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Click fraud while we chat
kay,we knew it.
So,how to Increase click trough rate?
I am not going to talk about how to your optimise your page,your web layout..etc.I will talk some tricks those AdSense fraudster use.
Chat room AdSense click fraud
Let's follow a typical "Click for me" chat session: Note that this conversation involve at lease two persons(of cause) and it's generally believed that one of them was either "stupid"or "very stupid"and another one was either "clever" or "too clever"(when get busted).
How Fraudster earn from AdSense
Method:" Chat and Click"
US User : hello
FM Fraud: what are your coordinates, handsome?
US User : NY , NY
FM Fraud: Oh! Wish I could be there. Can you help out a damsel in distress?
US User : sure
AT Fraud: I have made a site and would to know if all the links on this page are working or not. Can you please click on the links and see if the other page loads?
US User: Sure. Link?
FM Fraud:www.fraudstersite.com/high-value-keyword-page.html
US User : wait! Yes I checked all the links and they are working fine.
FM Fraud:
Thanks
US User : so can we talk about you now? ( Message Not Delivered as the fraudster has blocked the User and is busy looking for a new victim...
This kind AdSense fraudster do need a lot of hard work.I wonder if they can put their effort on creating more valuable contents on their blog rather then....."Try to be clever"
Earning online from Adsense need a lot of effort but definitely not this one.But,believe me sometime it work... for short period of time and you try it at your own risk.
Chat records source:Internet.
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Paid Per Click and Adword fraud revealed
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Paid Per Click and Adword fraud true or false?
Your probably stop and go through this article because you're using Google Adwords to bring traffic to your website, or your a click fraudster yourself, searching online on what kind of information that you can find. Most of you click fraudsters will think that I have no idea what I am talking about, and that I do not know your methods. Well, trust me buddy, I KNOW ALL ABOUT YOU AND WHAT YOU DO.
If you are new to the click fraud scene, here is an example:
1. Scumbag puts Google Adsense ads on his website.
2. The scumbag then proceeds to cheat Google Adsense by creating false clickthroughs
and impressions, in return earning him a pretty nice profit, because he isn't even
working on his website, just generating false traffic.
All of you people that run campaigns through Google Adwords are thinking, "This guy has no idea what he is talking about, Google has everything under control and they even state so publicly!"
WOW! What kind of pay per click company would admit that they DO NOT have click
fraud under control? I wonder what would happen to their business immediately following
that statement.
Estimates say that nearly 20% of all clicks for Adsense are illegitimate. In my honest opinion I believe this number to be around 30-35% from some of the things I have seen.
Alrite, now the big question, how are they doing it?
There are a number of ways that people are cheating, including the 'click groups' from India that click on your ads for you and create big pay checks as long as you pay them their $0.50 an hour so they can buy bread for their family.
But I'm going to show you the technical way that Google Adsense is cheated, not poor people clicking ads. I'm talking about extremely smart programmers that create hitbots to cheat Adsense. And, NO, I'm not talking about that piece of garbage 'CACA' or Clicking Agent that you find on Google. I am talking about PRIVATE programs and scripts that are only used by private groups.
How do these scripts get away undetected you ask?
Simple, let's actually take a look at Google's click fraud protection (This is what I have summed up, I seriously don't believe they have anything other protection because people are still cheating using these methods as you read this article.)
If you actually take a look at Google's Adsense code when it is on your webpage you will find the URL that is used to retrieve ads. (Right-Clck your ad Iframe and click 'View Page Information' or something similar.)
Here is an example of the URL that you will find:
example:
http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-2521202633232871&dt=1124847235453&lmt=1124631699&format=468x60_as&output=html&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yoursite.com%2F&color_bg=ECF8FF&color_text=000000&color_link=0033FF&color_url=0033FF&color_border=DDAAAA&cc=59&u_h=768&u_w=1024&u_ah=738&u_aw=1024&u_cd=32&u_tz=-240&u_java=true
Now let's decode this up a little bit, shall we?
client=ca-pub-2521202633232871 - Your client code, this tells Google who to
assign the click-through money to.
dt=1124847235453 - Javascript, if you use the command google_date = new
Date(); document.write(google_date.getTime()) --- Which generates 1124847235453.
This shows you the number of milliseconds since midnite January 1, 1970. This is
what seems to be Google's biggest automated proxy clicker fraud prevention. Doesn't
seem too hard to generate with 2 lines of code now does it?
lmt=1124631699 - The last time your webpage was updated. LMT stands for Last
Modified Time, pretty easy Javascript to generate this one too - document.write(document.lastModified);
--- Which generates 1124631699.
(Notice I'm skipping a bunch, that's because they are just showing the type of ad,
colors, and size that you are using.)
cc=59 - Seems to be some random number based on the screen width, height, and
color scheme. I've seen this number go from 20 all the way up to 400. I'm sure they
don't use this to reliably track click fraud.
u_h=768 - Height of your screen settings.
u_w=1024 - Width of your screen settings.
u_ah=738 - Your available screen height.
u_aw=1024 - Your available screen width.
u_cd=32 - Color scheme on windows, e.g. 32-bit.
u_tz=-240 - Your monitor refresh rate or something else that isn't important,
I've never seen it not -240.
u_java=true - Just seeing if you have java enabled.
There are some other variables that are sometimes in the URL such as 'u_his='
this means how many pages you have visited since you started up your browser. There's
also some MIME type checks and how many plugins you have installed, but these variables
come up very rarely. I think they are only meant for Netscape/Firefox browsers.
Now that we have 'decoded' the supposed unbeatable Google Adsense code, what do
you think about click fraud? You still think it is rare?
After randomizing all the data and sending an automated query to their Adsense URL,
all the scumbag has to do is parse out all of Google's click URL's and click one
of them, giving him a click through. This can all be easily faked with even a Visual
Basic program. A newbie programmer could in-fact cheat Google Adsense without much
knowledge.
Alrite you say, they beat the javascript code detection but doesn't Google use cookies
so they can't do this?
No, Google does not use cookies for Adsense.
Well what about IP-tracking? Someone can't have that many proxies!
There are click groups that leave these programs running on their computer. They
each randomly click each other's URL's automatically. The person running the program
doesn't even have to do anything, but he is still contributing to the success of
their group and himself.
Does that sound too far-fetched? I am telling you that there are click groups that
do this now and have been since the old Linkshare PPC days in 1999. Yes, if you
were an advertiser on Linkshare back around 1999-2002, you got RAPED.
And that isn't all. I have read on the internet that there is currently over 100,000
people infected in the United States alone with trojan proxy servers. These proxy
servers run on random ports so that Google can't just do a simple port 8080 or 80
check on it to see if it's a proxy. The majority of these proxy servers are used
for credit card fraud, but a lot of them are also used to cheat Google Adsense and
other pay per click programs. These proxies are at-home users that look like normal
dial-up, cable, and dsl users from all across the world, but mainly United States.
There is NO WAY to prove that they are a proxy.
Random User-Agent strings is another tactic that is often used by click fraudsters.
This makes Google think that a lot of different browsers are clicking the links,
just keeping them further from finding out the truth.
On a side note, you may be thinking that the new Yahoo! pay per click program may
be the way to go. I checked into their protection and guess what? They are only
using ONE of Google's protections and that is the Javascript GetTime. They are still
in Beta though and this may change, but who knows?
To the cheaters: The benefits of cheating are short. Eventually you will be caught
for what you are doing and maybe even sued by Google. There is a ton of money to
be made legally with Adsense and I suggest that you stop cheating. Who am I to tell
you to stop? I use to be one of you! Back when I was 13-14 I was making programs
like the ones you guys are using now. You guys probably used one of my programs
at one time. I am happy to say that those days of mine are all in the past now,
and I am making a good amount of money LEGALLY with Adsense and other affiliate
programs. Work hard guys and you will reap the benefits 100 times what you make
cheating.
To the advertisers: You people that use Google Adwords now see that it is actually
not very hard to cheat you out of your money, so be careful and MAKE SURE that you
use a click fraud protection script such as ClickDefense. To lower most of your
click fraud, just don't put your ads in the Content Network, only stay on Google's
sponsored search results. Only Google gets paid when someone clicks the search results
sponsored ads and nobody wants to cheat to make Google anymore money do they? Check
the stock, it's currently at 279.58 a share.
To summarize my article I just need to state that no one should use this information
for cheating Adsense and I am not responsible for your actions if you choose to
do so. You will be caught because Google will evolve and get smarter, eventually.
Blog owner comments
Google should responsible for all these crab.I have no idea whether the statement above true or false,it's just for reference.
I believe the number of those "advance clicker" are in small number and most of the scumbag still clicking their own ads in" traditional way".And I do believe Google is doing their part.
And I don't know how google teams determine the webmaster have posed significant risk to the adword users.What I know is Google going way too far in countering those fraud.
Legit sites get canned. Why don't they just come out some kind of smart ads that avoid this kind of fraud.
May be one day some company will get this PPC thing right and make everyone happy.
To the cheaters: Yes,The benefits of cheating are short!!!
Never made any money online?
Do you find hard and never made any money online? Why?
Reasons could be:
- Get scammed !!
- The deal was too confusing for you to follow .
- You were too scared of being ripped off to take off.
- They have been told to be made such confusing making money method to you and others . (You'll do the same to others.)
- You're not consistent and listen carefully.
- You're not that smart.
If you're not consistent and listen carefully,that's good news to you.You can try harder and learn how to make money from different source .You might found one and success someday. If you're on the other two reasons=either #1.get scammed or #3.You were too scared of being ripped off to take off.
Just remember these:
Businesses that are genuine should ALWAYS:
A: Let you try out their system for free - so there is no risk to you .
B: They should show you how it works but not overnight success.
C: Let you quit or cancel at anytime with no penalties .
D: Provide a system which makes sense and generates REPEAT business
Consistent and know what you're doing ,use your common sense and be smart is you key to making money online.
Make Money From AdSense Is That Easy?
Absolutely! (terms and conditions apply)
Google AdSense was and still is a great way to make money online. It is defined as an advertising program run by Google. Website owners can enroll in this program to enable text and image advertisements on their sites.
These ads are administered by Google and generate revenue on a per-click basis.
Google utilizes its search technology to serve ads based on website content, the user's geographical location, and other factors.
Google AdSense is probably the easiest money you can earn on the Internet.(I am not finish yet ). it also probably the easiest way for you to loss your time and energy onl the Internet!
It easily works in 4 steps.
1. Display a Google Ad on your website by pasting some short
script that you can design the look of.
2. A visitor comes to you site and click on one of the ads.
3. You earn a small commission for the click.
4. Once a month Google pays you if they owe you more than $100.
If it is so easy why doesn't everyone earn money from AdSense and quick their day j*o*b?
This is a fair question so let's answer it.
It easily "let you down" in 4 ways.
1.Many webmasters doesn't have decent traffc* .So what happened?You ad is a decoration. Vital point=Social traffc* doesn't help in your AdSense click through rate but search traffc* do.
*Don't complain ,I simply spell it wrong for SEO purpose*
2. Google AdSense do not charge the advertisers on a publisher website the same as they charge to advertise on a Google page. They charge less for the ads on your site, and if you don't optimise your keyword ,(90% webmaster don't have any idea how to optimise the earning keyword or they do it wrong)= You get $0.01 -$0.02 per click most of the time,so you make less money.
3.It's will down grade you site reputation.It's hard to control the ads that appeal on our site,you have no idea what site you ad sending your visitors to.(you can use ad filter)It's could be scammer who advertise with Google AdWords.....Okay, you don't care as long as you earn money. I agree (Make damn sure you site is search engine friendly!)

4.Your account get disable without prior notice .You have no idea whats going on and they said:"don't even think to call me"..No conversation.Just disable. The best part (for your competitors) is you forever can't use AdSense!!!
*You can try to appeal it but the damage is done.(on your heart)
The key to earn from Google AdSense = Free tips
Instead of some keyword research, creating the target contents.Understanding the type of
ads to run and where to place them is also a very important factor. Every web page has a hot spot and that is on the upper left hand side.
By blending your ad naturally into the page and placing it in the right place will have better chance to get a click and make money from it. ...
That's not easy to earn money from Google AdSense .
Don't say i didn't warn you!!Even you have the talent on placing your ads ,having great content.It useless if you don't get your target keyword rank well in a search engine results page.aka:SERP.
I will post a solution on that if i figure out ... next time..
Hack Google AdSense?you wont last long ..
That's what the new Google AdSense members should aware.
Tell-a-Friend Script that Make Money or Lose Money
If you're building opt-in list starting from scratch.You can began with give away free stuff ,creating useful content on your blog to get you subscriber sign up ,etc.. These traditional process usually takes a lot of time and effort.
Since you're in Internet ,they're always faster way.....
Traditional Tell a friend scripts
Example:
You friend received a tell-a-friend form -- he then asked to enter the names and e-mail addresses of 1 to 5 friends to tell them about a web site. You can offer a freebie or a big discount on a product if they fill in every single field for the 5 friends. The result is you get 5 e-mail addresses .Then these 5 people will bring another 25 people for you....you system will go viral.
What do you think?The list will growth up fast right?Yes,If you have some good stuff to give away .However,In Internet,they're always something more advance.
Non-Traditional Tell a friend scripts
Opt-In Accelerator is a "tell a friend script" that help in building your opt-in list , "more"+ virally.
Usually if some asks for friends' emails, this is the ordinary problem:
"Opt-in accelerator helps you win the marketing battles against ordinary Internet marketers who only use ordinary opt-in pages in their marketing"
"I can only ever remember a few at best. But really, I'm lazy! And even if I knew a lot more I'm not wasting my time typing out any more than 2 or 3 email addresses for access into something. Even if it's for a cool bonus. "
The OptIn Accelerator
OptIn Accelerator included an "Import Contacts" feature . (This is the exact same technology both myspace and faceb**k used to get to the positions ). It allows a user to import their entire contact list from his Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo, or AOL, makes it easy for them to do so it gets better results. The average amount of friends a user has on his list is usually between 30 and a hundred email addresses .
Opt-In Accelerator takes full advantage of this tendency by ethically encouraging your visitors to spread the word about your site, in return for a bonus gift.And thus, by leveraging your current traff*c to grow your site, you can grow your site exponentially.
Instead of asking you to type the information in, they ask for your e-mail login information. (name and password) so the script pre-populates the fields with ALL of your contacts. You can select/deselect the people you wish to include after the software collecting the name from the contact list.
Advance Outstanding Crazy Incredible "Tell A Friends Scripts"
Example:
If the person signing up has 100 people in his mail box contact list, he just told 100 people instead of 1 to 5. and the 100 people he told will in you list,then you can start sending them this "Tell A Friends offer page" .Can you imagine the volume?
Sound amazing,Right?
Not exactly.In fact,it is a massive business security risk People are going to buy it and use it and their customers are going to face the risk and It might damage their business either by using it for one of their sites, or giving their account access away.
It would be way too easy to steal everyone's login details and save them for later. Even if the PHP source code is encoded, you could easily store that info using an output buffer or a couple lines of JavaScript code"
Check out what they say:
http://andybeard.eu/2008/04/optin-accelerator-closed-too-risky.html
http://www.robertplank.com/optin-accelerator/
Whatever xxxx Accelerator asking you /your friends the login information (with password) in order to scrapes addresses or whatsoever.Think twice.
Perhaps you can send an email to all your friends about this post to alert then if you received this kind of offer.
It's fine to tell a friends.But remember only when you do it manually.
*pssss....Do you know Tell-a-Friend forms are not permitted for use with AWeber.
*How about 4 Basis Things You Need To Do To Build your Own List and Make Money.
*Transform your ordinary Opt-in pages into Extraordinary. In case the site is close =Visit The OptIn Accelerator
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