Cookie Stuffing Warning
 

Hey guys, I noticed this topic wasn't brought up recently and just wanted to make you aware of a situation we just had to hopefully prevent it from happening to you. An affiliate from Indonesia signed up and started generating quite a bit of sales so naturally we looked further into it to see how they were sending us traffic. Turns out he wasn't sending any. He signed up for our forums on CamWithHer and posted a smiley gif in each post and in that smiley was an embedded php code that automatically planted an affiliate cookie in someone's browser upon viewing it (they didn't even have to click on it). A tell tale sign if someone is cookie stuffing is if their sales ratio is 1:1 or something very close to it.

In this instance the name of the affiliate is Abdullah Faisol. Be on the lookout for him if he signs up to any of your CCBill programs.

smart idea, not nice, but smart for sure

Thanks for the heads up :thumbsup

I used to sit next to a Cookie Stuffer in one of my day jobs, he would generally get banned within 3 weeks. His main target was eBay.

He had good skills but was more interested in finding a way to steal. He'd post in eBay forums with a cookie stuffing 1 pixel sig

Don't mind me...just replying so I could leave my cookies in this thread...:):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

Deactivate the acceptance of 3rd party cookies. Most do not consider that option.
Works great eliminating tracking cookies too.

http://i.imgur.com/v0twn.jpg

yeah looks like DP tried that and got busted
http://www.searchengineoptimisation....okie-stuffing/

Great idea. Just let the 1,000,000,000 or so people that are online know and we're all set!

Do you want to send that email? Or should I?

Someone was doing it here few years ago. Good way to collect affiliate referrals.

lol dig it.
Stupid is that stupid does. I have no mercy for the ignorant.
Still got motha fuckers out there using IE. Ya know, what ev.

:) :)

and they will never stop... if they dont change that cookie tracking

Isn't it easier to just reject anyone from Indonesia? Along with every other corrupt third world shithole.

let them sign up first, then can them. That way you've got their name, email and payout info.

i heard its happening right here on GFY - unfortunately the person who spotted it couldnt remember the username when we were speaking about it

http://www.voltierdigital.com/wp-con.../12/cookie.gif

ADG

Interesting, thanks for the heads up :thumbsup

i cunt afford a cookie... :(

It's more common then you might think..

there has been times where people got banned for this... :winkwink:

(Unless the link is just a joke, but i am not clicking on this)

welcome to the internet?

Ive seen this on a much advanced level years ago.

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh :thumbsup