Bot Clicks
A problem I am getting more and more of is “bot clicking”. Bot clicking is when a robot goes in and clicks on your link to make it look like an actual user clicked on your campaign. The purpose of bot clickers is for an outside source to monitor your traffic after you’ve been labeled as SPAM by a few users on the network. This has been going on for a few years now and explains why the statistics on my CTR and the CTR on the ad campaign don’t match up. Major ISPs actually have active bot networks out there that make these “hidden” clicks on your offers.
How to fix?
The best way is to keep an active monitor of the IPs that are clicking on your campaign. Bot networks operate in Ip ranges. I have ranges of known “bot clickers” that I block through my CMS. If your CMS doesn’t have the ability to block certain Ip ranges registering as clicks you need to block manually. They can be a pain in the ass to deal with if not taken cared of.
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Beware of the Valentine Spam!
Interesting article I read about what to expect this valentine’s day in your email box. Watch out men, spam is going after your insecurities. You can view the article here.
This year, however, many spammers looking for ways to score clicks are going back to basics. According to Symantec (SYMC), the anti-spam company that has been monitoring Valentine’s-related spam traffic this month, the most popular type of spam this season tends to focus on one of the old favorites of the spam industries, appealing to men and their insecurities. “This year the top three types of spam tend very much to be related to what we call ‘male capabilities,’” says Michael Chue, managing director for Hong Kong and Taiwan at Symantec.
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Lycos calling it quits
I give credit to the guys over at Deliverability.com for bringing this to my attention. You can read their article here. Lycos has decided to shut it down. All the emails will be redirected elsewhere.
Below is the listing of all the domains that will be affected. Start scrubbing your lists now since these will be inactive.
benoist.name
caramail.com
caramail.lycos.fr
caramail.lycos.fr
jubii.co.uk
jubii.dk
lycos.at
lycos.co.uk
lycos.de
lycos.es
lycos.fr
lycos.it
lycos.nl
mail.lycos.at
mail.lycos.co.uk
mail.lycos.de
mail.lycos.es
mail.lycos.it
mail.lycos.nl
multimania.com
tripod.co.uk
tripod.de
tripod.es
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Top 10 Spammers of All time
Someone on a forum I am part of posted this. The article is found here.
This list looks like something out of America’s Most Wanted. I’ve met two of these people on this list in person. These are the guys who have done some real crazy scammish forms of marketing. Two of the guys on here are dead while another 6 are in jail or about to be jailed. I know that this list is not complete because some of the bigger spammers haven’t been identified.
Enjoy, fascinating read
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