Adsense Click-Fraud Monitoring Wordpress Plugin
- Last Update
- 29 August 2013
- Regular License
- $12
- Extended License
- $60
- Sales
- 10
NEW v.1.7.3: Click-Fraud Monitoring – Protect your AdSense account! Minimize the risk to be banned and excluded from your Adsense account due to malicious third party clicks on advertisements on your website. (Works with other advertisements as well) Find the author at: René Hermenau on Google+
How to update from a previous version: Deactivate the plugin Uncompress the zip file Overwrite the zip content into to the original plugin folder Activate the plugin
Why i need Click Fraud Monitoring?
Prevent malicious clicks by bots on your Ads Prevent malicious clicks by human user on you Ads Prevent clicks by friends on your Ads who want to “help” you. Prevent unintended clicks by your own
New: Block your own IP
New: Use custom name for your ad block class
Features
Disable Ads when a user clicks multiple times on them User will be banned and blocked for further clicks Manual blocking with a list of several IP addresses See URL and path of clicked ads Statistic and analytic: See all clicks on yours ads, sort able by IP, URL and Time Works, even without reloading (jQuery and Ajax) Runs with every Theme E-Mail notification for blocked user Activating and disabling of all Ads with one click Use it in content, sidebars and widget sections Simple installation and setup No garbage left: Removes all plugin tables and settings in the WP database when uninstalled Service and support by the author Periodic updates and improvements. (Feel free to make your wish)
...and the last but most important:
It protects your AdSense Account from getting banned PLEASE DON’T FORGET
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How does it work?
The Plugin counts all clicks on your Ads. When the clicks exceeds a specified number it will be deactivated and hidden. The clicking user or bot will be blocked on a IP basis for further clicks. At the same time the plugin sends you a notification by email.
Why would Google ban me?
In easy words: Google takes care that every click on any AdSense advertising is done by a real human visitor. Automatic clicks by crawl bots or a lot of automated or manual processed clicks (a so-called Clickbomb) can lead to a complete and permanent exclusion from the Google AdSense service. All your earnings are lost and it is very hard to get back the access to your account. (In most cases impossible) The motivation behind such automatic clicks is very different. Maybe some competitor wants to harm you or a technical leads to multiple clicks by a human user. They all have in common that you as the AdSense account owner are responsible for any click fraud. You recognize unusual clicks when your page CTR is 1 – 3 % averaged and than it jumps up to 5, 10 or even more.
This is were the “Click Fraud Monitor” comes in…for prevention!
Frequently Asked Questions
1. Is the use of the plugin against the Terms of Service (ToS) of Google AdSense, is the ad code modified?
No, it´s not agains the terms. The AdSense source code is not It´s only a container wrapped around it. Look at the official AdSense product forum
2. How does the plugin count the clicks?
The function counts every click on a container that own the class ‘cfmonitor’. As that div is wrapped around it is able to count mouse events like clicks on it. 3. Does it work on WordPress MU (Multisites)
Not tested yet. Please let me know if you have any issues or if you test it successfully. 4. Does it work with YOOST SEO
Yes 5. Does it work with installation on localhost?
If you are testing on a localhost environment make sure that you are running your site on http://127.0.0.1/. If you are using http://localhost the plugin is not able to block your access for testing purposes. 6. Is there a 100% guarantee that this plugin prevents you from exlusion of your AdSense Account?
Due to the possible technical eventualities like rotating IP adresses there is no 100% safety. But this plugin helps you are lot to minimize the risk to be banned because of any malicious clicks. It´s developed on a regular basis to cover as many eventualities as possible. 7. Does it work with WordPress Quicksense Plugin?
Yes 8. Does it work in sidebars and widgets? Yes 9. Does it work with alternative ad venders or only with AdSense? It´s working with any pay per click ad vendor. It´s not focused on AdSense.
Get the complete documentation at: http://www.clickfraud-monitoring.com/ Change Log Version 1.7.3 (27.08.2013) New: feature: See the url of clicked ad New: Some GUI improvements Version 1.7.2 (26.08.2013) New feature: native sortable table New feature: little statistic – show all clicks on your ads Version 1.1 (31.05.2013) New feature: Add your own IP for blocking New feature: Use custom element classes. E.g. div=’myad1’ New feature: iframe* support added. Version 1.0.0 (26.05.2013) Initial release
... *Please note that for security reasons you can’t actually listen clicks on specific element(s) when iframes source is another website. This support is a work around. It just listens to click inside the iframe element. Text advertisements will count as a click even if the link isn’t directly clicked. When there will be a different, better solution, I will update it with newer approach.
Looking for a standalone non-WordPress ads protection software I recommend ADS PROTECT by Pixalax.
Great piece of software with similar functions like mine.