prosper202

[Ben89]

What do all the red negatives and green positive icons mean in prosper202? Also, I realized that I'm getting a bunch of clicks from the same IP addresses, what can I do to avoid getting charged for clicks coming from an IP that already clicked my ad?

 

[circa]

I'm pretty sure the red icon means its a duplicate IP, green means new/unique IP. Also if you are getting a ton of clicks from the same IP for different keywords it could be the ppc network checking your ads.

 

[Onedollaridea]

hey the ppc network check once or twice a day

 

[Ben89]

hey the ppc network check once or twice a day

Well, this is much more than once or twice a day. Maybe my competitors keep clicking my ads?

 

[Sohan]

Well, this is much more than once or twice a day. Maybe my competitors keep clicking my ads?

If it's significant enough, report it. You'll get credited.

Make sure it matches up with adwords though.

 

[blackhorse]

What do all the red negatives and green positive icons mean in prosper202? Also, I realized that I'm getting a bunch of clicks from the same IP addresses, what can I do to avoid getting charged for clicks coming from an IP that already clicked my ad?

the greens represent real clicks as counted by prosper. this data is used when computing ROI. The red then are not counted as a click. this is often because of duplicate clicks by the same IP address, a bot visit, Google, etc.

also if you are seeing a bunch of reds from the same IP, do a whois lookup on it (whois.sc). It may be Google. (or msn, or yahoo). You can test this: after sumitting a new Google campaign, immediately watch for clicks in Spy View. You'll see that before your ads go live, you have lots of visit from Google. They're just checking for working pages, etc so they can give you a quality score before showing the ads.