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Massive Chinese click fraud ring uncovered
Tuesday 20 October 2009
It's pretty obvious that as long as there's pay per click (PPC) advertising , there will be click fraud. The two just go hand-in-hand in today's world. Click fraud occurs when a person sets up a website, signs up with an ad network and then clicks on the ads to generate ad revenues with false clicks.
Google loses out to Bahama botnet
Thursday 08 October 2009
Click Forensics, the Internet traffic quality management company, has revealed in its blog this week that the Bahama botnet can claim web giant Google among its many victims. As well as cheating on-line advertisers out of free traffic and generating fraudulent paid clicks, ad providers are also suffering at the hands of the scammers, believed to be Ukrainian.
Surge in click fraud traced to Bahama Botnet
Thursday 17 September 2009
If you think that the idea of a villain in another country controlling the computer in your home is mere fiction – perhaps an ideal story line for an episode of 'Dr Who' – you need to think again! Web traffic management specialist Click Forensics has discovered that a recent surge in click fraud traffic is due to a botnet – that is, a network (net) of software robots (bots) that operate automatically.
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