Manual Farming of Google Ads Accounts: Experience and Recommendations from TraffCloud

Since the very beginning, our team at TraffCloud has paid great attention to manual farming of Google Ads accounts. This is our strong suit, and over the years we have perfected all relevant processes. Previously, we used to run a project called FarmCloud, where we sold ready-to-use accounts, but over time we realized that using these accounts in our own advertising campaigns became significantly more profitable, so we stopped selling and focused on internal account use. In this article, we will share some of the secrets of our farming department.

We always choose Windows in the anti-detect browser settings since all our farmers use this operating system. It is vitally important that the first interaction with the account looks as natural as possible to Google. Later, the account moves to the media buying department, where macOS is more commonly used, but the profile remains Windows-based; this does not cause any issues.

We carry all our work out in Octo Browser. We immediately activate the necessary plugins: CookieBro for cookie management and Google Authenticator for 2FA. No other changes are required.

Anti-detect browsers let you create virtual profiles with new fingerprint parameters. Using such a profile, you can create a new account, as Google perceives it as a unique user.

Each account is created from scratch: unique cookies, user agent, language, and geolocation fully match the target geo. Octo automatically generates the user agent, and such browser fingerprint elements as Timezone, Geolocation, and Languages will match the proxy geo, ensuring a completely “clean” virtual profile.

We use mobile proxies, allocating several proxies to each farmer. Why specifically mobile proxies?

• Their behavior is similar to that of a regular user.
• IP address changes are possible through simple reconnection.
• Successful registration rates are significantly higher compared to residential proxies.
• Google is more tolerant towards mobile IP addresses, even if they are not perfect, as they change dynamically.

We use mobile proxies from various European countries; over the past three years, they have shown the best efficiency. However, the choice of providers is limited, and many offer low speeds. Keep this in mind when selecting a proxy service.

Mobile proxies cost $80–90 per month per farmer. For comparison, expenses for residential proxies could be as high as $300.

In Octo Browser, managing proxies is very convenient, including changing the IP address in one click. This significantly speeds up our work.

We never use auto-registration, as this almost always leads to mass bans. We only use manual registration: in a browser or, during difficult times, on Android devices with NIX virtual machines.

The main rule is to show Google that you are a real person. We purchase real SIM cards, and an employee whom we call the SMS manager receives SMS messages through a dedicated bot. The country where the SIM card is registered does not matter much. For each account, we set up two-factor authentication and save the codes using a plugin in Octo.

Immediately after creating the account, we create a Google Ads account, but we do not launch a campaign yet. This is important because Google sees that the account has the intention to use advertising.

Each account needs to be manually prepared, and about 1.5 hours per month is spent on its activity. This includes the following actions:

• Uploading photos to Google Drive.
• Searching for and saving locations on Google Maps.
• Registering on third-party services via Gmail.
• Watching videos and creating playlists on YouTube.
• Connecting Google Workspace, which significantly increases account trust.

The main rule is natural behavior and diversity of actions, as well as the use of a physical SIM card. We call such an account a “strong” account.

Campaign creation and Google Ads setup are part of media buying, but we will briefly describe this process.

The first step is to launch a preparation campaign that is as close as possible to the topic of the future advertising campaign but without any prohibited elements. This could be a campaign in Google Search, GDN, or UAC.

The next step is to link a payment method and launch a campaign with a budget of $30–40 for a period of 3 to 4 days. These actions help “warm up” the account and prepare it for the main workload.

We always create more accounts than we can immediately use. Therefore, some of them are left to rest and age for 1 to 4 months. Experience has shown that this extends the account’s lifespan.

Every month we check such accounts:

Manual account farming is not just a straightforward process but a complex multi-level system with many nuances that we at TraffCloud have been building for years. Only through precision, diversity, and manual work can you achieve a high level of trust and long lifespans of Google Ads accounts.

We have previously explained why we consider Octo Browser the best anti-detect browser for media buying. We would like to add that the success of farming also largely depends on the choice of expendables. Octo Browser has never had any data leaks, and security algorithms do not receive information about your real device if you’re using Octo. In combination with high-quality proxies, this allows us to bypass Google’s restrictions and farm hundreds of accounts. We value our time and resources, which is why we have chosen the best anti-detect browser for multi-accounting — Octo Browser.