Google Releases Analysis of Click-Fraud Detection

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday August 8, 2006 @03:39PM from the other-side-of-the-coin dept.

fragmentate writes "This morning Google released information about their analysis of the exaggerated click-fraud numbers. Without pointing fingers, they mention that click-fraud analysis companies need to clean up their methods. From the post, 'A rigorous technical analysis by Google engineers has found fundamental flaws in the work of several click fraud consultants - flaws that help explain why widely quoted estimates of the size of the click fraud problem are exaggerated.' They even point out some obvious shortcomings of the methods used. The entire report [PDF] is available with their complete analysis."

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Re:As I said last time this came up... by googisgod · 2006-08-08 16:47 · Score: 0, Flamebait

You are still missing the point. The person getting up to take a leak during a commercial cannot make any money for HIMSELF by doing so.

With clickfraud, I can set up a website, have google throw some ads on there for me through the adsense program, and have my friends and botnet click on those ads and make ME cash.

Why can't you see the difference? Am I not typing slowly enough?