{"id":3262,"date":"2021-11-12T17:52:23","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T17:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ppcshield.io\/?p=3262"},"modified":"2022-02-09T14:20:48","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T14:20:48","slug":"fortune-500-companies-click-fraud-losses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ppcshield.io\/blog\/fortune-500-companies-click-fraud-losses\/","title":{"rendered":"Fortune 500 Companies Risk Losing Millions of Dollars to PPC Click Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3262\" class=\"elementor elementor-3262\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-19ba6fd9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"19ba6fd9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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href=\"https:\/\/www.ppcshield.io\/support\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fbb4266 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1fbb4266\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our newest research reveals that the world&#8217;s largest companies allocate billions of dollars to PPC advertising and are at risk of losing millions due to click fraud. Which companies are the most affected? How much are they spending and how much might they lose? Find out below!<\/p><p>First, let us give you a brief intro on click fraud and its effect on advertiser&#8217;s PPC budget. <strong>If you already know it, feel free to navigate to the<\/strong> <strong>following sections:<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-71ef2737 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"71ef2737\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-454b9ed9\" data-id=\"454b9ed9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ac6eb21 elementor-cta--layout-image-left elementor-cta--valign-middle 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advertising, the world&#8217;s biggest and most successful companies choose to allocate billions of dollars to PPC.\u00a0<span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW165458759 BCX4\">It makes sense &#8211; pay-per-click advertising is highly effective and holds plenty of benefits. <\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW165458759 BCX4\">However, it also comes with a bunch of risks, and <strong>click fraud<\/strong> is among the biggest ones.\u00a0<\/span>Wasteful clicks might come from bots, click farms, competitors accidental or repeated clicks without a genuine interest in the offer of the PPC ad.\u00a0<\/p><p>The click fraud rate varies per industry &#8211; there are highly competitive industries that might receive over 20% fraudulent clicks (out of all PPC clicks) and there are low competitive industries with the click fraud rate below 10%. On average, <strong>14% of all PPC clicks could be fraudulent<\/strong>, in which case\u00a0<span class=\"TextRun SCXW28731587 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW28731587 BCX4\">14% of a company<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW28731587 BCX4\">\u00a0PPC budget could be wasted<\/span><\/span>. This is the assumption we used for the estimates mentioned below.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6223746 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"6223746\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"top5\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3112f9f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3112f9f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Top 5 companies with the largest PPC budget & their potential losses<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d865d85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d865d85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\" target=\"_blank\">1. Alphabet (google.com)<\/a><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-aaeba6d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aaeba6d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2327d69\" data-id=\"2327d69\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cccdb46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cccdb46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">$680 million<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8577be9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8577be9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yearly PPC budget estimate<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ee10f02\" data-id=\"ee10f02\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1277df0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1277df0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">$95 million<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-322e5c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"322e5c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yearly loss estimate due to click fraud<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8901877 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8901877\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dell.com\" target=\"_blank\">2. Dell Technologies (dell.com)<\/a><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1295c38 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1295c38\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-acd993d\" data-id=\"acd993d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9dfc14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e9dfc14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">$527 million<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f4696d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f4696d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yearly PPC budget estimate<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2579ad1\" data-id=\"2579ad1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65ca0c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"65ca0c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">$73 million<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd69b13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd69b13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yearly loss estimate due to click fraud<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac80893 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ac80893\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\" target=\"_blank\">3. Amazon (amazon.com)<\/a><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-9fc99de elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9fc99de\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-97010c5\" data-id=\"97010c5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eeaeb4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eeaeb4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">$343 million<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33c8f7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33c8f7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yearly PPC budget estimate<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-684b028\" data-id=\"684b028\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-311a39b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"311a39b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">$48 million<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ab0051 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ab0051\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yearly loss estimate due to click fraud<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b7fb45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8b7fb45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spectrum.com\" target=\"_blank\">4. Charter Communications (spectrum.com)<\/a><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b9313bd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b9313bd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a807c2f\" data-id=\"a807c2f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbe2d9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fbe2d9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">$261 million<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a7c496 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0a7c496\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yearly PPC budget estimate<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0d98999\" data-id=\"0d98999\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d387b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9d387b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">$35 million<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56ac4c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56ac4c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yearly loss estimate due to click fraud<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4a00f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e4a00f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.verizon.com\" target=\"_blank\">5. Verizon Communications (verizon.com)<\/a><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b333ff0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b333ff0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8b570b5\" data-id=\"8b570b5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55fb6f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"55fb6f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">$244 million<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b973c8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b973c8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yearly PPC budget estimate<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8786f71\" data-id=\"8786f71\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89af792 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"89af792\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">$35 million<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89cd67b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"89cd67b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yearly loss estimate due to click fraud<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bf8500 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1bf8500\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Total losses for top 20 PPC spenders<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37dd39c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37dd39c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW71194266 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW71194266 BCX4\">Between Oct 2020 and Sep 2021, the Fortune 500\u2019s top 20 biggest PPC spenders spent an average of\u00a0<\/span><strong><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW71194266 BCX4\">$3,468,676,319<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW71194266 BCX4\"> on pay-per-click advertising.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW71194266 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW71194266 BCX4\">Assuming that 14% of this amount could be lost due to click fraud, it amounts to <strong>$485 million losses.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><strong><span class=\"EOP SCXW71194266 BCX4\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9309980 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9309980\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ppcshield.io\/app\/uploads\/Effect-of-Click-Fraud-on-Fortune-500-Companies-PPC-Shield-Research.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1580\" height=\"668\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ppcshield.io\/app\/uploads\/PPC-Shield-Fortune-500-Research.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3297\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ppcshield.io\/app\/uploads\/PPC-Shield-Fortune-500-Research.png 1580w, https:\/\/www.ppcshield.io\/app\/uploads\/PPC-Shield-Fortune-500-Research-375x159.png 375w, https:\/\/www.ppcshield.io\/app\/uploads\/PPC-Shield-Fortune-500-Research-768x325.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ppcshield.io\/app\/uploads\/PPC-Shield-Fortune-500-Research-1536x649.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1580px) 100vw, 1580px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0862546 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0862546\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How much does Apple spend on PPC?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bda889 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6bda889\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">You might have been surprised to not see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple<\/a>\u00a0among the top PPC spenders, given that it&#8217;s the world\u2019s biggest company worth $2.456 trillion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>Surprisingly, it spends a relatively small amount of its marketing budget on PPC advertising. In the last 12 months, it spent an estimate of $68 million, which is just a tenth of the PPC ad spent of Google. It could potentially mean around $10 million of losses due to click fraud.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50dea44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"50dea44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"research\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23b40c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"23b40c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PPC Shield research methodology<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2874a70d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2874a70d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To calculate these estimates, we used the data from the data analytics platform <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/semrush.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Semrush<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and a list of <strong>primary consumer-facing domains<\/strong> of all Fortune 500 companies. We selected the time range between <strong>October 2020 and September 2021<\/strong>, which gave us a\u00a012-month estimate. <\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">T<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">he PPC budget estimate was calculated based on an average of click through rates and the positioning of the domain on Google Ads.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>The budget loss estimate was calculated based on the assumption that an average of 14% of the total PPC ad spent might be lost due to fraudulent traffic.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89dfb02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"89dfb02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"tldr\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35baace elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"35baace\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">TL;DR: key takeaways on PPC click fraud losses of Fortune 500 companies<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-881b03c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"881b03c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">On average, PPC <strong>click fraud is estimated to cost 14%<\/strong> of a company\u2019s ad spend<\/li><li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">In the last 12 months, America\u2019s biggest companies <strong>could have lost over $700 million<\/strong> due to PPC\u00a0fraud<\/li><li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Google has the largest estimate PPC ad spent<\/strong> of $680M, which could mean $95 million of potential loss<\/li><li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Dell<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>is the second<\/strong> biggest spender ($527 million of PPC ad spent and $73 million of potential loss)<\/li><li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Amazon is the third<\/strong> ($343 million of PPC ad spent and $48 million of potential loss)<\/li><li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Between Oct 2020 and Sep 2021, top 20 biggest spenders in Fortune 500 have <strong>spent an estimated $3.4 billion on PPC<\/strong> advertising<\/li><\/ul><p>Interested in this research? Stay tuned for more insights to be revealed soon!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bace44e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1bace44e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"tagk\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTagged: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ppcshield.io\/blog\/tag\/amazon\/\" rel=\"tag\">Amazon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ppcshield.io\/blog\/tag\/apple\/\" rel=\"tag\">Apple<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ppcshield.io\/blog\/tag\/charter\/\" rel=\"tag\">Charter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ppcshield.io\/blog\/tag\/click-fraud-loss\/\" rel=\"tag\">click fraud loss<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ppcshield.io\/blog\/tag\/click-fraud-statistics\/\" rel=\"tag\">click fraud statistics<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ppcshield.io\/blog\/tag\/dell\/\" rel=\"tag\">Dell<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ppcshield.io\/blog\/tag\/google\/\" 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