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Another question....
- Thread starter Weirds
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Because fraud's illegal, weirds, and by hurting the advertisers who pay the bills by providing them with bogus traffic, independent publishers such as we will continue to suffer from bad press and misconceptions within the media buying community.
If you aren't serious about web publishing in an ethical factor, and willing to work hard to build a loyal and valuable audience, then you'd be better off getting a job as an information distribution intermediary (ie a paper boy) or burger flipper in order to earn a little spare pocket money.
If your traffic doesn't prove productive, there isn't an advertiser on the world stupid enough to continue lining your pockets.
I hope you take this in the tone that it is intended, which isn't as a personal attack, but a bit of reality.
If you aren't serious about web publishing in an ethical factor, and willing to work hard to build a loyal and valuable audience, then you'd be better off getting a job as an information distribution intermediary (ie a paper boy) or burger flipper in order to earn a little spare pocket money.
If your traffic doesn't prove productive, there isn't an advertiser on the world stupid enough to continue lining your pockets.
I hope you take this in the tone that it is intended, which isn't as a personal attack, but a bit of reality.
No. There's really not. I've worked both of those jobs in the past (waaayy in the past 
), and they're far more noble disciplines than committing fraud online.
I just tend to think at times that some people, in their youth and enthusiasm, look at this whole online advertising/web publishing scene and think, "Hey, I can make a web site. Why don't I do this for a job?" without giving the issue due consideration and/or without bothering to learn the business fundamentals necessary to garner a respect for the mutual exchange that is advertising.
Forming click clubs, employing click bots and all that other garbage may seem like harmless fun, but it really is hitting advertisers hard in the pocket, and turning many away from either media buys spanning independent websites or, worst of all, the medium at large. This is exactly why television and other traditional media command such a disproportionate share of the advertising pie despite people's increasing exposure to online media. Trust is crucial to the success of our corner of the web.
Anyway, this is obviously a bit of a beef of mine, but it has to be said every once in a while.
), and they're far more noble disciplines than committing fraud online.I just tend to think at times that some people, in their youth and enthusiasm, look at this whole online advertising/web publishing scene and think, "Hey, I can make a web site. Why don't I do this for a job?" without giving the issue due consideration and/or without bothering to learn the business fundamentals necessary to garner a respect for the mutual exchange that is advertising.
Forming click clubs, employing click bots and all that other garbage may seem like harmless fun, but it really is hitting advertisers hard in the pocket, and turning many away from either media buys spanning independent websites or, worst of all, the medium at large. This is exactly why television and other traditional media command such a disproportionate share of the advertising pie despite people's increasing exposure to online media. Trust is crucial to the success of our corner of the web.
Anyway, this is obviously a bit of a beef of mine, but it has to be said every once in a while.
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