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Re:Sham news sites make big bucks from fake views by user5994461 on Sunday December 01, 2019 @03:50PM (#21677708)
Oh right if it's just an Iframe. I found for my sites that some copycats do simple Iframe whereas some do url rewriting or content injection.
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Re:Sham news sites make big bucks from fake views by jacquesm on Sunday December 01, 2019 @04:51PM (#21678031)
Iframing is ideal for that purpose, it pushes all the costs on the original content creator and pushes all the profits towards the assholes.
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Re:Sham news sites make big bucks from fake views by RomanBob on Sunday December 01, 2019 @11:40PM (#21679853)
>asshole

I guess if you start a free play in town and try to sell bus tickets to bring people to town, and I drive my friend there and ask him for money, I am an asshole.

what a world

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Re:Sham news sites make big bucks from fake views by throwaway2048 on Monday December 02, 2019 @04:24PM (#21687113)
Its more like pretending you put on the play and taking ticket money at the door without giving anything back.
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