Comments on: A True 2nd Tier PPC Click Fraud Story

By: Cristian

Cristian — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:09:07 +0000

The easy solution is to find a click fraud detection and while you are at it get a great ad tracking tool. I would recommend starting your research at: http://www.adtrackerreviews.com

By: CarstenCumbrowski

CarstenCumbrowski — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:01:47 +0000

Send them an email and complain. Let them know what you think. The more Advertisers do that, the more likely will they change their processes and how they handle this kind of stuff.

By: Craig

Craig — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 01:46:35 +0000

I’ve just found that sponsor2.ucmore.com/click.asp became my top referrer after signing up with MIVA. Its pretty awful that MIVA still haven’t banned this site.

By: CarstenCumbrowski

CarstenCumbrowski — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 06:58:10 +0000

Miva’s response to my post can be found here:

http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=4036

By: CarstenCumbrowski

CarstenCumbrowski — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 21:36:45 +0000

Hi Blake,

Google’s recent settlement and refunds that they paid out to Advertisers as compensation for 3+ years of fraud was also a “hit”, wasn’t it?

If that numbers what mean anything (what they don’t), there wouldn’t be a problem. You could write them up under “accidental clicks” or “misclicks” hehe.

By: Blake

Blake — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 19:51:21 +0000

Check out my true, top tier click fraud story. http://www.voodooventures.com/2006/11/17/google-tells-me-to-talk-to-the-hand/

By: Michael Temple

Michael Temple — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:01:28 +0000

In sales one of one of the key motivators that often gets taught is that “no pain” = no sale. I think that is the case here. You noticed so they are going to do something about it, but overall there isn’t enough pain to cause them to make true fundamental changes in the problems related to click fraud.

When people start finding alternative ways to market on the Internet and stop advertising the revenue drop they experience *should* be enough of a motivator to cause them to make true substantial changes.

By: CarstenCumbrowski

CarstenCumbrowski — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 04:31:30 +0000

Make it a monthly task to send them a record of crap traffic from bots and spyware and demand your refund. The more people do that the better. At one point are the cost of dealing with all those refunds higher than the gain by having those scumware publishers in the network.

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 00:21:12 +0000

I’ve had the same problem with Miva, crap traffic and they don’t seem to care.

By: CarstenCumbrowski

CarstenCumbrowski — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:43:08 +0000

Hi Bjoern (Ask isn’t your first name, isn’t it?).

That was the part that worried me too and another reason why I posted this. Good that you spelled it out. Thanks.

I also posted enough of the referrer url that other webmasters can check their logs for referrers from the same source and report it (and get refunds).