Hey guys, Im pretty sure im seeing those adwords bots checking my landing pages, but the stats are wierd, it doesnt look like a bot, it looks like a person.

IP: 66.102.6.136 (Resolves to Mountain View California, Google Inc)
Browser: MSIE
Version: 6
Resolution: 800x600

Could this be google's attempt to appear to be a real visitor?

Strange, they hit every one of my landing pages, and each hit in my stats shows up as a unique hit with the same IP, no referring URL.

what was the time difference between page loads and also the time on page for each visit ?

what was the time difference between page loads and also the time on page for each visit ?

2 to 3 visits, mainly 3 visits per minute

clickstream path?

page 1 - 30 seconds on page then
page 3 - 10 seconds on page
page 2 - 3 seconds on page

etc ?

clickstream path?

page 1 - 30 seconds on page then
page 3 - 10 seconds on page
page 2 - 3 seconds on page

etc ?

My Stats are not that percise


6/2/2006 2:52 66.102.6.136
6/2/2006 2:52 66.102.6.136
6/2/2006 2:52 66.102.6.136
6/2/2006 2:51 66.102.6.136
6/2/2006 2:51 66.102.6.136
6/2/2006 2:51 66.102.6.136
6/2/2006 0:26 66.102.6.136
6/2/2006 0:26 66.102.6.136
6/2/2006 0:26 66.102.6.136
6/2/2006 0:26 66.102.6.136
6/2/2006 0:25 66.102.6.136
6/2/2006 0:25 66.102.6.136

Are all those different URLs ?

... it doesnt look like a bot, it looks like a person Matty, are you aware that all new and/or edited ads are reviewed before they are sent to partner sites - and that looking at the landing page (and often additional pages if information in the ad, such as price, needs to be confirmed) is a part of that process?

That'd be my guess as to what you are seeing.

AWR

By the way, as an addendum to my previous post, it's worth noting that all such 'clicks' coming from Google are filtered, and will not appear in the advertisers stats - nor does the advertiser pay for them.

AWR

By the way, as an addendum to my previous post, it's worth noting that all such 'clicks' coming from Google are filtered, and will not appear in the advertisers stats - nor does the advertiser pay for them.

AWR

No, the clicks were not counted through adwords, if they were i would be pissed not curious ;)

and no, i wasnt aware that all landing pages were looked at... That must be it.

But why would the same pages be hit multiple times?

why would the same pages be hit multiple times?I don't know if they are, but here's why I think it is or would be a good idea to hit more than once. It has nothing to do with Adwords in this case, but it sure can happen on any page out there.

Some pages you can go to will redirect to inappropriate pages the first time someone hits them, but not on subsequent visits, even a few seconds later. It just happened this week that I clicked on a site on page 2 of a travel search and was redirected to a porn site. I shut the browser, went back and clicked that URL again and was not redirected to that site the second time (or the third - I wondered if I was seeing things).

Things like that can be made to happen on a second visit rather than the first, especially if a certain type of visit is expected. There are lots of things that can be "made to happen" with first or subsequent visits.

Matty, are you aware that all new and/or edited ads are reviewed before they are sent to partner sites - and that looking at the landing page (and often additional pages if information in the ad, such as price, needs to be confirmed) is a part of that process?

That'd be my guess as to what you are seeing.

AWR

Hello AWR,

We are seeing similar activity on 66.102.6.136, which arin.net shows as a Google IP. Here is the user agent: Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+6.0;+Windows+NT+5.1;+SV1)

Your answer above makes sense but you do not specify whether the review is via a Bot or via a human reviewer. The log files sure look like a Bot but the user agent looks like a person. Does Google ever use a Bot that does not specify itself in the user agent as the example I gave above?

Thanks,

CJW

are you aware that all new and/or edited ads are reviewed before they are sent to partner sites - and that looking at the landing page (and often additional pages if information in the ad, such as price, needs to be confirmed) is a part of that process?Dont know how they're getting by with it, but there's a site that keeps running ads on "product" sites - no prices on it, it just redirects to a "bigger money" site that isn't even on topic that has no products.

Yes, I have reported it and still, it keeps running.

Marcia

Not sure if these were Google Ads you mentioned but if so there are some sites that due to total monthly page views will be afforded special treatment by Google Adsense.

This could be one of the cases of a publisher gone bad??

Also I noted on a site toolsforadsense.com that I own and had used a page from Google as well as an image from the heat map and it took them almost three (3) months to find the TOS violations and then blocked Ad Serving to the site.

Hope this helps.

Clint

Yep, within a few minutes of creating an ad, you'll get a visit from 66.102.6.136 (or similar). Seems to be standard procedure.

I kind of like it, because I occasionally mistype my landing page url and 66.102.6.136 will let me know if I do :)

Gan

Not sure if these were Google Ads you mentioned but if so there are some sites that due to total monthly page views will be afforded special treatment by Google Adsense.They're Google ads, and there are far from enough page views to get any special treatment.

This could be one of the cases of a publisher gone bad??Clint, I'm the publisher and I haven't gone bad. ;)

One that was repeatedly showing would run an ad for something "free" that seemed to be on topic and for the specific product looking at the ad, but the site itself just has a form to fill out to enter some kind of sweepstakes to win something for "free." That isn't free, and it's for any possible subject or product you can think of. No sooner did one get reported to Adsense support than another domain would turn up with the same thing - no limit to the number of domains, it seems.

The other, more recent one, is running what looks like adverts for niche products but if you look at any page on that advertiser's site you get redirected to a real estate related site which has NOTHING whatsoever to do with products of any kind - not shoes, not socks, not sporting goods, not dinnerware, not throw pillows - nothing even close, but there ads say they do.