B
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11%
11% -- invalid click rate for search advertising (2023)
11% of search ad clicks were fraudulent or invalid according to Search Engine Journal analysis.
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Value
11%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2023
Entity
Sample Size
1,000,000,000
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
60
Freshness
95
Source
Search Engine Journal
Primary
Tier C
https://clickpatrol.com/why-do-you-need-google-ads-fraud-protection/ ↗
Source Article
Why DO You Need Google Ads Fraud Protection? - ClickPatrol
Why DO You Need Google Ads Fraud Protection?
Abisola Tanzako | Aug 09, 2023
Online advertising is a big deal! Over $330 billion was estimated to be spent on digital advertising platforms such as Google, Amazon, and Facebook in 2019. According to research done by CHEQ in 2020, the amount wasted on ad…
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Search Engine Journal
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Methodology
Search Engine Journal analysis of nearly 1 billion ad clicks and 100 billion data points
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Trend Over Time
| Period | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 11% | |
| 2023 (current) | 11% | 0% |
| 2024 | 14% | +27.3% |
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search advertising: 11% invalid click rate. Source: Search Engine Journal (2023). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/search-ad-fraud-click-rate
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