webdude - 1:15 pm on Sep 15, 2004 (gmt 0)

Marcia,

I read the link you posted at

[webmasterworld.com...]

I sure am glad that I do not pay for clicks.

The only losers are the innocent webmasters whose traffic is getting stolen by fraudulent means.

On the directories I have found, I am actually thinking of contacting as many sites as I can to inform them of how their pay for clicks are being abused. Might be a daunting task though. There seems to be literally thousands of sites. What a scam these directories have going.

To everyone,

No more stickies please. I am only going to answer mods and seniors. I am NOT going to give specific URLs so don't bother asking. The offending sites are easy enough to find if you know what you are looking for.

If you are a site that is paying for clicks, I would study your logs closely. And any other data that is at your disposal. If you are getting lots of referrals from directory type sites, I would definitely check those sites out. Unfortuantely, I do not know how logs would show a clickthrough using a redirect or meta refresh, but be aware. It could be you are paying for nothing.