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Old 16-02-2005, 10:00 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Default Re: Clickfraud

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Originally Posted by free0870numbers.co.uk
I seemed to have alot of problems with adwords a while ago, eg my budget being used up all most instantly each day.

How ever I think that may have been a nasty competitor out to annoy me... but would google pick up on that sort of thing?
There's always the possibility of the ads not being targeted in an optimum way - but clickfraud, as reported, is apparently a real issue to be concerned about.

Although Google seem to have protections in place, they don't appear infallible, and the overall advice I'm hearing is that AdWords programs should be acocmpanied by clear tracking campaigns, and that its up to the user to be vigilant with regards to spotting odd-clickthough patterns.
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