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Recommend me a TERRIBLE traffic source! (58)

09-15-2014 02:58 PM #1 caurmen (Administrator)
Recommend me a TERRIBLE traffic source!

I'm working on a case study/tutorial on detecting bot traffic right now, and as such, I need a bot-tastic traffic source to test it on.

So, can anyone recommend somewhere to get terrible, bot-laden traffic? Ideally with a reasonably low minimum buy, as I don't want to be spending $xxx to get a load of bots to my server...

09-15-2014 03:04 PM #2 Finch (Moderator)

7Search and JuicyAds.

I quite like JuicyAds, but if a man wants to get in bed with dud traffic, he has plenty of cheap options on there...

EDIT: Clicksor too.

09-15-2014 03:50 PM #3 the_writer (Member)

I remember reading somewhere that adf.ly was full of crappy bot traffic.
Not tested it personally, but I think it's cheap as chips so you should be
able to sample it with $5-$10.

Hope that helps!

09-15-2014 04:47 PM #4 swissfactor (Member)

Plugrush?

09-15-2014 04:48 PM #5 jennatalia (AMC Alumnus)

AETraffic.com
www.popcash.fr

09-15-2014 05:02 PM #6 cmdeal (Veteran Member)

Quote Originally Posted by caurmen View Post
I'm working on a case study/tutorial on detecting bot traffic right now, and as such, I need a bot-tastic traffic source to test it on.

So, can anyone recommend somewhere to get terrible, bot-laden traffic? Ideally with a reasonably low minimum buy, as I don't want to be spending $xxx to get a load of bots to my server...
Looking forward to this tutorial!

09-15-2014 05:10 PM #7 impride (Member)

Airpush is full of bots

09-15-2014 05:18 PM #8 pain2k (Veteran Member)

Clicksor +2

09-15-2014 05:52 PM #9 kokofai ()

Clicksor +3

09-15-2014 05:57 PM #10 panicore (Member)

Some spots on Plugrush would be great for this.

09-15-2014 06:33 PM #11 12as26 (Member)

Admoda

09-15-2014 07:10 PM #12 elsalvador (Member)

Reachnetwork and Adwitty.

09-15-2014 07:18 PM #13 andymin (Member)

lol @ Clicksor

+1 Admoda

09-16-2014 03:24 PM #14 caurmen (Administrator)

Awesome - lots of terrible / excellent suggestions here! Thanks, everyone!

09-16-2014 03:34 PM #15 theboss (Member)

popcash

Will your tutorial include browscap?

09-16-2014 03:53 PM #16 lior_o_o (Member)

ty people you saved me time now I can delete from the list 3 traffic sources I wanted to test

09-16-2014 03:57 PM #17 Mr Green (Administrator)

Hahaha awesome idea!

09-16-2014 06:32 PM #18 bbrock32 (Administrator)

AdOnNetwork & Clicksor

09-16-2014 07:26 PM #19 swissfactor (Member)

maxvisits

09-16-2014 11:43 PM #20 maynzie (Moderator)

Haha Clicksor seems like the go to here!

09-17-2014 12:42 AM #21 zd__rd (Member)

I have one in specific: movielu.com via Exoclick.

09-17-2014 03:11 AM #22 johna5150 (Senior Member)

I actually made a sale once on AdOnNetwork! One....

09-17-2014 03:21 AM #23 zeno (Administrator)

Quote Originally Posted by swissfactor View Post
maxvisits
ROFL that's the best traffic source name EVER.

09-17-2014 05:22 AM #24 avn_0903 (Member)

buying traffic from fiverr seller lol

09-17-2014 08:25 AM #25 mykeyfocus (Member)

Directcpv

09-20-2014 04:34 AM #26 clickright ()

DirectCPV

09-20-2014 12:56 PM #27 borislavt (Member)

clicksor is the worst traffic source

09-20-2014 01:53 PM #28 mrchow (Member)

Directcpv

09-20-2014 03:35 PM #29 iAmAttila (Veteran Member)

Adwords.

09-20-2014 04:35 PM #30 tap1on (Member)

Directcpv, clicksor

09-21-2014 12:12 AM #31 stackman (Administrator)

Clicksor, 7search, any type of secondary PPC network!

09-21-2014 04:41 AM #32 thedudeabides (Moderator)

Looksmart ppc was pretty bad from what I remember. Way worse then 7search.

09-21-2014 07:35 AM #33 dennisp (Member)

Maxvisits

09-22-2014 02:43 PM #34 victor (Member)

7search for sure

11-08-2014 08:09 PM #35 globejohan (AMC Alumnus)

Maxvisits has a nice website, i was thinking to try it ..lol

11-08-2014 10:13 PM #36 mjr1984 (Member)

Buzz City

11-08-2014 10:20 PM #37 stackman (Administrator)

Quote Originally Posted by globejohan View Post
Maxvisits has a nice website, i was thinking to try it ..lol
Haha you never know, can't trust everything. For all you know it'll work well with your campaigns.

TEST EVERYTHING is my rule.

11-08-2014 10:21 PM #38 kjrocker (Senior Member)

Clicksor +1

11-09-2014 07:15 AM #39 vidivo (Member)

Adoori

11-10-2014 04:47 AM #40 servandosilva (Member)

+1 for Plugrush. Especially on web plug traffic.

11-10-2014 10:10 AM #41 vidivo (Member)

Actually I change my vote for Ad.net... absolute worst pop traffic ever! Clicksor at least I get a few conversions here and there... ad.net I got zero.

11-10-2014 10:14 AM #42 andy_d (Veteran Member)

+ AD.NET & DirectCPV are both shit.

DNTX also sucks.

12-05-2014 01:48 PM #43 TONICcom (Member)

Hi Andy,

can you please let me know what problems you had with DNTX? We have heavy bot detection solutions on board and usually we don't get complains about our traffic. Can you let me know your account name and I will look into this. You can also us an email: support@dntx.com and name your username and refer to this posting here.

Thanks,
Your DNTX Support

12-05-2014 02:01 PM #44 marketone (Member)

+1 clicksor

12-10-2014 11:18 AM #45 mattboy (Member)

clicksor, advertise.com, plugrush

12-11-2014 02:50 AM #46 sanwa85 (Member)

7search, airpush, adf.ly

Tested by me ....

12-16-2014 03:35 AM #47 themillenium (Member)

+1 Reachnetwork. It really seems like legit traffic, I'm about 92% sure it's real, targeted visitors. But, for some odd reason, no matter what I send it to I get banned for "traffic fraud"

12-20-2014 10:22 PM #48 stackman (Administrator)

Quote Originally Posted by sanwa85 View Post
7search, airpush, adf.ly

Tested by me ....
haha is airpush a sneaky try to get people not to try

I've made adf.ly work back in the day.

12-21-2014 08:54 PM #49 deondup (Member)

Quote Originally Posted by sanwa85 View Post
7search, airpush, adf.ly

Tested by me ....
you should test them again!!!

12-21-2014 10:38 PM #50 stackman (Administrator)

Quote Originally Posted by deondup View Post
you should test them again!!!
I'm thinking it was a sneaky trick to steer away affiliates. Sneaky sneaky

12-22-2014 12:47 AM #51 sanwa85 (Member)

Quote Originally Posted by deondup View Post
you should test them again!!!
Tell me your experience with them ...

12-22-2014 05:07 AM #52 laoba2006 (Member)

Hey ,Caurmen, look forward to your case study sharing~~~

12-22-2014 01:08 PM #53 andy_d (Veteran Member)

I've had luck with AirPush in the past...

It's not an easy beast to tame, however.

Bear in mind, a traffic source doesn't suck just because you've failed to make it work yourself.. unless. there's obvious signs of click-fraud/bot activity.. which, in my case, I experienced with the sources I listed..

Advertise.com definitely isn't a nice traffic source + 1 there.. it's mostly trash

03-10-2015 03:20 PM #54 htosto (Member)

just compiling the list.
1. 7Search
2. JuicyAds
3. Clicksor
4. adf.ly
5. plugrush
6. AETraffic.com
7. www.popcash.fr
8. Airpush
9. AdModa
10. Reachnetwork and AdWitty
11. AdOnNetwork
12. MaxVisits
13. DirectCPV
14. Adwords
15. Looksmart
16. BuzzCity
17. Adoori
18. D.NET
19. DirectCPV
20. Advertise.com

03-10-2015 03:28 PM #55 dynamicsoul (Member)

Trellian (USA traffic RON), Airpush, Direct CPV.

Probably clicksor.. but I just about broke even on 100,000 brazil pops lol.. no way of optimizing tho.

03-10-2015 04:06 PM #56 snacks (Member)

Clicksor is terrible and so is Popcash.

03-12-2015 03:53 PM #57 Brandon SI (Member)

Id say DirectCPV! I still have some money in my account I need to spend...

03-17-2015 01:53 AM #58 badimo (AMC Alumnus)

If it's bot traffic you are looking for, I'd say look no further than mobile DSPs.

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