Clickadilla???

[BKK]

What's the deal with Clickadilla's web-push traffic?

This campaign was targeting US Android users on their WEB-PUSH format. I got this "traffic" in approx. two minutes before it DDoSed my server. So there's a lot more that didn't get tracked.

According to their dashboard, this campaign blew through $32 in a few minutes paying $0.015 CPC for web push. That's 2,1k visits in under a few minutes, no surprise my server started choking. Mind you, we are talking about web-push notifications here, not popups.

The reps are of course clueless, or pretend to be clueless.

I've been buying traffic for 12+ years and this is the most blatant ripoff I have ever seen.

It's nuts what these traffic sources try to get away with these days...

Spoiler

 

[Graybeard]

One thing I often do is pull IPs from server logs to identify the ISPs or server firms, sorting them by residential, business, or data center. It helps weed out low-quality traffic. Can you do the same? TBH, with residential proxies, Selenium and WebDriver now used in network traffic this is not so conclusive in reality.

 

[BKK]

That's not the problem. All of my traffic runs through a cloaker, which has advanced bot and proxy detection. As you can see in my stats, the clicks that I was able to track before my server went bust show around 50% bot traffic, which isn't good but not terrible either.

The real problem with their web push traffic is that no way in hell do I get over 2000 people click on a push notification in less than 5 minutes. I don't know what kind of traffic they are peddling but it's not push. My guess is they are selling pop traffic, which makes the whole concept of having a push ad moot. Ad fraud in motion right there.

 

[Graybeard]

Ad fraud in motion right there.

You are buying bottom-end remnant traffic from their RTB source for $0.015 CPC and complaining about the "quality"

 

[BKK]

Showing again how clueless you are. Everything I said just went over your head.

There's quality and then there's selling a completely different ad format.

My strategy for traffic sources is always bid minimum bid at first to weed out bad placements that nobody wants to buy. Those are the ones usually filled with bots. After the coast is clear, I gradually increase my bid.

Your argument is completely detached from the real issue at hand. Why are you even posting on a marketing forum if you don't understand basic concepts?

 

[Graybeard]

is this your table
196 /335
~0.58507462686567164179

views/clicks that is a ridiculous 58% click through to your redirected offer or to its bridge page?
If that volume craps out your server you have a serious server issue, or;
If your traffic intake was 2000 and you redirected( or tossed 403)
1-(335 /2000)
0.8325 or 83% as trash traffic at the start
Still; that server's or servers' performance is pathetic or your scripting is way too resource intensive.
in the end you paid
32 / 196
~0.16326530612244897959, or
$0.16 per valid (maybe) click CPC and got nothing

buying trash has consequences and a feedback loop --

 

[BKK]

^^^^^ Autism..........

 

[Graybeard]

fuck-face enough with the ad-hominum crap ...
you lie and you breath stinks
Delete this thread -- Damn you can't!!!|

someone will
You are on permanent ignore I won't bother you any further

 

[T J Tutor]

... and some call me gruff! Okay, maybe more then some! You two came from different planets and that's okay. One is an obvious black hatter and the other a sophisticated and experienced dev guy and marketer with white/grey/black experience. I have seen this chemistry thousands of times.

"Oil & Water" come to mind. It's always hilarious to watch. If we were actually doing this in an office I would require both of you to wear body cams!

 

[T J Tutor]

!!! OKAY !!! PLAY TIME IS OVER ON THIS PLAYGROUND !!!

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