Competitor clicks are one of the dirtiest tricks in PPC, and they often silently costing businesses thousands. In this article, we expose how rivals waste your ad budget, how to spot their tactics (bots, VPNs, click farms), and what tools actually stop them, including how Hitprobe tracks and blocks bad clicks in real time.

Click fraud wastes billions of dollars in ad spend each year and distorts ad performance metrics. This article outlines key risks, common tactics, and strategies like AI detection & real-time machine learning decision making to combat fraud and protect ROI.

Our ELI5 series aims to "Explain it Like I'm 5". Here we'll learn exactly what a click farm is, in simple terms. But we'll also dive into the world of click farms including seeing what they look like, how they work, and how to guard against them.

In this article, we take a deep dive into the world of ecommerce, exploring how unchecked click fraud can drain your ad budget and impact your brand’s performance, and how you can take proactive measures to stop it in its tracks.

This article explores the growing issue of click fraud in the legal sector, revealing how fraudulent clicks drain ad budgets, distort data, and prevent law firms from reaching genuine clients. Learn why legal PPC campaigns are prime targets, the true cost of wasted clicks, and the best strategies to protect your firm’s advertising budget.

This guide covers everything you need to know about clickjacking, how it works, real-world examples, the risks involved, and the most effective ways to protect yourself.

We look at the pros and cons of blocking IP addresses as part of your click fraud defense. How effective is it, and what are the alternatives that you should consider?

This guide will explain everything you’ll ever need to know about click fraud, the different categories of unwanted clicks, how it can be detected, and how it can be stopped.

Ad fraud is the deceptive practice of making money by milking fake clicks on online ads. It can be extremely damaging to businesses. Here, we'll take a look at exactly what it is, and explore why it's so hard to stop.

We dig into a recent Reddit post where a user complains that keyword targeting for Google Display should be showing up ONLY on pages that have their specific keywords on them. Other users had some good ideas.

Click fraud is a subject that is only really coming to light in recent years. With CPC bids getting higher every year, click fraud is growing. We've compiled 5 common myths, debunking and exploring each one in detail.

Probably the ultimate click fraud question — is it actually "real"? Does it really exist? We look at 6 reasons that point to click fraud being a real world danger to your ad spend.

Our ELI5 series aims to "Explain it Like I'm 5". This time we'll explain what ad fraud is, and even look at a real-life example of ad fraud in action.

A compilation of notable stories, cases and events relating to click fraud, and advertising fraud in general. Covers legal cases, fraud botnets, and other incidents.