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[Artice] Click Fraud FAQ
From: Sumy <sanandres () gmail com>
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 00:53:41 +0200
What Is Click Fraud? Click fraud, or click spamming, occurs when a person or program accesses a URL with no intention of browsing the site, purchasing a product or performing any other type of conversion action. That definition may be hard to understand so we have put together some examples of the types of click fraud that is occurring every day (and may be occurring to you!) and how these fraudulent activities occur. How Is Click Fraud Committed? Paid to Click Jobs "A growing number of housewives, college graduates, and even working professionals across metropolitan cities are rushing to click paid Internet ads to make $100 to $200 (up to Rs 9,000) per month," the Times of India claims. This article was published in May of 2004 and serves as a wakeup call to all online advertisers. These companies are popping up all over and have many different ways to defraud PPC advertisers. They pay people to search for certain keywords, click on certain ads and even tell them to stay on each site a certain amount of time so it doesn't look suspicious. They also even email ads to employees to have them click. Why does this happen? For the reasons above, competitors and affiliates hire these companies because they are able to increase the cost to their competitors or increase their own revenue through their advertising affiliate programs which ever they choose. Full FAQ http://www.exploitx.com/forum/azbb.php?1113062913 Internet Fraud Articles: http://www.exploitx.com/forum/azbb.php?Internet_Fraud -- http://www.outwartips.net http://www.exploitx.com _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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