Re:47% of all internet traffic came from bots in 2022
by phendrenad2 on Sunday May 14, 2023 @04:15PM
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How old is that information? If I recall correctly, some of the big ad fraud rings were taken to court, and that killed the business model.
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Re:47% of all internet traffic came from bots in 2022
by spondylosaurus on Sunday May 14, 2023 @05:14PM
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Roughly three years old I think. But if you're referring to the same ad fraud rings I'm thinking of: yeah, a few did get shut down (which iirc was a first) but there's plenty of new operations taking their place. Ad fraud is a relatively cheap way to make money if you can scale up your operation, and most perpetrators don't get caught or punished. Although that may change in the future.