Malaysians and Adsense Fraud

I’ve talked about this before, and I’ll do it again. Just when we thought one case was closed, others just pop out of nowhere. First it was click fraud, now it’s official Google Adsense web site look-a-likes.

For those who have been left blank by the previous paragraph, Google Adsense is an advertising program that allows web publishers (such as bloggers) to place Adsense adverts on their pages in return for payment every time someone clicks on an advert. In recent years, a sizable number of Malaysians have committed what is known as click fraud, where webmasters (and/or their friends) repeatedly click on their own adverts to inflate their earnings from Google.

Recently, LiewCF wrote a simple yet clear post on this, with his personal feelings made clear:

I am feeling so disappointed by his so called “simple trick”, which is ruining Malaysia’s reputation in Google.

I concur, but that’s all I’m going to say about this for now. After all, I’ve written a pretty long rant on this already. So, just consider this post as a reminder of my stand against Adsense fraud.