How do you determine if a website's traffic is considered 'low quality' under AdSense guidelines?
Low-quality traffic, according to AdSense guidelines, is traffic that does not represent genuine user interest in the website's content or the ads displayed on it. This includes traffic generated by bots, automated scripts, click farms, or incentivized programs where users are rewarded for clicking on ads. It also includes traffic from sources that promise unrealistic amounts of traffic, traffic from spam emails, or traffic that is purchased from unreliable providers. Key indicators of low-quality traffic include unusually high bounce rates, low time on site, a disproportionate number of clicks compared to impressions, and suspicious referral patterns. Google uses sophisticated algorithms to detect low-quality traffic and will penalize accounts that are found to be generating or acquiring it, potentially leading to ad serving limitations or account termination. Publishers are responsible for ensuring that their website's traffic is genuine and comes from legitimate sources.