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> You pay for Google (search ads) and Facebook ads but the traffic is faked by them (unlikely) Unlikely?
by brazukadev 1y ago
> You pay for Google (search ads) and Facebook ads but the traffic is faked by them (unlikely)
Unlikely?
- shmeeed 1y agoHighly unlikely, because they obviously would never engage in fraudulent activity! I mean, what would even be their incenti- Eh, you know what, let's just not think too much about it.
- brazukadev 1y agoIf they know it is a bot, it is fraudulent. They know it is a bot when it is time to pay from their Adsense arm. It is insane that the same click that isn't paid to the publishers still goes to google's pockets.
- awongh 1y agoAs I said above, I think it's likely they don't do that much about fake adsense clicks. Fraudulently creating traffic and charging you for it is a whole other level of scam, though.
- awongh 1y agoThe distinction is between Google looking the other way if AdSense publishers are making them money, and Google generating their own fake traffic on their own search intent inventory. I'd say it's unlikely they are generating fake clicks on search ads. Mainly because they just don't need to in order to make money. They can still just charge you for impressions on searches that aren't the most well matched. No need to create fake traffic like this blog post conspiracy says.