Comments on: Disturbing Click Fraud Underground: “Let It happen”? http://blog.v7n.com/2006/07/18/disturbing-click-fraud-underground-let-it-happen/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:55:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: King Cobra http://blog.v7n.com/2006/07/18/disturbing-click-fraud-underground-let-it-happen/#comment-88955 King Cobra Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:44:30 +0000 http://blog.v7n.com/2006/07/18/disturbing-click-fraud-underground-let-it-happen/#comment-88955 You would think they could do more to stop this including monitoring dynamic IP's more. It's not just pirates though - there's a lot of small sites who encourage their visitors and friends to regularly click on ads to generate revenues for the site. These revenues are small but when you add all the sites which do this it isn't small anymore. Ken King Cobra Poker You would think they could do more to stop this including monitoring dynamic IP’s more. It’s not just pirates though - there’s a lot of small sites who encourage their visitors and friends to regularly click on ads to generate revenues for the site. These revenues are small but when you add all the sites which do this it isn’t small anymore.

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]]> By: Click Pirates covering Click fraud news | Click Pirates http://blog.v7n.com/2006/07/18/disturbing-click-fraud-underground-let-it-happen/#comment-1499 Click Pirates covering Click fraud news | Click Pirates Fri, 13 Oct 2006 17:50:33 +0000 http://blog.v7n.com/2006/07/18/disturbing-click-fraud-underground-let-it-happen/#comment-1499 [...] To quote rustybrick over at Seroundtable: Yesterday at Search Engine Watch Blog I (rustybrick) wrote Click Pirates Making A Mockery Of The Text Ad Space which covers a Peter Da Vanzo post on a thread at GetPaidForums. The threads discuss a program where people sign up and work together to form one huge pool of funds by clicking in ads on sites. Yes, mass manual click fraud, done by teams of, what I like to call, “Click Pirates.” [...] [...] To quote rustybrick over at Seroundtable: Yesterday at Search Engine Watch Blog I (rustybrick) wrote Click Pirates Making A Mockery Of The Text Ad Space which covers a Peter Da Vanzo post on a thread at GetPaidForums. The threads discuss a program where people sign up and work together to form one huge pool of funds by clicking in ads on sites. Yes, mass manual click fraud, done by teams of, what I like to call, “Click Pirates.” [...]

]]> By: Click Fraud - The Dark Side Of Advertising » The Affiliate Marketing Blog http://blog.v7n.com/2006/07/18/disturbing-click-fraud-underground-let-it-happen/#comment-1347 Click Fraud - The Dark Side Of Advertising » The Affiliate Marketing Blog Fri, 22 Sep 2006 06:04:21 +0000 http://blog.v7n.com/2006/07/18/disturbing-click-fraud-underground-let-it-happen/#comment-1347 [...] A big thanks to Peter Da Vanzo who picked up my post: Disturbing Click Fraud Underground: “Let It happen”?. I have a feeling no one would have touched the story otherwise . [...] [...] A big thanks to Peter Da Vanzo who picked up my post: Disturbing Click Fraud Underground: “Let It happen”?. I have a feeling no one would have touched the story otherwise . [...]

]]> By: SEO Consultant Esoos Bobnar - SEO Consulting Services http://blog.v7n.com/2006/07/18/disturbing-click-fraud-underground-let-it-happen/#comment-1001 SEO Consultant Esoos Bobnar - SEO Consulting Services Wed, 26 Jul 2006 07:03:06 +0000 http://blog.v7n.com/2006/07/18/disturbing-click-fraud-underground-let-it-happen/#comment-1001 <strong>Click Fraud Stats Coming to Google AdWords</strong> Even though Google's click fraud preventions are apparently reasonable enough, they still seem to be getting a lot of heat for it these days (maybe it's those roving gangs of clickers). Looks like they're adding click fraud stats to the AdWords inte... Click Fraud Stats Coming to Google AdWords

Even though Google’s click fraud preventions are apparently reasonable enough, they still seem to be getting a lot of heat for it these days (maybe it’s those roving gangs of clickers). Looks like they’re adding click fraud stats to the AdWords inte…

]]> By: Peter Da Vanzo http://blog.v7n.com/2006/07/18/disturbing-click-fraud-underground-let-it-happen/#comment-972 Peter Da Vanzo Wed, 19 Jul 2006 03:03:50 +0000 http://blog.v7n.com/2006/07/18/disturbing-click-fraud-underground-let-it-happen/#comment-972 Yes - I just wonder how much of this activity they detect. It sounds like they are getting some of it, but just how much slips through teh cracks? The content network may be better suited to CPA, from an advertiser perspective, although that still isn't without its problems. Yes - I just wonder how much of this activity they detect. It sounds like they are getting some of it, but just how much slips through teh cracks?

The content network may be better suited to CPA, from an advertiser perspective, although that still isn’t without its problems.

]]> By: Click Fraud Discussion - From The “How To” Angle SEO Black Hat: SEO Blog http://blog.v7n.com/2006/07/18/disturbing-click-fraud-underground-let-it-happen/#comment-971 Click Fraud Discussion - From The “How To” Angle SEO Black Hat: SEO Blog Tue, 18 Jul 2006 17:41:47 +0000 http://blog.v7n.com/2006/07/18/disturbing-click-fraud-underground-let-it-happen/#comment-971 [...] Hat tip to V7n. [...] [...] Hat tip to V7n. [...]

]]> By: dburdon http://blog.v7n.com/2006/07/18/disturbing-click-fraud-underground-let-it-happen/#comment-970 dburdon Tue, 18 Jul 2006 17:09:50 +0000 http://blog.v7n.com/2006/07/18/disturbing-click-fraud-underground-let-it-happen/#comment-970 Pete, this just confirms my suspicions. I once watched a UK government employee who was "moonlighting". He sat at his desk clicking on ads that were showing on his personal website. He claimed he was making £1,000 ($1,800) per month. Because he was operating behind a government firewall he obviously thought he was beyond detection. Since that day I've always unchecked the content box on Adwords. My own experience of "passive" Adsense is a Pete,

this just confirms my suspicions. I once watched a UK government employee who was “moonlighting”. He sat at his desk clicking on ads that were showing on his personal website. He claimed he was making £1,000 ($1,800) per month. Because he was operating behind a government firewall he obviously thought he was beyond detection.

Since that day I’ve always unchecked the content box on Adwords. My own experience of “passive” Adsense is a

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