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Re:“35-50% of clicks on Reddit Ads are fraudulent” by ValueNull on Friday October 09, 2020 @01:12PM (#24732065)
I’ve used AdNauseum for close to a year with no issues, it seems to be pretty good about simulating realistic clicks.
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Re:“35-50% of clicks on Reddit Ads are fraudulent” by ffpip on Friday October 09, 2020 @03:02PM (#24733240)
Okay, use it yourself. But do not encourage others to use it. It is adfraud and most people set it to full click through rate.
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Re:“35-50% of clicks on Reddit Ads are fraudulent” by Balgair on Friday October 09, 2020 @03:17PM (#24733394)
What is adfraud?
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Re:“35-50% of clicks on Reddit Ads are fraudulent” by ffpip on Friday October 09, 2020 @10:55PM (#24736395)
Because Google calculates clicks as results, people are encouraged to click the ads, meaning news sites earn more money if clicks increase, and the advertiser has to pay more money to Google if clicks increase.
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Re:“35-50% of clicks on Reddit Ads are fraudulent” by monadic2 on Friday October 09, 2020 @05:47PM (#24734761)
Ad fraud is when you scheme to get clicks on your own site to defraud the ad network that would pay you for the space you sold them. It is not relevant here unless you're using the extension on your own site.
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