On May 21, Microsoft announced the launch of Live Search Cashback, which is their attempt to regain a share of the search advertising market from Google. The service offers cash rebates to consumers who search for and purchase products through Live Search. The reviews have been all over the place thus far, so let’s hunker down and find out for ourselves what this new program is all about.
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How is Google Policing Click Fraud?
Click fraud continues to be an issue for search engine advertisers, despite Google’s claims that it is a negligible and self-correcting problem. Can we really trust Google to be telling the truth? Or is the search engine so addicted to PPC revenue that it might lie or at least redefine what clicks are considered fraudulent in the hopes of preventing a cost per action model from taking hold?
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The Hidden World of Click Fraud
You’ve heard plenty of reports about click fraud. But who is doing it? And what are the pressures motivating them? This author interviews several anonymous webmasters engaging in click fraud in Lagos, and discovers a small piece of a much bigger problem.
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