Click Fraud
22 Stories

Exposing click fraud

News Google and others are under scrutiny as advertisers grow concerned about phony clicks.

Tuesday, July 20 2004 11:17 AM

Tags: Search

Microsoft shows off improved search

News Microsoft scientists reveal new "3D" analyses and machine-learning algorithms for search at conference.

Tuesday, August 08 2006 10:41 AM

Tags: Software engineering/development, Search

Yahoo sued over alleged pay-per-click fraud

News Suit claims Yahoo is charging for "premium" ads on sites that show spyware ads and sites that appear when surfers misspell URLs.

Thursday, May 04 2006 11:17 AM

Tags: Web sites, Internet advertising

Study: Click fraud closed 2008 at all-time high

News Click Forensics concludes that bogus clicks on online advertisements rose to 17.1 percent for the fourth quarter, driven increasingly by botnets.

Thursday, January 29 2009 06:47 AM

Tags: Advertising, Click Fraud, Google Inc., Google AdSense, Yahoo! Inc., Computer, Advertisement, News.com, knowledge, blog

Click fraud harder to detect, but rate stays flat

News Bogus clicks on ads, which can make money for Web sites but cost advertisers, were no more common in the second quarter. But click fraud is getting more sophisticated.

Thursday, July 24 2008 07:19 PM

Tags: Security, Internet advertising, Search, Click Fraud, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Advertisement, advertising agency, text advertisement, network

Microsoft sues over malicious online ads

News Software maker says it filed five lawsuits Thursday in the United States to try to slow the growing threat.

Friday, September 18 2009 10:53 AM

Tags: Network security, Internet advertising, Online Advertising, IM, New York Times Co., malicious code, ad network, Web Site, blog posting, Network security

Yahoo, Click Forensics to fight click fraud together

News The industry-first partnership gives Yahoo a way to distinguish itself from Google.

Tuesday, March 18 2008 10:31 AM

Tags: Search, Security

Google to offer more click fraud protection

News Advertisers will be able to prevent their pay-per-click ads from showing up at IP addresses of competitors suspected of using click fraud.

Friday, March 02 2007 11:28 AM

Tags: Security, Internet advertising

Yahoo click fraud settlement gets final OK

News The US$5 million settlement agreement in a California case releases company from all similar click fraud claims against it.

Wednesday, March 28 2007 04:46 AM

Tags: Web sites, Legal, Internet advertising

Google calls click fraud estimates overblown

News The search giant disputes claims made by third-party companies that sell services designed to combat fraudulent clicks.

Thursday, August 10 2006 11:44 AM

Tags: Search, Internet advertising

Google to offer advertisers click fraud stats

News Advertisers will be able to see number of invalid clicks, as well as what percentage that represents of total clicks.

Wednesday, July 26 2006 12:06 PM

Tags: Web sites, Internet advertising

Google, Yahoo and others team up against click fraud

News The Web seach companies and a trade group will set guidelines for online ad clicks in an attempt to combat click fraud.

Thursday, August 03 2006 10:32 AM

Tags: PC security, Web sites, Data security, Security, Internet advertising

Google says click fraud settlement near

News Under proposed US$90 million settlement, Google would give ad credits for fraudulent clicks on ads dating back to 2002.

Thursday, March 09 2006 09:24 AM

Tags: Web sites, Lawsuits, Internet advertising

Google settlement, click fraud won't go away

News Planned US$90 million settlement may end lawsuit against search behemoth, but it won't end problem for Net advertisers.

Tuesday, April 11 2006 10:11 AM

Tags: Web sites, Web services, Lawsuits, Internet advertising

Google trading fairly in Korea?

News Company gets injunction order after Korean company claims AdSense unfairly terminated a contract over click fraud allegations.

Wednesday, February 28 2007 11:51 AM

Tags: Search, Antitrust