So I googled my domain name and one of my competitiors (a board that I co-founded) is advertising on google. Is there any way to put a stop to this, or can I just click on his link a zillion times to hit him in the pocket book?

__________________
WWW.COMPETITIONDIESEL.COM

Why dont you just be better than him?

__________________
PA Forums
Philly Sports
Delaware Online
boomshockalacka

You advertise on google?
You could spam click his links, but google and him wont be impressed.

__________________

Thats stupid! If you want him out of business you should make your place better than he's.

__________________
ConsolerForum.com - Console Gaming Forum ~ My Pic Pot - Free Picture Hosting ~ Wordpress Forum

If he uses Adsense, then use the "Advetise on this site" link, and buy a banner on his page advertising the "better" forum [yours]. Of course you should get along with your competition, but if you are committing click fraud you should do this instead since it isn't quite as bad.........

__________________
Host your forum with a reliable, stable host from just $2 per month!
Are you running a bigger forum, or a network of sites? Get a VPS from just $6 per month!

When you say that your competitor is "advertising on Google", what do you mean? It sounds to me like you are saying that your competitor is using Google Adwords...meaning he is paying to have his ad displayed at other websites using Adsense.

If this is the case, there's nothing you can do about it...you're basically asking what you can do to stop your competitor from advertising. Of course there's no way you can do that...if people could tell others to stop advertising, nobody would advertise.

Focus on improving your own forums instead of sabotaging others.

__________________
...some super-sweet signature

I am also confused here. Are they advertising on your site? or on Google's search. If it is on your own site, just filter out their ad. If it is on Google's site not much you can do.

Plus I am sure Google tracks ip address that click on ads, so if you keep clicking you could lose your isp. Also Google will just count them as invalid clicks, so it wouldn't matter anyway.

Sounds like you biter, just move on and become better. Plus how wold you feel if you were advertising and someone was doing the same thing? What goes around, comes around.

MOVE ON!!!

__________________
My Blog - Follow Me on Twitter

Honestly, if you're even thinking of trying to artificially inflate his CTR by falsely clicking his ads with the intent of draining his account, you're in for a surprise.

Google's AdWords system does monitor such activity and doing so will do nothing more than have his account reset for the fraudulent clicks your producing.

You can sit there and click on the ads all day long, though you'll end up only having your IP blocked by Google and your both your time and efforts will be wasted and in vain.

If you're website/forum/ect is better than his and you know this for a fact, advertise it with your own budget, but don't result to such childish acts of desperation.

Business is business, but Google didn't get to the top by letting such activity go without notice. They've invested quite a bit in their systems and know what they're doing.

Do you really think that by trying to inflate his CTR with fraudulent clicks that your business will increase?


(this isn't directed specifically towards the OP, but anyone thinking of doing this)