Tag: click fraud

• September 27, 2012

  Facebook to eliminate fake likes

  Mashable is reporting that Facebook will start removing fake likes from pages. I see this is the first step, but not the last step in combating fraud on Facebook. Click fraud is rampant, and that must be addressed as soon as possible.
• August 4, 2012

  Facebook Click Fraud Issues

  In a recent publicized report, thanks to Facebook having to keep its business in more of a public eye due to the company being publicly traded now, we learned that 8.7 percent of Facebook accounts are “fake”, more more than 80 million. We already knew this.
• April 17, 2012

  Facebook Revenue Climbs, but Click Fraud Questions Linger

  As a Facebook advertiser, I have long seen a substantial discrepancy between what Facebook charges me (the number of clicks) and what my analytics software records as visits to my site.
• August 16, 2011

  Click Fraud in Display Networks

  Pace Lattin produced a great article about advertising fraud over at ClickZ last week. It details how ad exchanges will go to any length to grow their inventory and undercut competitors.
• June 15, 2011

  Paid Search Hijacking – Feeling Helpless Now?

  A recently reported malware strain infects computers without them having to download or accept any requests – the infection results just from visiting another infected site.