Bidvertiser uses Captcha?

Discussion in 'Pay Per Click Advertising' started by ergon, May 23, 2010.

  1. #1
    guys, does Bidvertiser use Captcha on every click you do?
     
    ergon, May 23, 2010 IP
  2. The Freshmaker

    The Freshmaker Peon

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    #2
    If they do they're probs just selling it to decaptcha. That's what alotta sites do.
     
    The Freshmaker, May 24, 2010 IP
  3. vannarith

    vannarith Active Member

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    #3
    no, why do they need to do captcha?
     
    vannarith, May 27, 2010 IP
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    I checked mine, and yes they do. But they failed to pay me last month. Dropping
     
    Hipto, May 27, 2010 IP
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    ya....my frnd said that they use click validation!
    my CT has dropped so badly :(
     
    nokimchen, Jun 20, 2010 IP
  6. vannarith

    vannarith Active Member

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    What you mean with captcha? You want to say bidvertiser ask ppl to click captcha wehn they click on the ads?
     
    vannarith, Jun 20, 2010 IP
  7. myclip

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    Never heard about this?
     
    myclip, Jun 21, 2010 IP
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    #8
    I don't click on my own Bidvertiser ads so I wouldn't know but it's weird if they do ask something like that. It will just annoy people!
     
    kabalyero, Jun 21, 2010 IP
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    Captcha on the click-through is one (very old) way of authenticating the user as real or as a bot. We used to use that method years ago and discontinued it for a couple of key reasons: bots became smart enough to read through captcha, and it annoyed the heck out of users. We found that visitors didn't want to interact with something on a click-through as it lowered their confidence in what they clicked on - they felt they were getting scammed even though it was just random text. Surprisingly, it also significantly reduced conversions.

    I'm rather surprised they went with this old-school method.
     
    bpasc95, Jun 22, 2010 IP
  10. john269

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    To me it looks as if they are unsure what they are doing. I for one wouldn't bother writing in Captcha everytime I click on a link on someones site. It's bad enough doing it when signing up to sites and all that.
     
    john269, Jul 6, 2010 IP
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    I don't click on my own Bidvertiser ads
     
    simple4sharp, Jul 6, 2010 IP