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Spamvertizing Social Networks and Why Legitimate Money Will Help Clean Them Up

Dennis Yu provides an experienced insider’s perspective on ad networks’ social networking monetization process. Fascinating details of major players within the ad networks and their practices. It’s amazing how difficult it can be to make money in a legitimate way online:

“I will walk you through how these online scams work on Facebook and other social networks – the mechanics of how the money is made, some of the people involved, and who is actually clicking on ads. If you’re reading this article, there is a good chance that you are not the type of person actually clicking on these spam ads, but are you curious as to who actually is?”

This entry was posted on Saturday, November 7th, 2009 at 5:14 pm and is filed under Scams and Monetization, Spam. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

3 Responses to “Spamvertizing Social Networks and Why Legitimate Money Will Help Clean Them Up”

  1. goober goblin says:
    November 14, 2009 at 7:11 am

    this is an article? Why bother…

  2. usman says:
    November 18, 2009 at 11:06 pm

    hi sir,
    you are doing a nice job, plz expand the article by adding more data
    Keep it up

  3. itsobvious says:
    December 28, 2009 at 3:48 am

    just click on the highlighted phrase (in blue) and the article will “expand”.

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