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India's Secret Army Of Online Ad 'Clickers'

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the just-one-more-popup dept.

TI-99/4A's RULE writes "Just when I thought I'd heard everything, I just read that, according to The Times of India, there are hordes of people in India clicking pay per click ads for a share of the CPC earnings. Have we gone back to the dotcom boom days again where people are tossing money away on stuff like this? Or is this just a temporary blip, with paid-per action sites like CurrentCodes representing more of a norm in online marketing?"

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  1. One Word... by blunte · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Rakshit! You can say many things about India, but you cannot deny they have some truly entertaining names. Dickshit anyone?

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  2. Re:Its a sad day by SEE · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    Hey, I'd gladly outsource the job of spanking my monkey to a young Indian woman . . .

  3. Oh, but they do! by Fantastic+Lad · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Too bad North American advertisers don't have these type of revealing names. They would be much easier to spot and avoid


    George Bush = Pussy

    Colin Powell = Colon (Sceptic tank for the Ass)

    Dick Cheney = Dick

    Look around you in your regular life. I believe that the Universe is just one big thought pattern, which means that psychological metaphor rules.


    -FL