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Newsweek Article on Click Fraud

When Mice Attack - Clickfraud is National Story

         

christopher w

2:37 pm on Jan 18, 2005 (gmt 0)

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From the January 24th Issue:

Despite new efforts to stop click fraud, the temptation for scammers is growing. Advertisers once bid pennies to place their links prominently alongside searches for words like "refinance." With traffic to the search sites skyrocketing, last week's bid for that word was $12 a click. Fraudsters have to generate only a few fake clicks to make a day's pay.

Full story here [msnbc.msn.com]

eWhisper

2:39 pm on Jan 18, 2005 (gmt 0)

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christopher w

2:45 pm on Jan 18, 2005 (gmt 0)

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Thanks eWhisper - sorry for the repost.