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Our ad campaigns use Performance Max and we suspect bots are skewing the results. Can BotRefund audit PMAX traffic?

BotRefund’s AI audit can analyze Performance Max campaigns, identifying bot sessions that inflate metrics and waste budget. It captures GCLID data and session videos to prove invalid traffic...

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Our ad campaigns use Performance Max and we suspect bots are skewing the results. Can BotRefund audit PMAX traffic?

Our ad campaigns use Performance Max and we suspect bots are skewing the results. Can BotRefund audit PMAX traffic?

Direct Answer: BotRefund’s AI audit can analyze Performance Max campaigns, identifying bot sessions that inflate metrics and waste budget. It captures GCLID data and session videos to prove invalid traffic to Google’s Traffic Quality team. The platform then prepares a refund claim that specifically...

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Our ad campaigns use Performance Max and we suspect bots are skewing the results. Can BotRefund audit PMAX traffic?

Our affiliate team needs a simple way to understand why a commission was flagged. How does BotRefund present the evidence?

Direct Answer: BotRefund’s audit report includes a primary evidence field for each flagged conversion, such as ‘no scroll engagement’, ‘duplicate device fingerprint’, or ‘click‑to‑cart under 2 seconds’. The report also provides a concise narrative explaining the reason behind the fraud score. This clear presentation...

Our campaigns include both Google and Meta ads. Can BotRefund handle multiple platforms simultaneously?

Direct Answer: BotRefund’s tracking script is platform‑agnostic and works with Google, Meta, X, Reddit, Bing, and Yandex ad networks. It captures the same forensic evidence for each platform, ensuring compliance across all channels. You can generate a single report that covers all your ad...

Should I use a bot detection tool that relies on a single rule?

Direct Answer: No, a single rule is not enough to identify bots accurately. Real users can trigger one anomaly because of privacy tools, travel, corporate networks, or unusual devices. BotRefund treats each signal as evidence and cross-checks it against 106 independent checks. The AI...

We’re concerned about GDPR compliance when using a third‑party bot detection tool. Is BotRefund compliant?

Direct Answer: BotRefund adheres to GDPR, CCPA, SOC‑II, and ISO 27001 standards, ensuring that personal data is processed lawfully. The platform stores only anonymized behavioral signals and provides data‑subject access controls. All evidence generated is kept on secure servers with encrypted transmission. This compliance...

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We’re concerned about GDPR compliance when using a third‑party bot detection tool. Is BotRefund compliant?

We suspect some affiliates are using hidden images to drop cookies at checkout. How can we uncover that hidden cookie stuffing?

Direct Answer: BotRefund’s script captures all network requests made during a session, including hidden image or iframe loads that set cookies without user interaction. It correlates those cookie events with the timing of the conversion and the original UTM data. When a cookie appears...

We want to integrate bot detection data with our analytics platform via API. Does BotRefund offer API access?

Direct Answer: BotRefund provides a RESTful API that delivers bot detection events, confidence scores, and session recordings to external systems. You can push this data into Google Analytics, Mixpanel, or any custom dashboard for unified reporting. The API respects rate limits and includes authentication...

We worry that adding a tracking script will slow down our site and affect SEO. How lightweight is BotRefund’s script?

Direct Answer: BotRefund’s tracking script is designed to be lightweight, loading asynchronously and collecting only essential behavioral and attribution data. It does not block page rendering or add noticeable latency, so Core Web Vitals remain unaffected. The script also respects privacy settings and can...

What are the early signs that a bot is spoofing its browser or network?

Direct Answer: A real browser usually has coherent connection, location, language, and timing data. Automated browsers often show mismatches from proxy rotation or browser spoofing. BotRefund treats these mismatches as evidence and cross-checks them against 106 independent signals before deciding.

What are the main sources of fake clicks that drain PPC budgets?

Direct Answer: Fake clicks typically come from three places: competitor click campaigns where rivals manually click your ads, botnets and proxy networks that route automated requests through compromised residential devices, and malicious display or publisher networks that auto-click ads on their own sites to...

What does a free bot audit include?

Direct Answer: The audit scans your site with over one hundred independent checks, including browser capability, speech synthesis, network and device signals. It builds a picture of each visit and flags suspicious activity. BotRefund then provides a report showing which traffic appears automated.

What happens after a bot detection tool catches a Font OS Mismatch on my site?

Direct Answer: BotRefund treats that mismatch as one piece of evidence, not a final answer. It cross-checks the signal against independent browser, network, device, and behavior data. The AI prediction then decides if the visit is a bot, which is why a single mismatch...

What happens after FlareSolverr Patch evidence is collected on my site?

Direct Answer: The signal is treated as independent evidence and sent into BotRefund's prediction AI. The AI evaluates it together with browser, network, device, and behavior data to decide if the visit is human or automated. When the evidence supports a bot verdict, it...

What happens after the bot audit report is finished and I have the evidence?

Direct Answer: You take the dispute-ready report containing the GCLIDs, timestamps, and behavioral proof and submit it to Google Ads or Meta Ads support as a Click Investigation request. Once the ad platform reviews the evidence, they issue a billing credit back to your...

What happens if a real user has unusual browser behavior because of accessibility tools?

Direct Answer: BotRefund avoids making a bot verdict from one anomaly. A user with accessibility tools could produce a signal that looks unusual, but BotRefund looks for corroboration from other checks. If the rest of the pattern matches human behavior, that user is not...

What is a cheap or free tool for identifying bot traffic on my landing pages?

Direct Answer: You can start by checking server logs for high click rates with zero interaction or using hidden honeypot fields in your forms. For a more automated approach, BotRefund offers a lightweight script that monitors over 50 client-side behavioral signals to identify bots...

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What is a cheap or free tool for identifying bot traffic on my landing pages?

What is a free bot audit and how does it help me stop ad waste from bots like those using rapid tab blurs?

Direct Answer: A free bot audit from BotRefund scans your site for 106 independent signals, including rapid tab blurs, to detect automated traffic. You get a report showing how many bot visits occurred and which behaviors were detected. This helps you decide whether to...

What is a popup blocker bypass check in bot detection?

Direct Answer: It is one of the independent checks BotRefund uses to spot automated visits. It looks for a mismatch that a real browsing session would not normally create. Scripts can send clicks and scrolls, but they struggle to reproduce the varied timing, movement,...

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What is a popup blocker bypass check in bot detection?

What is an Accept-Language Mismatch and how does it indicate bot traffic?

Direct Answer: An Accept-Language Mismatch occurs when the language header sent by a browser does not align with the visitor’s IP‑based location or device settings. Real users typically have consistent language and location data, while bots often spoof or rotate these values. BotRefund flags...

What is an anti-stealth trap in bot detection?

Direct Answer: Anti-stealth traps are checks designed to catch bots that try to mimic human behavior by hiding their automation. BotRefund includes traps that look for patched browser APIs, debugger presence, and other anomalies. These traps are part of the 106 independent checks that...

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Our ad campaigns use Performance Max and we suspect bots are skewing the results. Can BotRefund audit PMAX traffic?

BotRefund’s AI audit can analyze Performance Max campaigns, identifying bot sessions that inflate metrics and waste budget. It captures GCLID data and session videos to prove invalid traffic to Google’s Traffic Quality team. The platform then prepares a refund claim that specifically addresses PMAX spend. This targeted audit helps you recover money and clean up your campaign data.

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