Comments on: Click Fraud Reaches Record High

By: Mack

Mack — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:02:06 +0000

I absolutely believe click fraud is up. I have Real Estate Clients in different parts of the country that confirm this. The interesting part is that the majority of them do not run content ads, only PPC in SERPS so this is either a competition or bot issue. Real estate PPC campaigns in major markets are already too expensive without increased fraud. Although we have a proven system to maximize PPC efforts, conversion rates have plummeted in recent months. In a troubled economy the Search Engines (Google specifically) better get a handle on this quickly or many of the REALTORS I work with will be forced to drop all PPC activities altogether. Mack's last blog post..Outlook Email Accounts

By: jason

jason — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:38:43 +0000

Yeah, that is suprising. The numbers I think should have been higher

By: Linda Lee

Linda Lee — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 02:50:52 +0000

I always wonder about this myself. I finally am getting some money on google adsense. (20.00 a month from some niche blogs.) I have never made money with Amazon. Of course I realize sticking with it and building over time is the key. I try to only read honest blogs, and avoid all the "internet guru's" who I feel just prey on the uninformed. Linda Lee's last blog post..Nigera Scam moves to Yahoo Personals

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By: PS3 News

PS3 News — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:39:47 +0000

I would have thought this would have been higher but I suppose after it has been around so long that it could have lowered as peple realised that they couldn't get away with it. I have only ever earned about $17 in my adsense account but have been trying to get into the amazon affiliate market and have had lots of clicks but no purchases yet. Will have to see how it goes. PS3 News's last blog post..Redesign - What Do You Think?

By: PS3

PS3 — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:34:48 +0000

I’ve not use PPC to any great extent and have only ever amassed $3.69 in my adsense account, so have never had to withdraw funds. How likely is it that the click fraudsters can get their money out before the advertisers rumble them?

By: Frank Reed

Frank Reed — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:53:17 +0000

Seems that data and information about click fraud comes and goes over time. @Tim Madel - I join in your healthy skepticism about sources on any and all data. Kinda like letting the fox watch the hen house. Trouble is getting this type of data in a reliable fashion at all. I doubt that the search engines are anxious to put real numbers to the click fraud that is happening on their flagship cash cows. Frank Reed's last blog post..The Hope of Internet Marketing

By: Bill Tamminga

Bill Tamminga — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:16:27 +0000

Google tracks click fraud pretty carefully. If it gets out of hand, they eliminate your account. Does anyone know what they consider "out of hand"? Bill Tamminga's last blog post..How secure is firefox?

By: Staten Island Insurance

Staten Island Insurance — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:14:25 +0000

Has Google or Yahoo ever put out information on it at all? You’d think it would be an interest of theirs….

By: Tim Madel

Tim Madel — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:43:33 +0000

I think this is a bunch of malarkey. Until we get some numbers from someone who does not have a vested interest I will remain skeptical.

The only incentive for someone to commit click fraud is is the content network. There may be folks who are trying to increase the revenue for their sites, but I have to believe Google catches these folks rather quickly.

To be safe don’t advertise in the content netwrok.

ClickForensics sells a service to protect against ClickFraud – of course, they’re going to say the problem is getting worse.

By: Staten Island Insurance

Staten Island Insurance — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:56:23 +0000

I think it’s probably going to get even higher in the future because as more and more people become aware of their need to advertise on search engines, the more click fraud that will come from competitors who are trying to get their competitor out of the top spot.

By: Chris Berry

Chris Berry — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:51:18 +0000

This is surprising. I would have expected the number to much higher. Chris Berry's last blog post..What Makes These People Indispensable?