CyberThrill
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CyberThrill was one of the first
The online casino was eventually taken offline some time in late 2000-early 2001 by disgruntled webmasters who had fallen victim to the scam. The former location of cyberThrill was CyberThrill.com, which is today an Ad driven parked domain.
History
1997–2000: Ad program
As one of the foremost methods of website revenue in the late 1990s,
The reason behind CyberThrill's popularity were claims of above-average $0.20 per click-through. Many
Though click fraud was rampant (as has been the case with AdSense and other ad serving programs), many webmasters nonetheless earned their clicks fairly, but were still cheated by the casino.
2000–2001: Demise
The online casino was eventually destroyed some time in late 2000-early 2001 in an attack by webmasters who were scammed by the program. MungaBunga, owner of Hackology.co, created a JavaScript program that registered millions of fake accounts into the CyberThrill database, overloaded the company's servers and prevented new members from registering. Other cheated webmasters participated in the attack.
See also
- AdSense
References
- ISSN 0739-7011.