Click Fraud Notice From Nuffnang

Assalamualaikum dan Salam Sejahtera Semua.

Kali nie Jamal nak kongsikan sesuatu yang amat penting dengan anda semua. Ianya berkaitan dengan Blogger yang mendaftar dan meletakkan iklan Nuffnang di Blog mereka. Jamal rasa hal ini pasti masih kurang difahami dan mungkin juga ramai blogger-blogger baru yang tidak mengetahui secara jelas tentang Click Fraud ini dan akibat daripada mengaplikasikan teknik ini.

Kebanyakan mereka yang terlibat dalam Click Fraud ini sebenarnya tidak mengetahui yang perbuatan mereka itu salah. Jamal juga sebenarnya pernah terlibat dalam Click Fraud ini masa mula-mula mendaftar dengan Nuffnang. Ianya berlaku tanpa Jamal sedari yang perbuatan tersebut salah disisi pihak Nuffnang. Tapi sekarang Jamal dah faham dan tahu tentang perkara ini dari pihak Nuffnang sendiri. Jadi marilah kita sama-sama berhenti daripada membuat Click Fraud nie ye kawan-kawan.

Diantara perbuatan yang biasanya dilakukan oleh blogger-blogger baru yang membawa kepada Click Fraud ialah :-

1. Tinggalkan komen di chatbox/shoutbox seperti ini " I dah click Nuff ads U, U Click Nuff ads i balik ye"
2. Tinggalkan komen di ruangan komen untuk entry (perkataan yang sama seperti diatas)
3. Letakkan tajuk iklan Nuffnang seperti ini " Please Click This", "Click this, i'll click u back", "Click and PM me".
4. Letakkan dalam entry/post yang menyuruh visitors click iklan Nuffnang mereka "Please click ads below".
5. Click iklan Nuffnang sendiri banyak-banyak kali dalam sehari.
6. Click iklan Nuffnang sendiri dari PC yang berbeza di office banyak kali.
7. Buat banyak blog dan register blog tersebut dengan Nuffnang, kemudian click semua iklan dalam semua blog tadi dalam satu-satu masa.
8. Rajin tukar setting IP address dan kemudian click iklan Nuffnang sendiri.

Dan ini Jamal kongsikan notis dari pihak Nuffnang berkenaan dengan Click Fraud ini :-

From Robb,

We take a break from our regular programming to bring you a community service message about something that is rather worrying to us lately.

As you might already know, there are 2 types of Nuffnang campaigns that bloggers may earn from: Metered Cost per Impression (mCPM) Campaigns, which pay according to the number of blog visitors who view the ads running on blogs; and Cost-Per-Click (CPC) campaigns, which pay bloggers based on the number of clicks generated on the ads.

We’ve noticed that certain groups have been engaging in click fraud, which is defined as clicking on CPC advertisements intentionally just to generate earnings for a blog’s owner. We understand that some of you may just be anxious about earning some side income from displaying the banner ads, but do note that this is in fact a violation of our Terms & Conditions under Section 6.

Among some of the actions which constitute click fraud are;

- clicking on other bloggers’ ads and leaving a comment behind asking/hinting to the owner to click on their ads back
- asking for blog visitors’ help to click on the ads
- registering a large number of blogs and clicking on ads on each of them
- repeatedly switching to a different IP to click on own ads

Banner ads spaces are bought by advertisers to promote their advertising campaign. Ads are are only supposed to be clicked on if the viewer is interested to find out more about the advertising campaign, not for the intention of earning extra money. Merely clicking on banner ads for the intention of earning extra money would jeopardize the effectiveness of a campaign. It may seem harmless, but click fraud benefits no one in the long run because should this situation worsen, the frequency of ad campaigns might be significantly reduced as advertisers will be selective to only advertise on blogs with no records of click fraud, reducing the number of ad space available to advertisers.

Our system is capable of tracking these actions mentioned above, which are documented and if necessary, be used as evidence for any legal purposes. In the past, Nuffnang has suspended and banned various individuals and groups for involved with this offence. However, as the number of bloggers who engage in click fraud has been growing in an alarming rate within our community, we are forced to be more vigilant to bring this to an end. We would take the necessary action to preserve the quality of blogs and ad space available to advertisers so other members of the community are not affected by those who engage in click fraud. 

We realize that many Nuffnangers may not be aware that they might unintentionally be involved with click fraud, therefore we ask that you please help us spread the word. If you are aware of any of your friends or other Nuffnangers who have been engaging in such acts, we would appreciate it if you could kindly educate them on the harms of engaging in click fraud activities. 

Thank you for your attention. 

Say NO to click Fraud.

Kepada semua sahabat yang amat Jamal kasihi sekalian, tolong copy dan sebarkan maklumat ini di blog korang semua untuk makluman rakan-rakan blogger yang lain tau. Kalau tak nanti kesian sangat bila nak cashout earning je kena reject dengan pihak Nuffnang sebab terlibat dengan Click Fraud nie.

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