Blogging tips - How to Track Invalid Adsense Clicks Using Stat Counter

A lot of things can happen online, some of which are beyond
your control. One of these is invalid click activities that are
caused by a number of things, but can lead you into one
unfortunate situation - getting banned from AdSense for
good.

Since you need AdSense to keep track of your
website's performance, you should do anything possible to
protect yourself against invalid clicks.
StatCounter can help you in this mission.

This is a web traffic
analysis tool that lets you track all clicks and exit links.

Through it, you will know where a majority of your invalid
clicks are coming from, and the corresponding IPs that you
can then block to protect your AdSense account.

Getting started is as easy as signing up and creating an
account.

You can then create a new project for a website
that you want to track. Like most analytics tools, StatCounter
is fairly easy to use. Make sure to select a counter or
Invisible tracking, and opt to receive reports in a weekly or
monthly basis, so that you can keep an eye on invalid
AdSense clicks.

After entering the appropriate information, press the "Add
Project" button which will take you to the "Choose an
installation Guide for your website" page - here click the
"Default Installation Guide" link.

Now, StatCounter will give
you a code along with instructions on how to install this
code on your website. After adding the code, press the
"Check Installation" button on the right toward the bottom of
the page in order to finish the installation process.

TRACKING EXIT LINKS

Once you have added StatCounter to your website, your
reports will be available within minutes. Now let's see how
to track invalid AdSense Clicks using StatCounter.
Click on Stats and click on the menu called "Exit Link
Activity". This will show all the links that visitors clicked on to
leave your website. Here, you can also find Date, Time, Exit
Link Clicked and the page on which the exit link was clicked.

The exit link could be a advertisement or a link to other
website. To display only the clicks on the AdSense ads, use
the "Exit Link Match" filter to 'google adsense'. This way, you
will be able to see how many clicks are there on
advertisements and at what time the click was made.

To see even more information about a particular visitor who
clicked on the link, click on the magnify icon. This will show
you the Search Referral, IP Address of the visitor, Host
Name, their Location, how many times they've visited your
blog before, Visit Length, Browser, OS, Resolution, ISP, and
the pages they viewed including the exit links.

So this is how you can track the invalid AdSense clicks using
StatCounter. Although you may have to disable
advertisements on your website temporarily to avoid a
potentially disastrous situation, such as being click bombed,
it is a better alternative than being kicked out of AdSense
permanently.

Through StatCounter, you will be able to detect
invalid clicks or any suspicious activities that will inflate the
number of clicks on an ad. Since you can't control an
advertiser or publisher's desire to increase their earnings,
you should monitor click through rates or the cost per clicks
you are making. If there is a sudden increase of clicks but
you make zero CPC, it's time to track down on these invalid
Adsense clicks and put a stop to them.