There have been

**Real Estate Forum** · 04-18-2005, 08:58 PM

a lot of complaints about click fraud but this is the worst one case I have ever heard of, $50k worth committed by one company only.
Not sure we need a category for adsense since not many of you are using it.
Let me know honestly ... here is the article
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7529767/

**MaxSinclair** · 04-24-2005, 09:52 PM

Mike, the msnbc link you posted doesn't work. Is there a typo?

Max

**STVP** · 04-25-2005, 09:03 PM

Their must be a typo... what up with it mikey.

**San Diego Real Estate** · 05-03-2005, 07:38 PM

Originally Posted by SiteTutor

a lot of complaints about click fraud but this is the worst one case I have ever heard of, $50k worth committed by one company only.
Not sure we need a category for adsense since not many of you are using it.
Let me know honestly ... here is the article
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7529767/

Mike you are right and I'm talking from personal experience!!!!

**Real Estate Forum** · 05-03-2005, 07:43 PM

Originally Posted by MaxSinclair

Mike, the msnbc link you posted doesn't work. Is there a typo?

Max

I have to look where they moved it to

**re_advice** · 09-06-2006, 06:21 PM

I remember when this was posted. There is a site called fark.com in which if any news ever gets posted on that site, the news server will move the link once it sees a lot of traffic being generated from one particular site. I think they do this to help cut down on their bandwidth or something. Not sure but there has been several cases where once the site gets posted on there, there is so much traffic, the site crashes.

**www.OxfordTopAgent.com** · 02-23-2007, 06:36 AM

Ok so dont submit a link to fark?

**chrishummel** · 03-14-2007, 11:34 AM

Since the link doesn't work, could you elebarate on the 50k

**netrambler** · 11-08-2007, 06:21 PM

Originally Posted by chrishummel

Since the link doesn't work, could you elebarate on the 50k

I am curious too. What is it all about?

**bluefrog59** · 11-08-2007, 08:19 PM

The original post was from 2005. Since then Google has developed some very sophisticated software to track attempted click-fraud. Basically, if your site receives a few clicks a day and suddenly you are getting 100 - a red flag is going to pop up. Add to that, even if someone could artificially modify their IP, they can't fool the regional nodes and routers in the area where they are operating. If they did happen to set up some sort of network of 'clickers', the return on their infrastructure simply wouldn't justify the expense. Besides the obvious ethical issues involved, anyone contemplating a click fraud scheme is basically stupid. Not something to worry about. Even if your competition were to attempt to click a number of your ads to try and drain your ad funds, remember, after a couple of clicks from the same IP Google's system picks it up and ignores further clicks from that source.