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This article is about users getting paid to view advertising. Not to be confused with pay per click.

Paid to click is an online business model that draws online traffic from people aiming to earn money from home. Paid-To-Click, or simply PTC websites, act as middlemen between advertisers and consumers; the advertiser pays for displaying ads on the PTC website, and a part of this payment goes to the viewer when he views the advertisement.

Controversies

It has discussed the viability of the business model PTC, because really, most clicks users are not interested in the ad.[1] With lawsuits filed against the internet search companies, the burden has been placed on Google, Yahoo and others to determine valid clicks from fraudulent ones.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Click Fraud. Businessweek.com (2006-10-02). Retrieved on 2011-10-30.
  2. ^ Kate DuBose Tomassi Google's Click Fraud Settlement Seen As Non-Event. Forbes.com. 03.09.06
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