October 23, 2009, 10:12AM
Botnet-Infected Computers Powering Click Fraud
1 CommentAccording to new data from ClickForensics, botnet-infected computers are behind the majority of click-fraud attacks against advertisers and publishers.
For the third quarter this year, about 43 percent of all fraudulent clicks came from computers within botnets. The figure is the highest in four years, when Click Forensics began producing reports. For the same quarter a year ago, botnets accounted for 27.5% of bad clicks. Read the full story [Jeremy Kirk/IDG News Service]
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If could be useful for your readers I'll like to suggest ClickMeter (www.clickmeter.com)
That's an online link tracking service (most of the features are free).
You can aggregate data, analyze the country clicks come from and much more.
This tool is useful for beginners and for professional, it can track up to millions click for every account.
ClickMeter contains tools to detect click-fraud activities if you are paying for clicks or you are in a click-exchange program.
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