PPC/MFA Arbitrage

[sinack]

So, my understanding about PPC arbitrage is like how you deal in stocks; buy low, sell high. Given that analogy, could a MFA website make any serious cash? I realize that "force-clicking" is against Google's TOS, however, if you loaded a slightly different page for your paid Yahoo traffic, and fired off some code to "force click" the adsense ads, what would be the ramifications? Jail time? Slap on the wrist? or Nothing?

 

[identity_00]

never tried it but was thinking about creating a page probably entertainment related with lots of clicks (low cost) then creating sub pages that are high $$ clicks. Break even if they click the first page and make the bank on any of the sub pages. just a thought. These days maybe over tho.

 

[barman]

sounds like a click fraud

 

[hellblazer]

sounds like a solid business model

 

[justo_tx]

sounds like 2007 wants its make monies online strategy back.

 

[Bugra]

Move on.

 

[stmadeveloper]

You should take out a big loan to do this scaled up. No sense in going small when you are not experienced.

 

[harrymouni]

sounds like 2007 wants its make monies online strategy back.

this. but go for it brah, i'm sure someone, somwhere is still making it work somehow.

 

[Spendlessly]

arbitrage is alive and well if you can establish yourself as a trusted portal site

 

[sinack]

Lol at some of the responses. I spent some time reading, and yes, it is indeed click fraud. Much more than a slap on the wrist or getting your account banned. However, it does appear to happen frequently on the 2nd(+) tier networks. More of a curiosity than anything worth spending the time developing. I figured some folks here would have tried it at some point. Also, affiliate marketing is so 2007...I guess that works for about anything, cute none-the-less.