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> one malicious visitor away from "fraudulent activity" I worry sometimes about the potential for malicious drive-bys. I've thought about trying to set up som
by joshuahedlund 14y ago
> one malicious visitor away from "fraudulent activity"
I worry sometimes about the potential for malicious drive-bys. I've thought about trying to set up some code that registers when someone clicks on an ad and and then shows a non-ad in its place for the next X page loads to try to prevent that sort of thing. Not sure if it would work, though.
- mistercow 14y agoAs I mentioned a few comments up, I don't think you can implement a countermeasure like that without violating the TOS. And even if you were technically in the right, you'd be right back in the situation of automated bots thinking you were up to something fishy and banning you.
- d0de 14y agoWhich part of the TOS do you think this would violate? AFAIK you're not under any obligations to show Adsense ads to all users, or all of the time. I know quite a few people who only show Adsense ads to search engine visitors, for example, or block ads for people arriving with certain referrers. This seems like a similar move.