Click Fraud & Bot Traffic: What Advertisers Should Measure

Invalid traffic can inflate clicks, contaminate funnel metrics and create misleading campaign signals.

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Why detection matters

If invalid traffic reaches your landing pages or funnels, raw click counts can become a poor proxy for real prospect interest.

Use multiple signals

Bot and fraud controls should be evaluated alongside source quality, engagement, conversion behavior and platform-level invalid-traffic reporting.