{"id":3848,"date":"2012-12-13T05:00:57","date_gmt":"2012-12-13T13:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/passivepromotion.com\/?p=3848"},"modified":"2022-01-13T12:04:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T20:04:55","slug":"youtubes-dirty-little-secret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/passivepromotion.com\/youtubes-dirty-little-secret\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube’s Dirty Little Secret"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Ever spotted a terrible video on YouTube with an inconceivably high view count? Of course you have. Would it make you feel better knowing that most of those “views” were completely automated and only lasted 30 seconds with the sound turned off?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vagex (referral link), a hugely popular YouTube exchange platform, is largely to blame. Credits are so cheap that members sell 2000 views for $5 on eBay and Fiverr and still turn a profit. As countless “buy YouTube views” sites testify, the views are by real people, mostly in the US. Not the sort of people who actually watch<\/em> the videos, much less pay for music, but they tend to leave that bit out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If $5 is too rich for your blood, you can earn credits by downloading one of their free viewers and letting it “watch” videos for you in the background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n