If the present FTC guidelines on paid placements are being widely flouted, or if certain industry segments – such as vertical search sites – harbor particular practices that mislead consumers, result in fraud, or offer unfair competitive advantage...
It is also funny to note that they apparently did not think this would be a big deal, even though they accused the largest social community on earth of not cleaning up fraud. Further, we challenge them to disclose how they got around the time/date...
Competitor sabotage or click fraud - both against the terms of service and detectable. That is, until they noticed a number of problematic issues with the fans clicking through on ads to Like the Page:
You should also keep an eye out for instances of potential click-fraud. Of course, it gets more complicated when operating across linguistic divides, and there are a number of issues that should be considered.
It is a virtual world where thousands of crimes are carried out every day--including telemarketing fraud, drug trafficking, human trafficking, cyber attacks, and terrorist plots. In SOPA Explained: Why It’s Bad for the Web and How to Stop SOPA,” we...
As more people live more of their day to day lives amongst the online community, no matter what form it may take- your online banking system, your twitter account, your Playstation Network account, whatever- it's clear that there need to be...
Michael Prime ("Prime") was charged with, and convicted of, one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C.one count of conspiracy to manufacture counterfeit securities, in violation of 18 U.S.C.and three counts of...
And what about the domain for your company name plus a combination of your domain and words like "sucks," "scam," "fraud," or "ripoff" for .com, .net, .org, .tv, and on down the line? In many cases, you will be able to, but be judicious about it or...
Taking a stand on a controversial subject like the desperate need for regulation in an industry full of cowboys and sometimes used as a front for fraud because there is no industry body tasked with education and whatnot can be slightly risky.
While some of the issues have existed for a while, and it hasn't always been all positive (click fraud issues have been around for a while for instance), one has to wonder if Google is feeling a little bit too comfortable about the market that...
That discussion mostly centered around the increased ability for fraud, griefing and other bits of mayhem. In the initial post announcing Display Names, a lot was said about how this feature was going to solve issues for existing residents -- ones...
Click Fraud Grows to 22.3% in Q3 2010 By Danny Goodwin Is Lead Fraud, Click Fraud 2.0? Click Forensics reported that the overall industry average click fraud rate rose to 22.3 percent, up from 18.6 percent in Q2 2010.
Online Reputation Management Case Studies: BP Oil Spill, Toyota Recall, and Goldman Sachs Fraud Charges The festival is packed with sessions covering PPC management, keyword research, search engine optimization (SEO), social media, ad networks and...
Check-In Fraud (No, Not Check Fraud) As this all develops, one stumbling block will be dealing with check-in fraud. Viewed in this light, check-in fraud could be the click fraud of the offline world. Check-in fraud is a bit different, as it's the...
These include cybersquatting, typosquatting, domain name theft (i.e.domain hijacking), and domain transfer fraud. We'll look at copyrighting your Web site content, Web agreements, privacy policy issues, and domain issues including cybersquatting.
One of the most obvious issues with second tier engines has been traffic quality and click fraud. Most second tier engines take click fraud issues seriously and have taken steps to try to eliminate it from their networks.
The Click Measurement Guidelines were agreed upon by key industry members and offer a strong framework for identifying click fraud. I'm aware of the issues of permanent and temporary redirects and how search engines interpret these, but are there...
There's a market for people who analyze and argue to get money back for fraud and other issues from Google. Seems everyone sees the presence of click fraud, but we're just disagreeing about the numbers.
Just voting something up and down can create all sorts of fraud issues to begin with -- cronyism could have a huge impact. I've even heard comments that the CPC model may be shaky, and that pure CPA may soon be the only one left standing.
PPC Specialist: Auditing Paid Listings & Click Fraud Issues SEO Specialist: Duplicate Content & Multiple Site Issues SEO Specialist: Trademark Issues: What SEMs Should Know One is an SES newbie, another is an SEO specialist, a third is a PPC...
