Jimburst Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 I've searched loads of terms and can't get any ads, weird. Maybe they're run out of money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonArmy1892 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 "newcastle jersey" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_69 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 I've searched loads of terms and can't get any ads, weird. Maybe they're run out of money. Problem is they rank well in Google's organic results for so many search terms that they'll only use Adwords to fill in the gaps where they don't rank. You can also set your ads to show on certain days and at certain times of day. The image results at the top of Google are usually ads as well. I phone an SD ad when i searched for 'Newcastle kit' and 'NUFC kit'. Give that a go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonArmy1892 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Any prem team and "jersey"...or top european team by the looks of it. Gonna do as many as possible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonjam88 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 I've searched loads of terms and can't get any ads, weird. Maybe they're run out of money. I couldnt on me phone searching for Chelsea Jersey but did on me iPad. Once I clicked it thought then went back to do it again the AD was removed so it must remember your ip address Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_69 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 I've searched loads of terms and can't get any ads, weird. Maybe they're run out of money. I couldnt on me phone searching for Chelsea Jersey but did on me iPad. Once I clicked it thought then went back to do it again the AD was removed so it must remember your ip address That's the problem with this approach, it relies on lots of people from different IPs clicking once, maybe twice. Otherwise Google's Clickfraud monitor will pick up on it and SD won't be charged beyond the first click Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 His top paid AdWords. https://m.imgur.com/a/th87rfD I got this using https://www.semrush.com/info/sportsdirect.com nice Love this. Chelsea Jersey worked a treat. Didn't for me on mobile, it was just a normal result under Nike and Kitbag's paid ads. Football boots did though. They don’t show 100% of the time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 I've searched loads of terms and can't get any ads, weird. Maybe they're run out of money. I couldnt on me phone searching for Chelsea Jersey but did on me iPad. Once I clicked it thought then went back to do it again the AD was removed so it must remember your ip address That's the problem with this approach, it relies on lots of people from different IPs clicking once, maybe twice. Otherwise Google's Clickfraud monitor will pick up on it and SD won't be charged beyond the first click How many is 1 person usually allowed to click before they stop charging SD? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Think a more structured, organised approach with instructions on how to do this (across multiple devices and locations) would go down a storm. VPNs, private browsing, etc. We can eat up their daily budget, meaning they won’t get any/many genuine leads. Also worth checking to see if they advertise on Insta, Facebook, etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 FWIW I did a little test here as I wasn't getting any 'ad' results. Using Firefox with all my adblockers, script blockers etc enabled I got no ad results connected through Hong Kong Using Firefox with all my adblockers, script blockers etc enabled I got no ad results connected through UK Using Edge with nothing installed I got no ad results connected through Hong Kong Using Edge with nothing installed I finally got the ads connected through UK So basically, for the forrins, try using a browser with no blocking add-ons installed and a VPN with a UK endpoint and it should work. 'Newcastle Kit' brought up a good result which is nice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonjam88 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 So what we need is a huge warehouse with loads of pc’s that continually change IP address to somehow search for paid Sports direct adds and click on them. Sounds good I have a Commodore 64 in the loft we can use Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisMcQuillan Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Google Ads have a daily budget set usually, so if it were to max out, it should reset the next day. It's possible (although unlikely) that Google have detected fraud. I work for a gym chain, and we have a number of club staff who (despite our best efforts) click on our paid ads out of laziness when going to sign people up. We've never had any warnings of click fraud at all, so I think it's unlikely click fraud would have detected on this scale. Given how Ashley works, I'd imagine we're under quite a lot of scrutiny (being on a public forum). It wouldn't surprise me if Keith Bishop has instructed the ads be disabled until this "blows over". Alternatively, they could just have stopped them in the North East and continued running them elsewhere. You can put exclusion limits in place to a high degree of accuracy, so it could be blocked in Newcastle, Co. Durham etc quite easily. Would also explain why you're not getting ad results connected via Hong Kong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 So what we need is a huge warehouse with loads of pc’s that continually change IP address to somehow search for paid Sports direct adds and click on them. Sounds good I have a Commodore 64 in the loft we can use Aye, be easier just to DDOS attack them. 😂 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Google Ads have a daily budget set usually, so if it were to max out, it should reset the next day. It's possible (although unlikely) that Google have detected fraud. I work for a gym chain, and we have a number of club staff who (despite our best efforts) click on our paid ads out of laziness when going to sign people up. We've never had any warnings of click fraud at all, so I think it's unlikely click fraud would have detected on this scale. Given how Ashley works, I'd imagine we're under quite a lot of scrutiny (being on a public forum). It wouldn't surprise me if Keith Bishop has instructed the ads be disabled until this "blows over". Alternatively, they could just have stopped them in the North East and continued running them elsewhere. You can put exclusion limits in place to a high degree of accuracy, so it could be blocked in Newcastle, Co. Durham etc quite easily. Would also explain why you're not getting ad results connected via Hong Kong. Good info, cheers. Even if he disables ads in the NE it's still something of a victory and beyond that I reckon the Magpie Group has enough far spread members to make this a worthwhile endeavour. My VPN alone has about 8 UK endpoints plus Ireland and other EU countries so while disabling adwords for the NE might hamper us it won't stop us. Plus, the other SD shareholders might have some questions about why the company's marketing campaigns are being hindered by the personal affairs of its chairman. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_69 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Google Ads have a daily budget set usually, so if it were to max out, it should reset the next day. It's possible (although unlikely) that Google have detected fraud. I work for a gym chain, and we have a number of club staff who (despite our best efforts) click on our paid ads out of laziness when going to sign people up. We've never had any warnings of click fraud at all, so I think it's unlikely click fraud would have detected on this scale. Given how Ashley works, I'd imagine we're under quite a lot of scrutiny (being on a public forum). It wouldn't surprise me if Keith Bishop has instructed the ads be disabled until this "blows over". Alternatively, they could just have stopped them in the North East and continued running them elsewhere. You can put exclusion limits in place to a high degree of accuracy, so it could be blocked in Newcastle, Co. Durham etc quite easily. Would also explain why you're not getting ad results connected via Hong Kong. Adwords geo-targeting is done via IP as well and a lot of UK IPs are registered to London regardless of where you live, so it would only filter out those people whose IPs are actually registered to Newcastle/North East. Could explain why some people are seeing the ads and some aren't Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 My VPN has over 500 UK servers. I'm also "working from home" next Thursday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Google Ads have a daily budget set usually, so if it were to max out, it should reset the next day. It's possible (although unlikely) that Google have detected fraud. I work for a gym chain, and we have a number of club staff who (despite our best efforts) click on our paid ads out of laziness when going to sign people up. We've never had any warnings of click fraud at all, so I think it's unlikely click fraud would have detected on this scale. Given how Ashley works, I'd imagine we're under quite a lot of scrutiny (being on a public forum). It wouldn't surprise me if Keith Bishop has instructed the ads be disabled until this "blows over". Alternatively, they could just have stopped them in the North East and continued running them elsewhere. You can put exclusion limits in place to a high degree of accuracy, so it could be blocked in Newcastle, Co. Durham etc quite easily. Would also explain why you're not getting ad results connected via Hong Kong. Adwords geo-targeting is done via IP as well and a lot of UK IPs are registered to London regardless of where you live, so it would only filter out those people whose IPs are actually registered to Newcastle/North East. Could explain why some people are seeing the ads and some aren't Having been with Virgin Media in a few properties, it’s obvious that they show up as London most of the time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Thing is, he only owns 61% of SD so if we can get at them enough and have a material affect on their business and marketing then he'll be getting pressure from the other shareholders too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_69 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Thing is, he only owns 61% of SD so if we can get at them enough and have a material affect on their business and marketing then he'll be getting pressure from the other shareholders too. As far as i'm concerned this could be the activity that is most likely to be brought up at board level. Web sales/activity will be reported to the board just as the figures from each of his physical tat stores will be - it's the same for all retailers. If we can make a dent in the sales from shutting down one of their major advertising channels + social media then eventually questions will be asked Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Sports Direct has added another tweet. Getting hammered already. Do enjoy a read through Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Seems they're adopting a "carry on regardless" attitude, hoping people get bored. Personally doing this kind of stuff is the highlight of my working day, and as I'm doing it at work I'm actually getting paid for it. Until the "work" part of my job becomes more fun than abusing Mike Ashley, or the demands of my working day become so great that I don't have time to spend 5 minutes chucking some grief his way, I can't see why I'd even think of stopping. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Also I've just thought.... If everyone doing this - and there seems to be a lot of us - uses the same hashtag ie #IfRafaGoesWeGo, then it'll become viral at least at a local level each time SD tweet. So by tweeting, provided we hold up our end and use that hashtag when abusing him, SD are effectively publicising the IfRafaGoes movement and making the whole thing viral. Cheers guys. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 If they are adopting that approach the content needs to be anti sports direct. Cutting stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonArmy1892 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 So everytime you click an advertised link, it costs him? For every different search term, one click per day? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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