Comments on: Wired: Sploggers on Par With Click Fraud http://seoblackhat.com/2005/12/30/wired-sploggers-on-par-with-click-fraud/ Tired of useless Top 10 Lists for ranking in Google? Looking for effective and insightful info? SEO Black Hat Blog offers articles on Blackhat SEO, Linkbait & Link Spamming. And if you need to escape White Hat SEO Whiners, check out he Private Black Hat Search Engine Optimization Forum. Fri, 04 Feb 2011 05:07:23 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Fritz http://seoblackhat.com/2005/12/30/wired-sploggers-on-par-with-click-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-895 Fritz Sun, 08 Jan 2006 13:11:19 +0000 http://seoblackhat.com/2005/12/30/wired-sploggers-on-par-with-click-fraud/#comment-895 Besides making huge bucks from spam blogs is a myth. Besides making huge bucks from spam blogs is a myth.

]]> By: Kev http://seoblackhat.com/2005/12/30/wired-sploggers-on-par-with-click-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-875 Kev Thu, 05 Jan 2006 00:04:27 +0000 http://seoblackhat.com/2005/12/30/wired-sploggers-on-par-with-click-fraud/#comment-875 LOL, this is toooo funny. Seriously, think about it. The guy is saying that because the information is located on a "splog" it is invalid information and frustrates the surfer into clicking away. BUT, if the same surfer comes across the same info on a non-splog site, it is A OK! So if I go to a splog site that has an article/review on free cell phones, its bad/invalid info that no one wants to read, but if I go to Amazon and get the same article, its valid information that everyone wants to read? Are all these news sites out there that syndicate from AP invalid sites? They must be since I can go to the AP site and read the original source. LOL, this is toooo funny. Seriously, think about it. The guy is saying that because the information is located on a “splog” it is invalid information and frustrates the surfer into clicking away. BUT, if the same surfer comes across the same info on a non-splog site, it is A OK! So if I go to a splog site that has an article/review on free cell phones, its bad/invalid info that no one wants to read, but if I go to Amazon and get the same article, its valid information that everyone wants to read? Are all these news sites out there that syndicate from AP invalid sites? They must be since I can go to the AP site and read the original source.

]]> By: Ed Kohler http://seoblackhat.com/2005/12/30/wired-sploggers-on-par-with-click-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-858 Ed Kohler Mon, 02 Jan 2006 20:00:54 +0000 http://seoblackhat.com/2005/12/30/wired-sploggers-on-par-with-click-fraud/#comment-858 Interesting point. But it's kind of depressing to think that people make money off frustrating people into clicking on something, anything, to get away from the splog they've found themselves on. Interesting point. But it’s kind of depressing to think that people make money off frustrating people into clicking on something, anything, to get away from the splog they’ve found themselves on.

]]> By: Andrew Johnson http://seoblackhat.com/2005/12/30/wired-sploggers-on-par-with-click-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-850 Andrew Johnson Fri, 30 Dec 2005 23:03:15 +0000 http://seoblackhat.com/2005/12/30/wired-sploggers-on-par-with-click-fraud/#comment-850 I read this article too, and was about to make a post about it. I thought they writer did a pretty shitty job. But I could really care less. I'm more than happy to have some mainstream journalist say the sky is falling when real money is being made. Adsense works because its traffic. People call it clicks, but its really traffic -- highly targetted traffic. Yes, some advertisers aren't watching their ROI. Yes, some advertisers aren't using conversion tracking which helps Google's smart pricing. But, there are plenty that are and are making good money off of all this targetted traffic, and the people not tracking their ROI usually also the ones that aren't even optimizing their ad copy for optimal clickthroughs eithers. They end up on the bottom, get fewer clicks, and pay more. I read this article too, and was about to make a post about it. I thought they writer did a pretty shitty job. But I could really care less. I’m more than happy to have some mainstream journalist say the sky is falling when real money is being made.

Adsense works because its traffic. People call it clicks, but its really traffic — highly targetted traffic. Yes, some advertisers aren’t watching their ROI. Yes, some advertisers aren’t using conversion tracking which helps Google’s smart pricing. But, there are plenty that are and are making good money off of all this targetted traffic, and the people not tracking their ROI usually also the ones that aren’t even optimizing their ad copy for optimal clickthroughs eithers. They end up on the bottom, get fewer clicks, and pay more.

]]> By: tpiddy http://seoblackhat.com/2005/12/30/wired-sploggers-on-par-with-click-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-849 tpiddy Fri, 30 Dec 2005 22:57:48 +0000 http://seoblackhat.com/2005/12/30/wired-sploggers-on-par-with-click-fraud/#comment-849 the real question is the placeholder ad sites for domains. i wouldnt want to be paying at all for traffic from these domains. but, it seems that by tracking conversion rates google might be to adjust the money domain squatters make and the lower the advertiser's cost. the real question is the placeholder ad sites for domains. i wouldnt want to be paying at all for traffic from these domains. but, it seems that by tracking conversion rates google might be to adjust the money domain squatters make and the lower the advertiser’s cost.

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