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Click Farms!? A Genetic Food Source or Something Nefarious?
By Larry Seitz | June 17, 2008
It is fair to say that what we eat is raised or grown on some generic place called a farm. To some it’s a way of life and to others a special place you visited as a child and saw your first cow grazing in a pasture, a silo filled with corn to feed the livestock, or perhaps a chicken coup filled with fresh eggs, or a pig luxuriating in its own beauty spa mud bath.
So then, what is a click farm? What is raised or grown there? Could it be a genetically engineered a new breed or foodstuff? Is it creating a new form of life that will save our planet? Increase our food supply?
No…not all. Unfortunately, click farms define a deceptive practice of advertising. Maybe it should be called click scams especially when the naïve visitor to the Internet doesn’t realize that they unintentionally could be part of the process.
Let’s evaluate how it functions. It is like a throw back to the sweatshops in the early 20’s in the United States before unions saved the average worker from inhuman working conditions or underdeveloped countries having to work for horrible wages to survive. These farms hire poor people, all over the world to click on specific ads. What this click does is to falsely create a visit via a link to the unknowing company. The company advertises on the web through large search engines, trying to legitimately bring potential business to their website.
The unsuspected company, noting that visits have increased dramatically think that the activity being directed to their website is a result of the service they used. But when they receive the bill for a huge number of clicks, they are aghast at the charges, which do not correspond to any potential sales. The sad reality is that no one has actually visited their website but yet they are charged for being unfairly hustled to believe otherwise.
But now something is on the horizon to change this deceitful practice. There is a new wave of advertising that will change the web for advertisers and visitors. Finally, there is a legitimate approach, bordering on genius where honesty prevails. This business model allows all to be treated fairly with equity and free services.
By joining this new and fair approach, the best of the web advertisements can be safely appreciated. The way to this safe harbor is simply done by clicking on any banners found on this website. The SunPower Kidz™ endorse this fairness as it promotes the same mission that will allow children to be offered an alterative for an honest and healthy future.
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