So, here’s my question…Has anybody heard of Google artificially inflating hits by having someone in their office click on their AdWords client links to improve the click through (and make themselves money)?
The AdWords team does in fact click on AdWords ads, for a variety of reasons, but primarily during the ad review process in which we check that the Destination URL is functional, that the back button works, etc. However, Google does not charge advertisers for these clicks.Adwords Inside
As a lot of us have been wondering, here’s the life long question, answered in a simple statement. Google does in fact click on their own ads, but they don’t track it. This makes sense though, instead of having to go into the system each time just to track things down, it’s easier to just click away and have a private subnet set aside to allow clicks and for it not to be affecting any accounts involved with that particular click.
