Re:Service drains competitor's Adwords budget
by rogerdpack on Saturday July 26, 2014 @02:49AM
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And you actually got paid for those clicks? That is bizarre, I would have thought that google had some system to automatically detect the "click fraudsters" and not charge for their clicks...I mean how hard is it to stop counting clicks after somebody's done it 5 times or so from the same site? But I guess google is actually making money from those fraudsters [since they charge the advertisers] so...maybe that's why they don't care as much about fraud LOL.
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Re:Service drains competitor's Adwords budget
by Throwaway823 on Saturday July 26, 2014 @09:52AM
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Yes, I was paid for them. I was expecting the numbers to be corrected in the weeks to follow, which occasionally happens during strange activity. However, it was nearly a year ago, nothing happened, and the money arrived in my account.
Re:Service drains competitor's Adwords budget
by iancarroll on Saturday July 26, 2014 @03:16AM
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They care about fraud. That is a VERY rare case of an advertiser getting paid from fraud. I have been banned (intentionally) by their system and it is very clever at times.
Create a few accounts and see how far you get to $100.
How do you "create a few accounts"? I was under impression that once they ban you, it's over. Same person can't create more than one account. And can't create another one after a ban.
Re:Service drains competitor's Adwords budget
by iancarroll on Saturday July 26, 2014 @10:36AM
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I've created at least three with the same name, haha.