Comments on: Combating Click Fraud http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/05/combating-click-fraud.html Internet Marketing News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:05:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Vygantas http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/05/combating-click-fraud.html/comment-page-1#comment-26381 Vygantas Fri, 18 May 2007 17:37:32 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/05/combating-click-fraud.html#comment-26381 Google do offer special offers for high traffic sites (domain parking). From there you get XML feed which you integrate in your site. Then flood it with lots of searches (which is easy), you join few XML feeds, as clicks won't go to one site only. After other stuff and affiliate it looks like natural. 100 000 searches/views, 1k clicks to each feed let's say. CTR becomes very low... Google do offer special offers for high traffic sites (domain parking).

From there you get XML feed which you integrate in your site. Then flood it with lots of searches (which is easy), you join few XML feeds, as clicks won’t go to one site only. After other stuff and affiliate it looks like natural.

100 000 searches/views, 1k clicks to each feed let’s say. CTR becomes very low…

]]> By: HMTKSteve http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/05/combating-click-fraud.html/comment-page-1#comment-26380 HMTKSteve Fri, 18 May 2007 17:33:45 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/05/combating-click-fraud.html#comment-26380 With all that bot activity doesn't Google notice when a site starts generating large income from AdSense with a high CTR? I know from my own experience with AdSense that my CTR is always low, very low, often below 1%. Google must flag accounts for review when they hit a certain income or CTR level. With all that bot activity doesn’t Google notice when a site starts generating large income from AdSense with a high CTR? I know from my own experience with AdSense that my CTR is always low, very low, often below 1%.

Google must flag accounts for review when they hit a certain income or CTR level.

]]> By: Vygantas http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/05/combating-click-fraud.html/comment-page-1#comment-26378 Vygantas Fri, 18 May 2007 16:57:31 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/05/combating-click-fraud.html#comment-26378 I just would like to add that new bot systems clicks many times, ip's are differenet, even contries are different (but there are some ways to catch them) and it does look like real traffic. If I would be head of the (let's say Adsense anti fraud management), I would study all that stuff more carefully, as I think even I have such a chance with my system, can't be that big guys don't have very powerfull clicks management systems. I just would like to add that new bot systems clicks many times, ip’s are differenet, even contries are different (but there are some ways to catch them) and it does look like real traffic.

If I would be head of the (let’s say Adsense anti fraud management), I would study all that stuff more carefully, as I think even I have such a chance with my system, can’t be that big guys don’t have very powerfull clicks management systems.

]]> By: Vygantas http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/05/combating-click-fraud.html/comment-page-1#comment-26377 Vygantas Fri, 18 May 2007 16:55:35 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/05/combating-click-fraud.html#comment-26377 Steve, Click fraud doesn't work like only competitors clicks on ads, or something like this. For example, you open PPC site, get XML feed (take listings) from some 2nd/3rd tier PPC's and start sending bots traffic, even if bot clicks on low keywords, like 10c per click as you said, you get 1000 clicks daily, 0.1 * 1000 = 100 USD per day, that's about 3000 USD per month for nothing. The fact, that they need to clear their networks. Steve,

Click fraud doesn’t work like only competitors clicks on ads, or something like this.

For example, you open PPC site, get XML feed (take listings) from some 2nd/3rd tier PPC’s and start sending bots traffic, even if bot clicks on low keywords, like 10c per click as you said, you get 1000 clicks daily, 0.1 * 1000 = 100 USD per day, that’s about 3000 USD per month for nothing.

The fact, that they need to clear their networks.

]]> By: HMTKSteve http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/05/combating-click-fraud.html/comment-page-1#comment-26376 HMTKSteve Fri, 18 May 2007 16:48:31 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/05/combating-click-fraud.html#comment-26376 When advertisers are bidding $35+ for a single click you have to expect a certain amount of click-fraud. I can't imagine there being a lot of click fraud for the cheap ($0.10 and under) keywords because you would have to do so many fraudulent clicks that you would get caught in no time. When advertisers are bidding $35+ for a single click you have to expect a certain amount of click-fraud.

I can’t imagine there being a lot of click fraud for the cheap ($0.10 and under) keywords because you would have to do so many fraudulent clicks that you would get caught in no time.

]]> By: Vygantas http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/05/combating-click-fraud.html/comment-page-1#comment-26367 Vygantas Fri, 18 May 2007 16:25:12 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/05/combating-click-fraud.html#comment-26367 PPC giants should control PPC, but not let us do this. That's for what "Anti Fraud/Clicks" management getting paid for. Some of them allow small % of fraud, as long as advertisers don't complain much. PPC giants should control PPC, but not let us do this. That’s for what “Anti Fraud/Clicks” management getting paid for.

Some of them allow small % of fraud, as long as advertisers don’t complain much.

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