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What are the Risks involved in using shortened Adfly links

7/6/2013

8 Comments

 

Beware of Risks involved in using Adfly 

is adfly safe to use on adsense embedded sites
Well many people must have told you this and that about ad fly but they must not have told you the risks involved, which can be so severe that you might not just lose your earnings but also almost your whole internet empire that you build with your hard work. In this special review I want to put forward my findings which will raise an alarm for those who are using it and those who are about to use it. Adfly although states it's a URL shortener and would pay for the traffic that you build for your links but there is more than that meets the eye. First of all I would like to point out the views that you get from ad fly and the earnings involved.

Risks and Pitfalls of Using Adfly links

1. Deceptive Adfly Analytics

"Ad fly pays you about $3-$4 per 1000 views” this statement is deceptive enough for one to join the Adfly network, but do you know that they register only 50% of your view counts. Didn't get what I wanted to say? Well I will explain. I used the ad fly links on my website which already has a webmasters tracking code so it pretty much gives me all the analytics involved and guess what? The amount of views that adfly registered on my links and site entry scripts of adfly were almost half and to be precise they were even less than that of the actual views I got on my website. So you can pretty much figure out the scam they have running in the name of total amount of views which actually would be $1 in more than 2000 views but they will show it differently to manipulate you.

2. "Why avoid Ad fly shortened links for your url's?"

 If you are using adfly shortened links for your links which contain links to your articles on Hubpages, RedGage, Triond, Bubblews, Helium,Experts column, Blogger with Adsense approved ,website with adsense approved or any site that pays you for their affiliate program, adsense program or the amount of views you get on your articles, Then better stop it right now! Because Adfly is a Traffic exchange which basically brings traffic to your links in short it's like a PTC program (Paid to click) where other people benefit from clicking your links but you won't get paid for those clicked views, although your website must be showing a pretty cool amount of views but your adfly will only show less than 50% of those views. And on top of that your site links which you were using will send you a message stating that you have been getting significant amount of traffic from a Traffic Exchange and might ban your account, unpublish your article, ban you from ad sense or affiliate program. As a result you lose all the genuine money you made and most of all you lose an entire account or an ad sense or affiliate program which are very hard to get through. Sometimes sites give a warning by deducting some amount from your money earned and warn you of using Paid to click, Traffic Exchange or proxy Traffic to get views which is considerably low when compared to losing your ad sense or affiliate programs membership.

"Don't lose your accounts or ad sense programs for earning an extra penny”

3. Adfly shortened URL's may damage your Operating systems. 

The ads shown on these shortened URL's contain viruses which can affect your operating systems, especially the one's with FBI virus that state that your PC has been blocked by FBI for illegal activity on the Internet and will demand ransom to unblock your PC. So be aware even if you don't get infected your viewers might get infected with this and will curse you for it. So stop using it today and keep Internet safe from these viruses.
say no to adfly and keep yourself and other safe on the Internet
So my friends be aware of Ad fly or any other PTC programs which can really cost you just too much for using these deceptive ad fly links or any other such links. Just stick around with social media and you will be okay. Also did you know that using
Results tested via Webmasters and Google Analytics 
Tested on Articles from Hubpages, RedGage, Bubblews, Helium, Experts Column, Triond, Blogger, etc.

Traffic exchange is against the laws of Adsense programs so think twice before you enroll into one. Share the review with your friends.

8 Comments
JP Ace link
3/2/2014 10:46:52 am

Good day, I am a user of Adf.ly and I would like to comment on your post.

Adf.ly is used as an alternative for Adsense, especially to those who are banned from Adsense. I understand that some of the ads shown were viruses but I think they are using Adf.ly as a last resort to increase their visits rather than use Adsense.

So far, I find Adf.ly interesting that I cashed out my first earnings last saturday.

Reply
Genius knight
3/2/2014 05:00:19 pm

Hi JP Ace ! :)
Yeah it's okay without any other ads showing because the virus can cause you to lose your ad program. If you were using adfly as last resort then try using other amazing ad programs like kontextua, yahoo, etc. Great to hear, you received your earnings. :)

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JP Ace link
3/3/2014 01:40:21 pm

Thanks, I tried applying to yahoo program, but I got rejected since my traffic was not enough...

Genius knight
3/3/2014 03:48:12 pm

What about chitika and bidadvertisers? They take publishers of all types and traffic. :)

JP Ace link
3/3/2014 03:58:04 pm

They both suck in terms of earnings, but I'll try them again once all my research have been done.

Genius knight
3/3/2014 10:46:58 pm

Hmm that would mean your traffic hasn't build up yet. Try writing more and sharing them on social networks. Try posting every week something new. If you are already doing it then it's great because the more you write, the more Google visits your site. With that chitika or kontextua will earn you quite handsomely. ;) , You can also try blog ads specifically designed for bloggers.

JP Ace link
3/4/2014 09:27:11 am

I think I would prefer Kontextua since they dont have minimum payments. :D

Genius knight
3/4/2014 04:42:24 pm

That's great Kontextua pays quite great and is also affiliated with yahoo. :)




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