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Am I being scammed by PPC Network

by Krishna876
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So I'm promoting a dating offer and bought some traffic from a contextual network. I'm sending the traffic to my landing page which clicks through to the offer.

I got about 300 clicks of which about 250 actually clicked-through to the offer.

I only got 1 conversion from all those click-throughs.

I'm also promoting the same offer using youtube but I convert about 1 in 10 clicks from youtube traffic.

I'm thinking the network has probably just scammed me but in the past, I've been able to easily figure out the scammy traffic providers because their traffic doesn't even click through to the offer from my landing page.

Just wanted to hear from someone with ppc experience wether or not there are companies that are able to send fake traffic that actually click-thru your landing page...
#network #ppc #scammed
  • Profile picture of the author BookMarc
    if what you say

    >> I got about 300 clicks of which about 250 actually clicked-through to the offer.
    >> I only got 1 conversion from all those click-throughs.
    >> I'm also promoting the same offer using youtube but I convert about
    >> 1 in 10 clicks from youtube traffic.

    then it could be
    1) like you said -- you being scammed (look at refer / client IP and country)
    2) but on the other hand it could just be very low quality traffic.


    >> there are companies that are able to send fake traffic that actually click-thru your landing page...

    some incent networks / offers are designed to pay for second page visits only.
    what the average time spent on your site from these PPC guys vs your youtube traffic?
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    • Profile picture of the author Krishna876
      Originally Posted by BookMarc View Post


      some incent networks / offers are designed to pay for second page visits only.
      what the average time spent on your site from these PPC guys vs your youtube traffic?
      I think this is what's happening...

      Can you suggest a reputable ppc provider?
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  • Profile picture of the author KirkMcD
    Originally Posted by Krishna876 View Post

    I'm thinking the network has probably just scammed me but in the past, I've been able to easily figure out the scammy traffic providers because their traffic doesn't even click through to the offer from my landing page.
    I don't even use the Adwords Display Network (Adsense) because of all the click fraud.
    Don't waste your money unless you can specify where you want your ads to show.
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  • Profile picture of the author Icematikx
    I've always used AdWorkMedia, no hassles with them.
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