AdSense fraud clicks and invalid clicks are common problems affecting the earnings and performance of Google AdSense publishers. These fraudulent acts can lead to reduced Adsense advertising limits (limit ads) and even account blocking. In this article, we will share effective methods to prevent invalid AdSense clicks, helping to protect your account, reduce ad limits, and optimize your income.
Tips to Prevent Google Adsense Limited Ads or Banned Account
Causes of Invalid Clicks and Click Fraud
Before delving into strategies for preventing invalid AdSense clicks, it’s crucial to grasp the underlying causes of this issue. Phantom clicks and invalid clicks commonly arise from a variety of factors, such as:
- Unfair competition between publishers.
- Use automated software to create fake clicks.
- Invalid click from user or third party.
- Exceeded advertising limits allowed on the site.
How to prevent invalid clicks Adsense, AdMob, Ezoic
In this tutorial, we want to cover the Ad Invalid Click Protector (AICP) plugin for WordPress. This is a free plugin designed to protect your Google AdSense account from invalid clicks. The plugin works by limiting the number of times a user (IP) can click on an ad banner, setting time limits, or excluding ads from showing in specific countries or regions.
1. Use plugin to prevent invalid traffic and clicks Adsense:
– Step 1: Install plugin: Access your WordPress admin page and go to Plugins -> Add New . Search for “AdSense Invalid Click Protector” and install the plugin.
– Step 2: Activate the plugin: After installing the plugin, you need to activate it. Go to Plugins -> Installed Plugins and search for “AdSense Invalid Click Protector”. Click Activate .
– Step 3: Configure the plugin: After activating the plugin, you can go to Settings -> AdSense Invalid Click Protector and configure it according to your needs to prevent invalid Adsense clicks. For example, limit the number of clicks to 3, block time to 8 hours or 2 days.
As shown in the screenshot above, we have limited each user (by IP address) to 2 clicks. If a user exceeds this limit, the ad will be hidden from their view. In the next step, I will guide you through integrating PHP code and plugins.
2. How to integrate PHP code to prevent invalid Adsense clicks
To integrate custom PHP code, you only need a basic understanding of PHP. You can now utilize the aicp_can_see_ads() function to control the display of your ad code. By wrapping your ad code within this function’s condition, ads will no longer be shown to users with restricted IP addresses.
<?php
if(aicp_can_see_ads()){ ?>
<div class="aicp">
<!-- Insert your advertisement code here. -->
</div>
<?php }
?>- To insert ad code into your WordPress site in desired locations, you can combine the PHP code above with the Ad Inserter Pro plugin. These two plugins, used on our website, have proven to be highly effective in managing and inserting ads on different parts of the website.
In addition, to prevent invalid traffic and ensure accurate ad serving, consider not displaying ads to logged-in users who are identified as administrators, including yourself. Since you likely visit the website most frequently, excessive ad impressions from the same IP could trigger AdSense limitations.
<?php
$manager = current_user_can('manage_options');
if(aicp_can_see_ads() && !manager){ ?>
<div class="aicp">
<!-- Insert your advertisement code here. -->
</div>
<?php }
?>Note:
- AdSense Invalid Click Protector is not a perfect solution to prevent AdSense fraud. However, it can help you reduce your risk of fraud and improve AdSense performance.
- This plugin only works with WordPress websites.
You also need to actively monitor traffic using Google Analytics. If any abnormalities are detected, you can submit a contact form regarding invalid clicks.
Preventing Adsense fake clicks and invalid clicks is extremely important to protect your account and optimize your earnings. Use the methods mentioned in this article to protect your AdSense account from fraud and increase performance.
