Spammers or Spam bots clicking Adwords ads?

Question

One of my sites has a very high bounce rate from Google Adwords, especially over the last couple of days.

Of course, it could just be that people are not finding the site relevant.

But I'm wondering if it could be spambots or something like this.

Can spambots click Google Adwords ads?

Or do human spammers tend to click Adwords ads to find places to spam?

Answer 1

Can spambots click Google Adwords ads?

At least one person is in jail for trying it (or, more accurately, trying to blackmail Google because he'd figured out how to do it).

Automated clicks remain a concern and Google claims to be able to prevent this type of spam, though it is an arms race which Google does not have a keen incentive to dominate (Google gets paid whether or not the clicks are legitimate).

Or do human spammers tend to click Adwords ads to find places to spam?

Human spammers tend to run scripts to automate their spamming efforts - with the exception of outsourced comment spammers, it is highly unlikely that a human is directly participating in any commercially-motivated spamming efforts.