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05-09-2007, 01:52 AM
Traffic Fraud Inflates Video Site Popularity (http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/115260576/article.pl):
Dotnaught writes "A new study by spyware researcher Ben Edelman finds that spyware-driven traffic inflation is common, particularly at video sites. The study identifies Bolt.com, GrindTV.com, Broadcaster.com, Away.com, RooTV.com, and Diet.com as the beneficiaries of spyware-driven traffic. 'Our measurement systems are inaccurate for the amount of trust we'd like to put into them,' Edelman said. 'So that's the puzzle: How do you build an advertising economy when the number can't be trusted?'"Read more of this story (http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/09/0238213&from=rss) at Slashdot.
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Dotnaught writes "A new study by spyware researcher Ben Edelman finds that spyware-driven traffic inflation is common, particularly at video sites. The study identifies Bolt.com, GrindTV.com, Broadcaster.com, Away.com, RooTV.com, and Diet.com as the beneficiaries of spyware-driven traffic. 'Our measurement systems are inaccurate for the amount of trust we'd like to put into them,' Edelman said. 'So that's the puzzle: How do you build an advertising economy when the number can't be trusted?'"Read more of this story (http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/09/0238213&from=rss) at Slashdot.
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