Click Fraud Blog

Google Tighten Adsense Ads in an Attempt to Reduce Unintentional Click Fraud

 

 

November 14th, 2007

Google have announced that clicks on syndicated ads in from their Adsense programme have been tightened up.

In the past any part of the advert was clickable, which contributed to unintentional clicks and as a result very low quality clicks.

Full details can be seen on Techcruch

The new standard required users to click on the title or URL within the ad to generate a click through to the website.

In my opinion, tightening up the content network is a very important tasks for Google, at the moment it is estimated by Click Forensics that 28%+ of clicks from the content network are fraudulent. Targeting the clickable area is a very positive step. This will stop website owners building deceivingly crafted MFA sites with CSS that covers the ads and causes clicks ( a topic for a future more indepth post).

Please bookmark or vote! These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • bodytext
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Google
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • TwitThis
  • E-mail this story to a friend!

Other posts you may like

  • Other popular posts you may like

Tags:
Posted in News |

November 14th, 2007

Comments

3 Responses to “Google Tighten Adsense Ads in an Attempt to Reduce Unintentional Click Fraud”

  1. Jay Hunt Says:

    Adsense is a great dollar earner if you don’t have a stable job~`-

  2. Fire Surround · Says:

    adsense is the best ppc paying program out there, there are many alternatives but most of them does not pay as much as adsense :

  3. lysine supplements Says:

    i earn from Adsense and this is a good program compared to Chitika and Bidvertiser’                   

Leave a Reply

 Comment Form 

November 14th, 2007
November 14th, 2007