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Search Engine Watch May 4, 2009 Ron Jones	Click Fraud 101 Thanks to increased efforts from the search engines and ad networks, click fraud is less of a problem than it once was, but it still exists. Here's how to arm yourself against this potential foe.
InternetNews July 28, 2006 Clint Boulton	Green Lights For Google's Click Fraud Settlement Advertisers claimed the search engine power defrauded them. Did Google get off easy?
InternetNews August 3, 2006 Nicholas Carlson	Search Giants Gang Up on Click Fraud Competition in the search space goes to the back burner as Google, Microsoft and Yahoo vow to fight click fraud.
Search Engine Watch July 29, 2004 Jessie Stricchiola	Lost Per Click: Search Advertising & Click Fraud Click fraud, the practice of clicking on a text advertisement served by a search engine for the sole purpose of forcing the advertiser to pay for the click, is emerging as an important concern for search engine marketers.
InternetNews August 17, 2007 Nicholas Carlson	Google Opens Click-Fraud Resource Center Remember when Google CEO Eric Schmidt said click fraud wasn't really a problem? Its new resource center says otherwise.
InternetNews June 29, 2006 Nicholas Carlson	Yahoo Settles Click Fraud Case Yahoo today announced a $4.95 million click fraud settlement with Checkmate Strategic Group, months after search rival Google settled its own lawsuit for $90 million.
The Motley Fool April 25, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Don't Click on This Headline Click fraud fears may be overblown in the wild, wild Web. With Google settling a $90 million case for fraudulent clicks last month, it's good to know this isn't a pervasive problem for the big boys.
The Motley Fool March 9, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Google Clicks to Fix Click fraud casts a dark cloud over the fast-growing realm of online advertising.
InternetNews March 23, 2007 Nicholas Carlson	Will Google's Pay-Per-Action Ease Click Fraud? Google's AdSense could help address the click fraud problem that dogs the per-per-click sector of the online ad industry.
Wired January 2006 Charles C. Mann	How Click Fraud Could Swallow the Internet Pay-per-click advertising is big, big, big business. So are bogus hits on Internet ads. It's search giants against scam artists in an arms race that could crash the entire online economy.
Search Engine Watch May 10, 2005 Grant Crowell	Click Fraud: A Legal Look Click fraud is a growing concern among search engine marketers, but who ultimately is to blame? Perhaps more importantly, what's being done to address this increasingly contentious issue?
Search Engine Watch March 1, 2007 Kevin Newcomb	Google Offers More Click Fraud Data The amount of click fraud detected by Google remains in single-digit percentages of total clicks, and the amount that slips through to advertisers is just 0.02 percent, according to Google.
Search Engine Watch March 22, 2007 Kevin Newcomb	Yahoo Steps Up Click Fraud Efforts A new VP-level focus and increased transparency mark Yahoo's commitment to fighting click fraud and addressing other marketplace quality issues.
Inc. August 2005 Adam L. Penenberg	So Many Clicks, So Few Sales Pay-per-click advertising seems like a dream. But up to 35% of all the clicks you pay for may be fraudulent.
Search Engine Watch October 28, 2010 Melissa Mackey	Click Fraud Rising - Should You Be Concerned? Lost revenue from click fraud can be minimized. Here's what search advertisers can do to avoid wasting budget.
InternetNews June 23, 2006 Brian Livingston	Click Forensics Aims to End Click Fraud The spread of click fraud could cause long-term damage to search-engine advertising. One company has created a fraud detection network it hopes will restore faith in the system.
Search Engine Watch December 19, 2010 Dan Yomtobian	Click Fraud: What Is Your Ad Network Doing About It? Click fraud is a serious problem. With proper vigilance though, your ad networks should be able to spot it and remove it.
BusinessWeek October 2, 2006 Brian Grow et al.	Click Fraud What marketers should know about the "dark side" of online advertising.
CRM June 1, 2006 Jessica Sebor	How Many Clicks Does a Click Fraud Make? As invalid click percentage projections oscillate, it is important for advertisers to stay focused on fraud identification and filtration.
InternetNews August 3, 2009 Michelle Megna	Click Fraud Rate Dips, Publisher Scams Rise If you advertise on ad networks, beware of publisher collusion fraud.
InternetNews July 19, 2006 Nicholas Carlson	Click Fraud And Google's Context A click-fraud activist believes that recent comments by Google CEO Eric Schmidt about solving click fraud by ignoring it, though apparently taken out of context, still belie an intrinsic problem.
Search Engine Watch September 18, 2009 Marc Poirier	Click Fraud Not Dead Yet The search engines are doing a lot to counter click fraud, but there's still more to be done. They need deeper collaboration with third-party firms to reassure advertisers that their money isn't being wasted on bad clicks.
InternetNews May 22, 2007 David Needle	Report: Click Fraud on Sophisticated Rise Fair Isaac's preliminary results, disputed by Google, indicates click fraud in pay-per-click advertising may be as high as 15 percent.
InternetNews June 16, 2009 Michelle Megna	Microsoft Takes a Swing at Click Fraud in Search Microsoft targets alleged fraudsters after an 18-month-long investigation that involved auto insurance, World of Warcraft and a problem endemic in the paid listings space.
Entrepreneur December 2005 Melissa Campanelli	Get Your Clicks Click fraud may be a larger problem than you think. Learn how to it before it drains your ad budget.
BusinessWeek October 2, 2006 Elgin & Grow	Taking The Search Engines To Court Under pressure from advertisers, Google Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. are adjusting the way they deal with click fraud. Several lawsuits filed on behalf of hundreds of advertisers have helped fuel the modest changes.
The Motley Fool June 5, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Yahoo! Follows Google, Again The sluggish YPN program gets a Google-esque makeover. In short, it's the same "smart pricing" technique that Google has been using in its Google AdSense program for three years now.
Entrepreneur March 2004 Catherine Seda	Clicking Away Pay-per-click fraud may be taking the bang out of your advertising buck.
Search Engine Watch January 30, 2009 Frank Watson	Battling Click Fraud is Important for All Involved Every pay-per-click advertiser sees the presence of click fraud, as does every search engine. We're just disagreeing about the numbers. Both sides need to acknowledge that a certain level of click fraud exists, and work together to diminish its impact.
InternetNews May 13, 2009 Michelle Megna	Interactive Ad Bureau Issues PPC Guidelines The IAB today issued Click Measurement Guidelines with the goal of reconciling what constitutes a click in pay-per-click ad campaigns.
Search Engine Watch January 4, 2007 Kevin Newcomb	It's Time to See What's In the PPC Sausage Optiem's Jeffrey Rohrs has penned a "sausage manifesto," asserting that advertisers' click fraud concerns should be addressed as a customer service and disclosure issue as much as one of technology.
The Motley Fool March 18, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Is Yahoo! Sleeping With the Enemy? Yahoo! announces it will team up with Click Forensics to share data and help tackle click fraud.
BusinessWeek October 2, 2006 Bruce Einhorn	Advertisers In China Are Getting Burned, Too China has a reputation in the U.S. as a haven for click-fraud artists. Now, Chinese advertisers say they, too, have fallen victim to the proliferating racket.
InternetNews May 12, 2006 Nicholas Carlson	Google Sued Over Click Fraud, Again Lead plaintiff Joseph Kinney and other Internet advertisers had their lawyers sue to block the $90 million settlement Google reached in a click fraud case in March.
BusinessWeek October 2, 2006 Ben Elgin	Click Fraud's Next Frontier If you place an advertisement on Google or Yahoo!, and you're paying the search giants each time somebody clicks, it would be nice to know that the clicker is a human being who might actually purchase your product. Unfortunately, there are no such assurances.
The Motley Fool April 3, 2006 Stephen Ellis	Google's Not Worth $109 Billion The search giant is priced to perfection. The market, unable to value its disruptive potential, has overestimated the shares' worth, and with no room for error, numerous issues threaten to derail Google's ascent.
PC Magazine August 31, 2005 David Murphy	Google's Ad Network Spreads the Wealth Here's how Google's AdSense program can make money for your website. Click fraud is a growing concern for advertisers.
HBS Working Knowledge August 12, 2008 Benjamin G. Edelman	Google-Yahoo Ad Deal is Bad for Online Advertising A proposed advertising deal between Internet competitors Google and Yahoo would reduce competitiveness in the Internet advertising market, likely resulting in higher advertising rates.
Entrepreneur January 2007 Catherine Seda	War of the Words Pay-per-click arbitrage could be driving up the cost of your keywords.
The Motley Fool March 28, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Is Google Over? Flattish growth at Google through the first two months does not bode well.
BusinessWeek June 3, 2010 Peter Burrows	Microsoft's Click Laundering Crusade Microsoft and Google need to stay vigilant to keep up with ever more sophisticated click fraud schemes.
The Motley Fool March 21, 2007 Seth Jayson	Quick Take: Google Dragged Toward Honesty The "innovation leader" finally offers a less profitable, more accurate ad model.
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InternetNews November 15, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	Google, Pheedo Give Away Analytics Growing interest in the analysis of Web site, blog and ad performance reflects a complex marketplace.
The Motley Fool March 24, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Google's Potentially Fatal Flaw Even the world's most valuable dot-com can be one misstep away from falling out of favor.
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