Darn You Shady Pornographers!

Useless · 2010-06-11, 07:14 AM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10289009.stm

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Many others used "shady" practices to keep visitors onsite. These included javascript catchers that made it hard for people to leave a page.

Others use scripts that re-direct visitors so when they click on a link they do not see the video or image they were expecting but are passed to an affiliate site.

The vast majority of sites engage in this trading of traffic or clicks, said Dr Wondracek.

"Visitors are being abused as click bots," he said.

As most sites were free, the only resource they could exploit as a revenue source was this traffic.

"It's cut-throat competition," said Dr Wondracek. "Everybody tries to get as much traffic as possible."

LeRoy · 2010-06-11, 04:53 PM

He hasn't mentioned cookie stuffing either. I catch affiliates doing that too.

Next article will be "Shady Sponsors"

cthulhu_waves · 2010-06-11, 05:36 PM

Ha! I was just going to post that. :-) There's always shady happening in both side of everything.

Cyber · 2010-06-11, 10:16 PM

I don't do anything like that to my surfers...

Fonz · 2010-06-12, 05:56 AM

All my links go to free porn, I do this as a hobby, not for the money.

2010-06-11, 04:53 PM	#2
LeRoy "Young dumb and full of cum" Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Porn Valley Posts: 2,370	He hasn't mentioned cookie stuffing either. I catch affiliates doing that too. Next article will be "Shady Sponsors" __________________ JAPANESE ADULT AFFILIATE PROGRAM

2010-06-11, 10:16 PM	#4
Cyber If something goes wrong at the plant, blame the guy who can't speak English Join Date: May 2010 Location: The Internet Posts: 34	I don't do anything like that to my surfers... __________________ WebAair - Best Hosting Provider & Domain Registrar Ever

2010-06-12, 05:56 AM	#5
Fonz Former pr0n slinger. Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Antwerp, Belgium Posts: 7,929	All my links go to free porn, I do this as a hobby, not for the money. __________________ See how I abuse little trees on my Shumi no Bonsai Blog

2010-06-11, 05:36 PM	#3
cthulhu_waves Banned Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: San Francisco CA Posts: 466	Ha! I was just going to post that. :-) There's always shady happening in both side of everything.