← Advanced training · Module 5 — Ad fraud — farms, apps, bots and IPs, and how an account defends itself
The ad fraud ecosystem: who gets paid for your impressions, and why Google does not stop it entirely
⏱️ 10 min read · 🛡️ Fraud 🖼️ Display ⚙️ Performance Max · updated on 2026-08-22
This lesson is free — you only need your account
The players in ad fraud (site farms built for ads, apps living off accidental clicks, bots and non-human traffic, competitor clicks, proxies), how they make money out of your budget, what Google detects and refunds as «invalid traffic» and what it does not, and why the defence is the advertiser's responsibility.
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