You are not quite right, for you, yes, your clicks may be real, because frankly you're small fry. You aren't managing a brand, there is no one's job hanging on

You are not quite right, for you, yes, your clicks may be real, because frankly you're small fry. You aren't managing a brand, there is no one's job hanging on the success of your campaign, no one needs to prove anything to you. So no bot is going to click on your links. However, for ad-agencies, and other big marketing companies, I know for a fact, that some of them engage in purchasing clicks for the marketing campaigns they do for their clients. Why? Because their reputation hangs on the success of the campaign. Slow campaign? Buy a 1000 clicks! I KNOW it is done.