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I couldnt tie anything up with the server logs, no refers or matching IP address landing on the webpage, thats why I pulled the plug and stopped spending money

I couldnt tie anything up with the server logs, no refers or matching IP address landing on the webpage, thats why I pulled the plug and stopped spending money on it. However someone I know professionally, another coder, did spot I was using their bsuiness name in my adwords campaign so they did have a go at me telling me to stop using their business name in my adwords program. Thats the problem in this business, its hard to know who to trust. You are aware of this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Click_farm#Advertising_provider_responses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Click_farm#Advertising_provide...

araes 3y ago
I am aware of the occasional purges at some of these companies, and that when the purges happen, often many of the accounts are "found" to be fake. It is still difficult to determine what is "found" vs we need stats showing responsiveness, or even if its real, how much has been discovered. FB makes those statements, and then I have all of Africa trying to friend me for some reason... The other issue, is it's still mostly internal numbers, internal statements, "auditors found something," if you find something really egregious then we'll do something, ect... Comparably, I still don't really know they're all not just running a web-ring, and bot farming each other for ad money. I see too many folks at Davos who have mentalities like "how dare the President keep me waiting" for me to believe they don't all collude. [1] Life has had this kind of message for centuries. "The merchants and the traders have come; their profits are pre-ordained..." "People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public." https://news.yahoo.com/ex-uber-ceo-travis-kalanick-120014703.html https://news.yahoo.com/ex-uber-ceo-travis-kalanick-120014703...

araes 3y ago

I am aware of the occasional purges at some of these companies, and that when the purges happen, often many of the accounts are "found" to be fake. It is still difficult to determine what is "found" vs we need stats showing responsiveness, or even if its real, how much has been discovered. FB makes those statements, and then I have all of Africa trying to friend me for some reason... The other issue, is it's still mostly internal numbers, internal statements, "auditors found something," if you find something really egregious then we'll do something, ect... Comparably, I still don't really know they're all not just running a web-ring, and bot farming each other for ad money. I see too many folks at Davos who have mentalities like "how dare the President keep me waiting" for me to believe they don't all collude. [1] Life has had this kind of message for centuries. "The merchants and the traders have come; their profits are pre-ordained..." "People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public." https://news.yahoo.com/ex-uber-ceo-travis-kalanick-120014703.html https://news.yahoo.com/ex-uber-ceo-travis-kalanick-120014703...