Haha, no I won't help you figure out how to make your click fraud application. Sorry.
-Josh On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Mattaku Betsujin <[email protected]> wrote: > Can you explain how Google can catch that? Especially the click bots are > coordinated and always keep their activities at a low threshold? > > There are lots of malicious click bot networks operated by mafias and such. > Estimates of click frauds range from a few percent to a few tens of percent. > > > On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Josh Steiner <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> It is click fraud. If Google catches on that that's happening their >> only recourse is to pull the account of the site you are "helping". >> This is a stupid idea that will only hurt site operators. >> >> -j >> >> On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Mattaku Betsujin >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Surely the app will not ship with a default site. Otherwise this site >> > will >> > be blacklisted by all ad agencies very soon. >> > >> > However, I think such an app will benefit a lot of popular forum sites. >> > Imaging this -- from time to time, some user will post, "hey guys, if >> > you >> > want to support xyzforum.com, install Ad Support on your Android phone >> > and >> > enter 'xyzforum.com'". >> > >> > Since the message is posted by a random user, and not by the site's >> > owner, >> > it will be hard for the ad agency to take any actions against the site. >> > >> > Also, if the site already has a lot of users, and some of them do >> > legitimately click ads, the extra fake clicks can't reliably be >> > detected. >> > The only thing you could do is to disqualify all clicks originated from >> > Android phones, but probably Google would not do that, or else there >> > will be >> > no point developing Android from the first place! >> > >> > This kind of "benevolent click bots" were not possible in the past >> > because >> > people will not want to install native apps on their PC just to support >> > their favorite web site, due to the security risks involved. But now >> > that >> > Android provides much better application security, I think people will >> > be >> > more willing to install these bots. >> > >> > So the way I see it, in the future, this kind of parasites will keep >> > growing, especially on Android .... >> > >> > >> > >> > On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Josh Steiner <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> I doubt they'd end up in jail, but the site that you are targetting >> >> will surely get their account booted from googles ad programs for >> >> violating click-fraud TOS. >> >> >> >> -j >> >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Mattaku Betsujin >> >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Here's an idea for an app -- "ad support". It allows you to enter >> >> > your >> >> > favorite site(s). Then, every day, it will discretely click a few ads >> >> > on >> >> > that site. That way, you can give you favorite site a little boost. >> >> > >> >> > Will Google allow such an app on the Market? >> >> > >> >> > Will Google be able to stop such an app from functioning? >> >> > >> >> > Is there anything illegal about doing this? Will the author (or user) >> >> > of >> >> > this app end up in jail? >> >> > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > > >> > >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
