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Re:AdNauseam Banned from the Google Web Store by colept on Thursday January 05, 2017 @11:19AM (#13328355)
That's like harming the Pope to get back at God.

AdNauseum doesn't hurt advertising networks, it hurts publishers. When they get banned for click fraud, the network keeps the money.

Re:AdNauseam Banned from the Google Web Store by hedora on Thursday January 05, 2017 @11:44AM (#13328630)
If google bans legitimate publishers, then the advertisers move elsewhere.

Also, increased click fraud on tracking ads lowers their attractiveness, nudging ad revenue toward sites that serve display ads targeted to their content.

This helps funnel money to sites that produce high quality content and away from low quality sites that happen to attract users that view high quality content elsewhere.

Re:AdNauseam Banned from the Google Web Store by malka on Thursday January 05, 2017 @11:51AM (#13328710)
and when networks have no publishers left, what do happen to them ?
Re:AdNauseam Banned from the Google Web Store by colept on Thursday January 05, 2017 @11:53AM (#13328738)
> no publishers left

They become the publisher. In the grand scheme, this is a misguided effort that will further monopolize publishing.

Re:AdNauseam Banned from the Google Web Store by type0 on Thursday January 05, 2017 @07:30PM (#13332840)
So what will they publish then, fake news?