Click Fraud Network

February 2008 - Posts

• Click Bots

  As mentioned in previous posts, in this introduction to click fraud series, there are three main methods to commit click fraud, manually, via a click farm and by using click bots. This post discusses click bots. A click bot is a computer program which Read More... Posted Friday, February 22, 2008 1:16 PM by Neil Matthews | 0 Comments

• Does Google Have Enough Data to Combat Invalid Clicks?

  This article asks the question does Google have enough data to combat the increasing invalid click problem? The thinking behind this post is based on the premise that Google only has data up to the point of the click, once the user is past the ad on Google Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 13, 2008 10:34 AM by Neil Matthews | 1 Comments

• Competitor Click Fraud

  This post continues the introduction to click fraud series, and discusses competitor click fraud. Competitor click fraud occurs when your direct competitors click on your ads in an attempt to place their own ads more highly. This in turn gives them a Read More... Posted Thursday, February 07, 2008 7:11 PM by Neil Matthews | 1 Comments