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04-06-2005, 02:56 PM
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FUCK! Someone hitbotted my Google Adwords Campaign
Now this pisses me off
 I run a small campaign in google, with really targeted keywords. It usually gets 400 impressions and 10-20 clicks daily. Just checked my account and i have a fucking 11,631 impressions and 527 click for today ! I have to pay 60$ for nothing. It seems like someone just hitbotted my camgain, cause none of the clicks converted. Fucking pathetic losers... What should i do ? Whats your suggestion guys ? |
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04-06-2005, 02:58 PM
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hit up google and tell em, it's only $60, so they may not even bother.
they have pretty good shit in place to watch out for those sort of things but if someone wants to fuck you up, they can. |
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04-06-2005, 02:58 PM
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sorry to say but all you can do is deal with it.
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04-06-2005, 03:00 PM
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GFY HALL OF FAME DAMMIT!!!
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i click click click on peoples adwords all the time and dont plan on buying.
run up the competitions overhead, i never buy. click click click ;)
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04-06-2005, 03:01 PM
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Doing the grind since 99
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Just pretend you spent the $60 on broker traffic. You get the same results and its easier to take.
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04-06-2005, 03:08 PM
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Omaha Hi/Lo
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I only charge .03 cents a click.
and I can click 18 hours a day
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04-06-2005, 03:17 PM
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Happened to my overture account a couple years back. Went from $350/day to $1800 in one Sunday afternoon.
Fine folks at overture refused to do a damn thing about it. . 
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04-06-2005, 03:21 PM
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Not that I know anything about your situation but, chances are, it's someone hitting adsense like crazy to either take out a competitor or make money. Are you serving in searches AS well as adsense?
I refuse to recieve from adsense results now after several issues with floods of worthless clicks. Drops volume but I guarantee you'll make more profit. |
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04-06-2005, 03:28 PM
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I consider myself lucky that i notice that shit quick. Hitbotters didnt find time to full fill my daily spending limit ,250$
I dont really care about the money, its just 60bucks at all. But i will wait and see what will the googleguys do... Will post the results here... BTW guys, i think i know the guy who did it. I sent an email yesterday to google about a competitor in my keyword, cause he is abusing the system and using illegal stuff. Do you think i should counterattack him ? He is not runnign a campaign anymore, but i know his webpage  |
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04-06-2005, 03:30 PM
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BACON BACON BACON
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04-06-2005, 03:31 PM
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Take comfort in the fact, that you are not the only one this has happened too. I'm sure all combined, google ppc advertisers spend $1000's per day on fraudulent clicks. |
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04-06-2005, 03:41 PM
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I'm a great bowler.
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$60!?!?! Holy shit, how much is your per-click? My monthly bill is $3500 - $4500 with Adwords and Overture is a bit less since I set my CPC down incredibly low.
Jesus, I need to do what you're doing. 
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04-06-2005, 03:42 PM
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I'm a great bowler.
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BTW, having a lot of click throughs can help your relevance for the search topics. I would pay the $60 and keep the clicks.
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04-06-2005, 03:51 PM
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good one |
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04-06-2005, 03:51 PM
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 BTW, pausing the campaign doesnt seem to stop the hitbotter. I am still getting clicks and impressions for a paused ad. Now that a 100% sure evidence... |
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04-06-2005, 03:56 PM
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Let google know. they will look into it.
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04-06-2005, 05:01 PM
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Do you know if the clicks came from Google or from Adsense sites? I'd definately report it to Google, they tend to be a lot better at customer service than Overture which is full of pricks. Do you have logs of the traffic with the ips? If I were you I'd definately spend some time on this because whoever did it is likely to do it again.
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04-06-2005, 05:08 PM
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We need more free porn
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Do the clicks come from google.com or from the search networks? If it's from the search networks, it might be coming from a "particular" site that is getting a temporary surge in traffic. It happened to me last time.
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04-06-2005, 05:08 PM
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Pounding Googlebot
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Its unfortunate but I do factor fraud into the ROI. I assume a certain percentage is fraud and just factor it in. Not a great solution, but I'm not prepared to sue the major PPC's either, especially considering they're also the hand that feeds me.
WG
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04-06-2005, 05:10 PM
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My adwords is about 40% fraud right now, that includes cvnt competitors clicking too.
(spoof your IP at least guys) |
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04-06-2005, 05:15 PM
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So Fucking Banned
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04-06-2005, 05:51 PM
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Omaha Hi/Lo
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on weekends, I do clicks for .02 a pop
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04-06-2005, 06:54 PM
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In the news today!
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/te...t_x.htm?csp=34 |
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04-06-2005, 06:57 PM
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I need a beer
 
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Asshole weasels are everywhere
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04-06-2005, 07:13 PM
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Quote:
was a good thread and article...I bookmarked it, def interested in how it turns out...
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04-06-2005, 08:09 PM
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Too lazy to set a custom title
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So sorry to hear that. Shit happens.
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04-06-2005, 08:12 PM
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So Fucking Banned
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simple solution keep your daily limit low.... thats what its there for
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