After successfully signing up and activating your ClickGUARD workspace (see: How to Activate Your ClickGUARD Workspace?), the next step is to connect your advertising platform—Google Ads, Meta Ads, or Bing Ads. 

Follow the steps below to complete this part of the setup:

Step 1: Continue Workspace Setup

Once your workspace is activated, you’ll see a Continue Setup button on your dashboard. Click this to proceed with the next stage of configuration.

Step 2: Authorize Your Ad Platform

In the new window, you’ll be prompted to choose and authorize the advertising platform you want to connect first (Google Ads, Meta Ads, or Bing Ads).

Click the Authorize button next to the platform you’d like to add.

Note: You can connect multiple platforms later if needed.

Step 3: Grant Permissions

You’ll be redirected to the platform’s authorization screen. Log in with the relevant credentials and grant ClickGUARD the required permissions to access your ad account.

Step 4: Select Your Ad Account

Once authorization is complete, you’ll be presented with a dropdown menu listing all ad accounts available under your profile.

Choose the account you’d like to connect—it can be either a standard PPC ad account or a Manager account (e.g., Google Ads MCC).

Step 5: Finalize Connection

After selecting your account, it will be automatically added to your ClickGUARD workspace. There’s no need to save or confirm again.

Step 6: Start Tracking

Once the account is added, ClickGUARD will begin logging clicks from your ads as soon as traffic starts coming in.