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Click Fraud was Rampant in 90s
Not sure about what percentage of the internet advertizing hi-fliers of the 90s were guilty of it, but one of my sons who was in that line of work says that all of the companies he was familiar with were doing it. Padding the clickthroughs...paying people 5 cents per click to get 10 to 25 cents per click from advertizers. In anyone's book that is fraud. A person was expected to just sit at their computer and repeatedly click through the popups and stationary ads on the websites. Very little buying of product was ever involved.
Posted by: haikued2   Posted on: 07/23/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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so what  V Sanders | 07/19/04
Waaaahhhhh!  BitTwiddler | 07/19/04
At least SOMBODY is clicking on them...  Alpha_Female | 07/19/04
No Longer Paying For Clicks  RoyTyrellFl | 07/19/04
Will it sink in?  Linux User 147560 | 07/19/04
Communism Is Dead  RoyTyrellFl | 07/19/04
I have nothing against  Linux User 147560 | 07/19/04
THAT'S THE ANSWER!!!!! EVERYONE START CLICKING!!!  Valis Keogh | 07/19/04
Ad Blocking Software  r7di697 | 07/20/04
It's simple - pay for sales, not for clicks  ejhonda | 07/20/04
They bought to model, we did not!  drichards1953 | 07/22/04
IP logs  EddieNl1@... | 07/22/04
This is not whining, it's FRAUD - and YOU pay for it.  oknight@... | 07/22/04
Who benefits ?  archief | 07/23/04
Click Fraud was Rampant in 90s  haikued2 | 07/23/04
I've always had my suspicions...  missy_z | 12/06/04
Click Fraud  trackingsoftwarereviews | 08/05/06
Clarence Briggs & corp AIT.COM reputedly involved in SEARCHENGINE SPAMMING  NewsReport | 12/16/06
AIT.com CEO Clarence Briggs Charged with Criminal Assault  NewsReport | 12/16/06

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