
19th October 2008, 08:47 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
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Can someone please explain pay-per-click ads and click fraud to me please?
I bought my very first domains several days ago and parked them at a place where they put up pay-per-click ads, and I get paid like a few cents every time a "unique" visitor clicks through one of them. So I was clicking through proxy servers and clicking on my ads to make a couple bucks without giving it much thought. I just discovered the term "click fraud" and am shocked to think that I may have been engaging in something immoral, if not illegal! My questions are:1) Is what I was doing "click fraud," and if so, is it really illegal?2) Is it like, dishonest? Or is there some kind of win-win-win dynamic that I just am not thinking about? Sorry, this is all brand new to me! Is clicking your own ads bad??
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