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How is this a "scam"? How is the person clicking on the ad benefiting from this in any way? It sounds like an unfortunate case of bad campaign configuring.

lalwanivikas 12y ago
Person on the ad is not only clicking it but downloading the trial version of the product. This has been going on for months where we have seen thousands of downloads but not even a single contact form fill or purchase. No contact at all. You will be shocked to see the numbers and how they compare against other regions. It's no way possible if everything is working fine. Yes, I agree that it's a mistake from our side and we should have caught it earlier. But I am posting this because many people out there will not be aware of this.
- erroneousfunk 12y ago
  This is a scam to get the trial version of your product? If everyone's clicking and downloading the trial version, it's obviously not coordinated (why on earth would one entity to download the same copy of your trial product over and over again?), but your website just doesn't appeal to people in certain countries from some reason. It sounds like you're blaming other people "scamming" you for your own failures to analyze the market in many countries you're advertising to. This is more worthy of a "we messed up in our marketing and here's what happened" blog post than an HN post saying "We're the victims of a Google adwords scam!"
  - lalwanivikas 12y ago
    You are assuming too much here. The ads I am talking about are on display network and not the search page ads. People actually make money through it. And I am not saying that Google scammed us, it's just that if you look at the data you are bound to get a feeling that something wrong is going on here. And I clearly stated that we made a mistake. So please consider reading something properly before hitting reply.

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How is this a "scam"? How is the person clicking on the ad benefiting from this in any way? It sounds like an unfortunate case of bad campaign configuring.

by erroneousfunk 12y ago

lalwanivikas 12y ago
Person on the ad is not only clicking it but downloading the trial version of the product. This has been going on for months where we have seen thousands of downloads but not even a single contact form fill or purchase. No contact at all. You will be shocked to see the numbers and how they compare against other regions. It's no way possible if everything is working fine. Yes, I agree that it's a mistake from our side and we should have caught it earlier. But I am posting this because many people out there will not be aware of this.
- erroneousfunk 12y ago
  This is a scam to get the trial version of your product? If everyone's clicking and downloading the trial version, it's obviously not coordinated (why on earth would one entity to download the same copy of your trial product over and over again?), but your website just doesn't appeal to people in certain countries from some reason. It sounds like you're blaming other people "scamming" you for your own failures to analyze the market in many countries you're advertising to. This is more worthy of a "we messed up in our marketing and here's what happened" blog post than an HN post saying "We're the victims of a Google adwords scam!"
  - lalwanivikas 12y ago
    You are assuming too much here. The ads I am talking about are on display network and not the search page ads. People actually make money through it. And I am not saying that Google scammed us, it's just that if you look at the data you are bound to get a feeling that something wrong is going on here. And I clearly stated that we made a mistake. So please consider reading something properly before hitting reply.