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.
Major fucking click fraud
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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...Got Cam Models?
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Question is, what kind of idiot bot uses a handful of IP's for 2000 clicks? lolComment
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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.Living in Virtual Reality
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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.Comment
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Really, shit I didn't know this.Originally posted by Soul_Rebelkanoodle is a fraudulent operation
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?Like the desert needs the rain
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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.Comment
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No shit, you've gotta wonder which of your competitors is stupid enough to pull this.Originally posted by chadglniQuestion is, what kind of idiot bot uses a handful of IP's for 2000 clicks? lolComment
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Hate the game, not the player.Originally posted by ThunderBallsI 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.Comment
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Originally posted by chazeReally, 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.Comment
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