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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. Mirror , just in case by pigscanfly.ca · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Just in case the server crashes and burns (like they usually do),I have put up a mirror.
    The mirror of http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msi d-654822,curpg-1.cms is at http://mirrorit.demonmoo.com/r_4/timesofindia.indi atimes.com/articleshow/msid-654822%2Ccurpg-1.cms

  2. Re:Been wanting to say this for days.... by SnowDeath · · Score: 0, Redundant

    They came from the future and took our Jahrubs! Those Goo-backs!

  3. Re:It's the 90s again... by JM+Apocalypse · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Too late. I have already filed for a patent.

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  4. MOD PARENT UP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    nt

  5. Why do you even need a person? by Cyberllama · · Score: 0, Redundant

    How hard would it be to write a program to do this? Hell, you could make one using AutoIT. Seems kinda silly to pay a person when a program would do it for free. . .