Comments on: Clickbots and the Wisdom of Rosie Perez http://www.wolf-howl.com/22/clickbots-and-the-wisdom-of-rosie-perez/ Michael Gray rants on SEO the internet and media Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:58:50 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Michael Teper http://www.wolf-howl.com/22/clickbots-and-the-wisdom-of-rosie-perez/comment-page-1/#comment-776 Michael Teper Tue, 28 Feb 2006 17:54:28 +0000 http://www.wolf-howl.com/?p=275#comment-776 Ah, got it. Thanks for the AdSense notifier pointer! Ah, got it.

Thanks for the AdSense notifier pointer!

]]> By: Administrator http://www.wolf-howl.com/22/clickbots-and-the-wisdom-of-rosie-perez/comment-page-1/#comment-768 Administrator Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:34:31 +0000 http://www.wolf-howl.com/?p=275#comment-768 I have Adsense notifier for firefox I have it set up to show me impressions, clicks and earnings. I'm in the habbit of looking at it throughout the day and know where the numbers should be. So when something looks "wrong" I log into adsense to see what's going on. I have Adsense notifier for firefox I have it set up to show me impressions, clicks and earnings. I’m in the habbit of looking at it throughout the day and know where the numbers should be. So when something looks “wrong” I log into adsense to see what’s going on.

]]> By: Michael Teper http://www.wolf-howl.com/22/clickbots-and-the-wisdom-of-rosie-perez/comment-page-1/#comment-766 Michael Teper Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:14:33 +0000 http://www.wolf-howl.com/?p=275#comment-766 Question: how did you know it happened? Presumably you've got a bunch of sites going and you are not starting at analytics all day. Do you have an activity trigger of some sort? Care to share your approach? Question: how did you know it happened? Presumably you’ve got a bunch of sites going and you are not starting at analytics all day. Do you have an activity trigger of some sort? Care to share your approach?

]]> By: Eric Giguere http://www.wolf-howl.com/22/clickbots-and-the-wisdom-of-rosie-perez/comment-page-1/#comment-761 Eric Giguere Mon, 27 Feb 2006 11:44:35 +0000 http://www.wolf-howl.com/?p=275#comment-761 Yep, been there, and did similar stuff. But they were more clever and were using multiple IPs through some zombies and so it was harder to fix. I had to disable ad displays on certain pages for a while, and then I asked permission from Google to delay displaying the AdSense ads on my pages in an attempt to dissuade them from visiting the site. (Don't do that without first asking permission.... these are the kinds of exceptions to normal AdSense rules that are done on a case-by-case basis.) Eventually, though, after forwarding enough log data to Google they were able to adjust their filters to ignore those fraudulent clicks and I returned everything to normal. Now they could click away and it wouldn't bother me... Yep, been there, and did similar stuff. But they were more clever and were using multiple IPs through some zombies and so it was harder to fix. I had to disable ad displays on certain pages for a while, and then I asked permission from Google to delay displaying the AdSense ads on my pages in an attempt to dissuade them from visiting the site. (Don’t do that without first asking permission…. these are the kinds of exceptions to normal AdSense rules that are done on a case-by-case basis.) Eventually, though, after forwarding enough log data to Google they were able to adjust their filters to ignore those fraudulent clicks and I returned everything to normal. Now they could click away and it wouldn’t bother me…

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