Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paid To Click

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The result was keep. John254 22:49, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Paid To Click[edit]

Seems to be a spam/blatant advertising trap. Was tagged for speedy deletion as G11 back in October. [1] I cannot see anything remotely notable or encyclopaedic about this article. X MarX the Spot (talk) 10:16, 22 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

* Redirect to Pay per click. It's a perfectly valid subject for an encyclopedia article, but the other article does it better. Chris Neville-Smith (talk) 10:24, 22 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, had another look, not the same thing. Checked gnews, crops up quite a bit, but mostly in fraud stories. Keep but fundamentally re-write, unless someone can find another article where it would be appropriate to merge this into. Chris Neville-Smith (talk) 10:31, 22 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Agreed with above, as this is a valid concept I have tried (earned 16c clicking 100 ads, can only cash out when one has $10 =/), but yes, it needs a big re-write. Dengero (talk) 12:23, 22 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
keep. In the real word PTC is notable as appearing in many obnoxious pop-up web pages and spam emails. Providing an objective of view of the phenomenon would be a public service. Googling for "paid to click" (w/o quotes) leaves not doubt that it is the correct title, although most of the hits are ads by PTC sites. Business method for internet advertising is a patent application for the business model. Other Google Scholar hits: Cyber-rigging click-through rates: exploring the ethical dimensions (International Journal of Internet Marketing and Advertising, Volume 3, Number 1 / 200, pp 48 - 59); Systems and methods for electronic marketing- both treat PTC as a fraud witihn Pay per click advertising. Plenty for "paid to click" (with quotes) in Google Books. --Philcha (talk) 15:30, 23 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.