A publisher has installed the Google Publisher Toolbar on their site and would like to “test click” on ad overlays. Will these clicks be counted towards ad spam?

✅  The correct answer is:

No, click testing is a feature provided to publishers and is not counted towards ad spam.

Question:

A publisher has installed the Google Publisher Toolbar on their site and would like to “test click” on ad overlays. Will these clicks be counted towards ad spam?

Solution:

  • Yes, the publisher should avoid test clicking on ad overlays.
  • No, click testing is a feature provided to publishers and is not counted towards ad spam.