Diving Deep Into The Murky World Of Click Farmsby@olilynchwrites
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Diving Deep Into The Murky World Of Click Farms

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HBO's Silicon Valley first brought the reality about click farms into the public consciousness. Click farms have been evolving and adapting for years. The cheapest form of paid traffic online is automated. You can buy thousands of clicks, likes, followers or reposts for just a few dollars. But you don’t need to create your own bot to collect money from simple tasks online. Click farm workers have grown by 40% in 2020, 40% of companies that hire them out over $12 million.

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Writing mostly about digital fraud, SEO/content and digital marketing. Loves snowboarding. Bad at skateboarding.


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