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  • ThunderBalls
    So Fucking Banned
    • Oct 2002
    • 2926

    #1

    Major fucking click fraud

    I know this shit happens all the time but this is so fucking blatent. I went into my Kanoodle account which I havent used for years and decided to run a small campaign. I recharged my account with $100 and noticed nobody was bidding for any of the 35 keywords I had which I thought was strange. So I put them all at a nickel. Within 20 minutes their stats showed 2000 visits to my site and the $100 was gone. I thought wtf is going on here so I take a look at my log files and notice over 500 visits from one IP, 300 from another and so on and so on. There is no way in hell Kanoodle could deliver that many hits in 20 minutes for those keywords (mainstream keywords). Now I know why I quit using PPC.
  • modF
    Confirmed User
    • Aug 2002
    • 1888

    #2
    That happened to me a while back, just send the logs to Kanoodle and they should credit you back. Gotta love it..

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    • rowan
      Too lazy to set a custom title
      • Mar 2002
      • 17393

      #3
      Are they that neanderthal that they count all multiple raws as charged clicks?

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      • polle54
        Confirmed User
        • Jul 2004
        • 4626

        #4
        hmm if it's true it's from the same IP they are doing nothing to protect you from getting hit by this kind of fraud....

        it is sad that it's even a problem but it is so easy and convinient to make fraud with this shit... sad..
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        • Kevin - The PNN
          Confirmed User
          • Jun 2005
          • 1364

          #5
          what the fuck
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          • Theo
            HAL 9000
            • May 2001
            • 34515

            #6
            kanoodle is a fraudulent operation

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            • jacked
              sperm tail
              • May 2004
              • 11019

              #7
              i used to use kanoodle a long while back they were pretty good then i'm not sure about there business practices now a days though it might be someone else bidding on those clicks trying to drive down the cost per click...
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              • pocketkangaroo
                Confirmed User
                • Jan 2005
                • 8452

                #8
                Kanoodle is about as fraudulent as they come.

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                • chadglni
                  Confirmed User
                  • Dec 2002
                  • 6924

                  #9
                  Question is, what kind of idiot bot uses a handful of IP's for 2000 clicks? lol


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                  • Furious_Male
                    Doing the grind since 99
                    • Oct 2003
                    • 16884

                    #10
                    One of Kanoodles corp offices is 10 minutes from me. I am tempted to go down there and kick someone in the teeth but I am getting a bit to old for the drama.

                    Yes they do seem like a shitty operation. I have had nothing but bad luck with every single campaign I tried with them. I dropped then a long time ago.
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                    • Kevsh
                      Confirmed User
                      • Dec 2004
                      • 8619

                      #11
                      I used Kanoodle years ago and it was terrible. Hits coming from "squatting" domains and highly dubious sites -- not one hit ever came from a legit partner of theirs (the ones they advertise as being as part of their network).

                      When I asked them about this and requested I not have ads placed on these b.s. sites, they said would not divulge their list of partners. And of course, they did not have option to prevent ads from appearing on certain sites.

                      I stopped my account the next day.

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                      • zigx
                        Confirmed User
                        • Sep 2003
                        • 1430

                        #12
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                        • ~Ray
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                          • Jun 2003
                          • 18361

                          #13
                          they did it to you.
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                          • chaze
                            Confirmed User
                            • Aug 2002
                            • 9775

                            #14
                            Originally posted by Soul_Rebel
                            kanoodle is a fraudulent operation
                            Really, shit I didn't know this.

                            Funny though i stopped google adwords and overture this month, usually around $1500 a month for web hosting stuff and we still have got the same and better sales then before. WTF either we where waisting that money or maybe just a fluke?
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                            • Antonio
                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                              • Oct 2001
                              • 14136

                              #15
                              Originally posted by rowan
                              Are they that neanderthal that they count all multiple raws as charged clicks?
                              was thinking the same

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                              • Ecchi22
                                Too lazy to set a custom title
                                • Nov 2005
                                • 10012

                                #16
                                Thanks for sharing that info

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                                • V_RocKs
                                  Damn Right I Kiss Ass!
                                  • Nov 2003
                                  • 32467

                                  #17
                                  I tried to signup with MIVA... They said my phone number doesn't match the one given by my CC issuer... So I call my CC issuer and ask WTF? And they tell me you only have 1 number on file ever and it is the one you just called me with. I call back MIVA and ask them WTF? And long story short. They refunded me my money and to hell with their lame asses.

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                                  • minusonebit
                                    So Fucking Banned
                                    • Feb 2006
                                    • 7391

                                    #18
                                    Originally posted by chadglni
                                    Question is, what kind of idiot bot uses a handful of IP's for 2000 clicks? lol
                                    No shit, you've gotta wonder which of your competitors is stupid enough to pull this.

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                                    • SomeCreep
                                      :glugglug
                                      • Mar 2003
                                      • 26118

                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by ThunderBalls
                                      I know this shit happens all the time but this is so fucking blatent. I went into my Kanoodle account which I havent used for years and decided to run a small campaign. I recharged my account with $100 and noticed nobody was bidding for any of the 35 keywords I had which I thought was strange. So I put them all at a nickel. Within 20 minutes their stats showed 2000 visits to my site and the $100 was gone. I thought wtf is going on here so I take a look at my log files and notice over 500 visits from one IP, 300 from another and so on and so on. There is no way in hell Kanoodle could deliver that many hits in 20 minutes for those keywords (mainstream keywords). Now I know why I quit using PPC.
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                                      • adultchica
                                        Confirmed User
                                        • Sep 2005
                                        • 5141

                                        #20
                                        Never use kanoodle! I tried them a long time ago, same thing happened to me. Stick with the major players

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                                        • Theo
                                          HAL 9000
                                          • May 2001
                                          • 34515

                                          #21
                                          Originally posted by chaze
                                          Really, shit I didn't know this.

                                          Funny though i stopped google adwords and overture this month, usually around $1500 a month for web hosting stuff and we still have got the same and better sales then before. WTF either we where waisting that money or maybe just a fluke?

                                          yeap,i've been in to SEs since 2001 and i've seen all forms of ppc fraud coming and going. Kanoodle, xuppa, sprinks (yeap owned by amazon.com) and few smaller ppcs have been the homes of all types of fraudulent traffic. When you have no real traffic partners in order to satisfy the new client registrations and deposits you are getting you have 3 options: 1)find real traffic partners, 2) deliver fake traffic 3) close your shop.

                                          2nd option has been pretty popular for years.

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                                          • woj
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                                            • Jul 2002
                                            • 47880

                                            #22
                                            That's pretty fucked...
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