PPC advertisers (e.g. Continental)
money viewers
   Google   
money viewers
InfoSpace
money viewers
LocalPages
money viewers
(unknown company)
money viewers
WhenU

Screenshots - WhenU/MediaTraffic, Unknown Company, LocalPages, InfoSpace, Google Covering Advertisers' Sites with Advertisers' Own Google Ads
Google Still Charging Advertisers for Conversion-Inflation Traffic from WhenU Spyware - Ben Edelman

This page gives screenshots showing on-screen displays as traffic flowed from WhenU through intermediaries and on to Google and finally back to the site I was initially browsing, Continental.com. All testing occurred on January 1, 2010.

See also discussion in main article, as well as a packet log and video.

 

The Targeted Web Site: Continental

I began browsing at Continental, a major airline. (Screenshot taken from video at 0:08.)

 

The Initial Popup

I then received a popup from WhenU. (Screenshot taken from video at 0:10.)

Notice the Continental advertisement at center-right. Notice the lack of the pay-per-click ad labels ("sponsored links" or similar) required under FTC authority.

 

The Final Popup

I clicked the Continental ad and, after a bit of redirect delay, was taken to a double display of Continental, as shown below. (Screenshot taken from video at 0:38.)