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Ask for a way to recover CTR in main country after click bot attack?

CTR drop, auto-click, bot attack, ad coverage

         

tommyle

9:13 am on Feb 25, 2018 (gmt 0)

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Hi there,

We have an Adsense account for 1.5 years and nothing happened until recently, our site has been attacked by auto-click bot since the beginning of February.
1/ Problem: We found out that many tier-3 countries suddenly had extremely high CTRs (increased by 300% to 4000%) in the attacking period. However, the numbers of United States - the country contributing the most traffic & revenue for us - plummeted: The CTR dropped by 50% and Ad Coverage dropped from 98% to 70%.
2/ Our measure: we have already blocked the ads from displaying in suspected countries.
3/ The result after 1 day: Ad coverage in US increased to 84% (still low), CTR increased by 10% (still very low when compared to the period before the auto-click attack)

4/ Ask for your opinion:
- Do you suggest any other ways to increase CTR and Ad Coverage for our main country - United States to make them equal to the before attacking period?
- Should we switch to new Adsense account instead this account?
- Or should we have to wait for another few days to get result?

Zacman

5:35 am on Feb 26, 2018 (gmt 0)

5+ Year Member



Hi tommy ,
Please help me ,i have a CTR of 0% , i think its the way my ads are placed and their format , could you tell me yours please ?

Grapetimes

5:45 am on Mar 3, 2018 (gmt 0)

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Has your CTR and coverage returned to normal?