Thread: Click Fraud Rate is Up

Click Fraud lets Web sites increase revenue from ads supplied by services such as Google's AdSense, Yahoo Publisher Network etc. Though these companies take measures to screen out bogus links so advertisers don't have to pay but that doesn't stop people from trying.

According to a new report from Click Forensics, a company that monitors for click fraud and sells detection services:
"The overall industry average click fraud rate grew to 17.1 percent for the fourth quarter of 2008. That's up from 16.0 percent in the third quarter of 2008 and from the 16.6 percent rate reported for the fourth quarter of 2007," the company said Wednesday.

Wow im impressed that theres a site/company that offers such click fraud detecting services, nice. Its bad that such things are going up at economical times like these.

I hear there is a big jump on credit card frauds as well. Bad economy effecting everybody I guess. May be they could ask for a bail out

yup manik, credit cards frauds are big problems these days, i hate them...

Haha that would be the worst thing if they asked for a bailout too lmao

Originally Posted by manik

Click Fraud lets Web sites increase revenue from ads supplied by services such as Google's AdSense, Yahoo Publisher Network etc. Though these companies take measures to screen out bogus links so advertisers don't have to pay but that doesn't stop people from trying.

lol yea . i don't understand how will they track people as people ask there friends and all to click on there ads...

Originally Posted by $~kRaTeS~$

lol yea . i don't understand how will they track people as people ask there friends and all to click on there ads...

Haha, they must have some very good information. For example, usually when people ask friends to click their ads, it is often at the same time everyday. So I might ask a friend to click my ads today at 3 pm, and then tomorrow I will most likely do it at the same time. These kinds of things can be used effectively.

Originally Posted by Amirmullick3

Haha, they must have some very good information. For example, usually when people ask friends to click their ads, it is often at the same time everyday. So I might ask a friend to click my ads today at 3 pm, and then tomorrow I will most likely do it at the same time. These kinds of things can be used effectively.

oh i will not click on your ads on same time from now and you too do the same or else .....

Originally Posted by $~kRaTeS~$

oh i will not click on your ads on same time from now and you too do the same or else .....

Haha, wow man your giving away our secrets