Oh! Really? He bombed your AdSense? Fight back now.

Click Bombing is when you suddenly get more clicks on your ads than average.

Usually Google’s system detects this type of suspicious activity (invalid clicks activity) only when these are clicked continuously.

Though you may not be the culprit, Google AdSense identifies you to be the potential offender. And your account gets banned due to invalid clicks.

The two best options to detect any Click Bombing activity are:

1. Checking the details of your traffic through Google Analytics. This offers you many details about the visitors coming to your site.
2. Checking your Web Server logs through the control panel. you need to see whether the traffic originated suddenly from a single IP address.

The only way to resolve the problem of Click Bombing is to contact Google and inform them about this suspicious activity by filling out an Invalid Clicks Contact Form.

How not to get into this Click Bombing problem in future?

You need to follow some strict rules to stay safe from invalid clicks and not to get banned by Google:

1. Ad implementation should be correct.

Custom implementations may have unintended consequences on ad requests. It doesn’t hurt to double and triple check your implementation to ensure that you obey the AdSense policies.

2. Track ad traffic and know your site visitors.

If the traffic reports from a specific channel look very suspicious, unsubscribe from that traffic service. Google Analytics can be used to slice and dice your traffic reports further. You should be confident that you are generating revenue from real people. The people should be thsoe who are really interested in the ads on your website.

4. Don’t use 3rd party software or custom ad implementations.

Monitoring your site and ad traffic proactively to check click bombing activity. Using of click tracking service via 3rd party software or custom ad implementations to make the job easier is a big no. These methods disrupt click logging or Google’s ad delivery which violates Google’s Terms and Conditions.

5. Don’t partner with low quality and untrusted parties.

Invalid clicks activity like click bombing is extremely common among publishers who partner with low quality ad networks. Always add your sites correctly so that Google AdSense doesn’t filter traffic that you might want to retain. Using the ‘authorized sites’ feature, your account accrues stats for ads that appear on specific sites that you’ve specified.

6. Never click on the ads on your website.

Always use the AdSense publisher toolbar if you are looking for the destination URL of an ad. Google does not ignore these clicks completely even if they filter these kinds of invalid clicks. A publisher who clicks on his own ads to inflate an advertiser’s costs or his earnings needs to be careful. Because their account may be disabled to protect Google Adwords advertisers.

Important: You can use “Quick AdSense” plugin to hide ads when you’re logged in, so that only you don’t see the ads. Just search for the plugin, go to dashboard>>plugins>>add new>>search.

Finally, I want to say that if AdSense is the #1 source of income then you should take care of your account. You should keep an eye on it daily and should check if you’re getting sudden increase in clicks. Don’t become a prey of Click Bombing. Stay safe and Play Smart.

About the author:

David Kendall is an AdSense advertiser from years. He is a freelance writer whose articles appear on various marketing blogs and also works for Who Is Hosting This.