internet explorere the location of the site, so I type it manually... DONT EVER CLICK YOUR OWN ADS!

07-31-2005, 01:35 PM	#4 (permalink)
sunny Googler Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 90 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I also have this problem some times. I would like to visit the sites promoted on my sites. Using firefox browser is quite simple to open a new tab and copy there the domain name that is shown in the ads anyway. A problem that occur is that because of the adsense rule that forbid to click ads on my own sites I am trained not to click on google ads, and I don't do it also on other sites many times.

08-02-2005, 12:18 PM	#5 (permalink)
chronic420 Noogle Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 12 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	google isn't going to suspend your account if you click on an ad or 2 from your own site, they arn't nazi's and they wont suspend your account unless its obvious your getting fraudulent clicks just to cheat the system but..as someone said your best bet would be to right click and hit properties copy the link and then open a new page

08-02-2005, 12:44 PM	#6 (permalink)
SEOforGoogle Senior Googler Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 153 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	chronic420 - I just got an email from Google AdSense that told me that I had fraudulent activity on my acount - because I had 2 clicks from my site while I was on it. (I was testing the pages to see what content was going to get served, and the first was intentional, but hte second one was accidental) So, they are watching, and I'd HIGHLY ADVISE clicking on your own site...

08-02-2005, 12:54 PM	#7 (permalink)
AdsenseCoach Googler Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: UK Posts: 92 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	yeah google do track all IP's and monitor the amount of times they click a publishers adverts ( not just from 1 site.. EVERY site that publisher has ) so be careful people

08-02-2005, 04:21 PM	#8 (permalink)
SEOforGoogle Senior Googler Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 153 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	another curious part to this story. My AdSense account is with my Gmail email account. I just logged into my gmail account - and the email that mentioned the fraudulant activity has been completely wiped. It's nowhere to be found, OR my reply email... Interesting eh?

08-03-2005, 05:07 AM	#10 (permalink)
SEOforGoogle Senior Googler Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 153 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Still no return on the email...if anything happens, I'll update the story here....

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