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Originally posted by Lenny2
Per click programs have very high overhead, and are very labor intensive.
You have to constantly check referring urls, have programmers that can stay a step ahead of the latest bots, get into pissing contests with cheaters on the boards, etc etc.
Most partnership programs, even the really successful and popular ones, are 2 or 3 man operations.
Just because you don't pay per click doesn't mean your program sucks.
Look at all of the paid listings on The Hun, Worldsex, etc for the past month. How many of them used a per click program for their sponsor? (I haven't looked, but I'd bet good $$ that none of them did)
Although this thread is a slightly creative and amusing way for you to spam your AP refcode again 
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Yeah, you need a programmer to detect the bots -- but really it's not that hard... All U have to do is something the bot would never think of -- like ratio of join-form submit button presses to raw clicks or something simple like that... No bot is ever going to function like a human and this kind of behavior will be easy to spot... all it takes is a programmer with half a wit to find the cheaters... Sure you are right there are more partnership programs than click programs now... but why do you think Adult.com is #1? Whoever still has a click program is going to realize the benefits...
Is it really all that more difficult to run a click program? I don't think so -- in fact it might be easier... All you have to do is watch ratios -- if somebody is doing 1:1000 or worse all you have to do is pull up some stats and the site and ask some basic questions... Please if 12Clicks can do it -- anyone can.