Getting started

Dashboard walkthrough

Play this ClickPatrol dashboard walkthrough before you connect a channel. It covers click classification, where blocks show in Google Ads, and how reports and audiences sit with the setup articles below.

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Articles

• Why should I use ClickPatrol?

  By stopping bots before they waste ad spend, ClickPatrol protects Smart Bidding data so Performance Max, Target CPA and Target ROAS learn from real visitors.

• Google Ads

  If you chose manual installation, add the ClickPatrol tracking template at account level, then test and verify the tracker and complete the checks to ensure nothing blocks it.

• Google Tag Manager

  Set up the ClickPatrol Tag in Google Tag Manager to unlock and start using all of ClickPatrol’s advanced features.

• Integration Hub

  The Integration page connects every traffic source to ClickPatrol: an Overview with a card per channel, plus a tab per platform with its UTM template.

• Conversion tracking

  Send confirmed leads and purchases to ClickPatrol from the same Google Tag Manager tag, using a ClickPatrol_Conversion event. No separate Custom HTML conversion tag.

• Meta

  The Meta Ads integration relies on adding audience excluded sessions to a custom audience that is then excluded from your ad sets. Here's how to set up ClickPatrol to protect Meta ads.

• Bing Ads

  Track Microsoft Ads traffic in ClickPatrol after completing Google Tag Manager setup. Ad URL parameters help the tag label each visit Legitimate or Suspicious.

• LinkedIn

  Link LinkedIn Ads to ClickPatrol using Google Tag Manager, the ClickPatrol Tag, and UTM parameters. Visits are labeled Legitimate or Suspicious to help audiences target real users.

• TikTok

  Use GTM, the ClickPatrol Tag, and UTM parameters to connect your TikTok Ads account with ClickPatrol, classify each ad visit as legitimate or suspicious, and focus audiences on real users.

• Pinterest

  Use Google Tag Manager, the ClickPatrol Tag, and UTM parameters to connect Pinterest ads with ClickPatrol, classify visits as legitimate or suspicious, and build audiences of real users.

• DV360

  Classify programmatic traffic as legitimate or suspicious by connecting DV360 with ClickPatrol. Because DV360 lacks IP targeting, exclude flagged visitors and bad inventory from your line items.

• Custom links

  Tag newsletters, affiliate links, QR codes and other non-platform traffic with the Custom links UTM template so ClickPatrol classifies those clicks.