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What is AI Score?

Abisola | Sep 30, 2024

AI Score is ClickPatrol's dashboard metric for how likely a click is invalid or non-human. It is not a Google Ads field. Teams use the five score bands to prioritize review work and understand risk across your protected campaign traffic.

How we assign AI Score

We analyze each click that we observe for your protected campaigns using multiple data sources and models. Signals can include IP and network reputation, device and session behavior, patterns consistent with suspicious behavior, and how the click compares to typical traffic in your vertical and region. We combine those inputs into a single score band so you can scan activity quickly without reading every raw field.

What the bands mean

We group clicks into five categories from safest to highest risk:

  • Safe
  • Low
  • Somewhat medium
  • Medium
  • High

Clicks in medium and high bands are treated as suspicious clicks for reporting purposes. That does not mean we block every medium or high score automatically. Blocking is stricter: we act when we are confident there is no genuine human value behind the interaction, and we also account for your account’s vertical and legitimate edge cases (for example, some B2B advertisers receive real prospects from data center or hosting IPs that would look risky by default).

How you should use AI Score day to day

Use AI Score as a compass, not the whole map. A higher score means “investigate or trust our automated handling,” while safe and low scores are consistent with normal traffic. Pair the score with time ranges, campaigns, and predicted clicks saved to see whether protection is aligned with your tolerance for risk versus conversions. For the wider product surface around scoring and exclusions, see ClickPatrol features.

Our default settings aim to avoid blocking traffic that might still convert. If you tighten blocking in the dashboard, you may reduce waste further but increase the chance of excluding borderline human traffic. That tradeoff is why we expose the score and let teams tune policy where appropriate.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is AI Score?

    AI Score is ClickPatrol's dashboard metric that summarizes how likely a click is invalid or non-human. It consolidates network, device, and behavior signals into one band so you can scan risk quickly without reading every raw field for each click.

  • Is AI Score a Google Ads metric?

    No. Google Ads does not publish AI Score as a native column. It is a ClickPatrol signal built from the clicks we observe on your protected campaigns, separate from Google's own invalid-click filters and any billing credits that appear later.

  • Do Medium and High scores always get blocked?

    No. Medium and High scores are treated as suspicious for reporting, but blocking is stricter. ClickPatrol acts when confidence is high that there is no genuine human value, and accounts for vertical edge cases such as real B2B traffic from hosting IPs.

  • How should I use AI Score daily?

    Treat AI Score as a compass: higher bands mean investigate or trust automated handling, while Safe and Low look like normal traffic. Pair the score with campaigns, time ranges, and predicted clicks saved when you tune how aggressively you block.

Abisola

Abisola

Abisola handles content and support at ClickPatrol. She helps customers get more value from cleaner traffic data and writes practical resources about ad fraud, fake traffic, and smarter PPC decisions.