1. not in this way
2. not enough to matter

the way it works is sending an HTTP request that registers as a "click" to the advertiser (thus costing them money), but then doesn't actually let the browser download any content and fetch the webpage, basically pi-holes the destination site and any attached tracking cookies. Combined with the fact that it does this to every ad, it would basically poison any click tracking.

edit: pedants

and before I get any more of you, this is just what I remember reading about adnauseam, do not take it as gospel, go look at AdNauseam's FAQ.

Yeah, I can't find an answer whether the "click" is behind some obfuscation, or if the "click every ad" is the obfuscation step itself by attempting to poison the data. The latter may work but yes, may actually increase tracking. Wish that answer wasn't so hard to find on their site.

Also wouldn't this be directing a ton of money to google? (or I guess any other ad provider)

Has the same limitations as uBlock Origin with Manifest v3 and won't work in Chrome.

Exactly. You can't completely avoid being tracked but you can ensure that your profile is just noise without any value to advertisers

That, I guess, it’s the whole point. Stopping being tracked 🙂

They call it “click fraud”,

No, click fraud is using botnets to click ads in your site to increase your revenue.

if enough people start doing it might be effective

Throw in a dash of track-me-not (https://www.trackmenot.io/) and maybe they'll start ignoring your search queries too! Worst case my actual searches are so buried in the bs deciding what to market would be easier from my screen-name.

That's not how IP addresses work.

Ad Networks use browser fingerprinting to detect duplicate clicks, which is tied to your hardware, system locale, installed fonts etc.

if thats true, brb setting up a website and a bot farm