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Hello all,
I was hoping you guys with all the knowledge could help me out? A friend of mine says that he has a way of getting his computer to keep opening an internet link. He has his own web site. is there a program that will allow you to constantly open an internet link?? i.e instead of clicking a sponsered link, the computer will do it for you? Im dubious ?

Thanks

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asked whether a program can repeatedly open a URL; several replies (for example and ) noted technical feasibility while others raised concerns. This note explains how such automation is typically built, how to tell whether a site is being hit by automated requests, and legitimate alternatives for testing or monitoring so the topic is clear years later.

Technically, repeated visits can be generated by simple scripts or by driving a browser automatically (headless Chrome, Selenium, Puppeteer). Signs that a site is being hit by automation show up in server and analytics data: very regular timing between requests, many hits from a single IP or small CIDR, identical User-Agent and Accept-Language headers, missing cookie/session behavior, unusually short or uniform session durations, and referrers that don’t match normal flows. Server access logs, raw analytics exports, and basic log analysis will reveal these patterns; correlating IP, UA, timestamps, and cookie IDs is the fastest way to prove automation. Defenses include rate-limiting, requiring JavaScript-driven tokens for click actions, logging and blocking suspicious IPs or ranges, and applying a web application firewall or synthetic challenge where appropriate.

When automation is needed for legitimate reasons (functional testing, load testing, uptime checks), use established tools and services designed for that purpose rather than ad-hoc scripts. Selenium is suited for browser-level testing and Selenium documentation explains workflows; synthetic monitoring services and load-testing providers handle scheduled requests safely and scalably. For information on how ad platforms view invalid traffic and the kinds of detection they use, see Google’s guidance on invalid clicks and impressions: . For a general background on click-fraud methods and detection, see Click fraud — Wikipedia.

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Member Avatar for jewboy

If you are implying that you'd like a program that will click on your competitors ads, or your own adsense ads - well - we don't condone crooked behavior here!

Member Avatar for it for dummies

No actually that wasn't quite the idea. I'm very new to all this, and my friend is a very experienced web designer. He claims to have this ability and i'm just wondering if he is telling porkeys?? Im not really looking for the name of a program as such, i guess basic computer programming could produce such a tool?:?:

Member Avatar for nizzy1115

yes it wouldnt take much to do

Member Avatar for efaith77

This is against da rulez. you can get banned from google adsense for this. Just to let you know. It is nothing short of stealing.

Member Avatar for cyfm

yep google don't like the idea of people 'stealing' and especially their money.

Member Avatar for Apache4111

Hello all,
I was hoping you guys with all the knowledge could help me out? A friend of mine says that he has a way of getting his computer to keep opening an internet link. He has his own web site. is there a program that will allow you to constantly open an internet link?? i.e instead of clicking a sponsered link, the computer will do it for you? Im dubious ?

Thanks

What you are looking for is very possable, and doesn't take much to do. But the drawback is it is unethical, disallowed on most sites, and borders on being Illegal.

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This is very immoral. I don't think you'll find anyone at Daniweb who will help you to do this.

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