Richard Kahn

TL;DR: Malvertising is a cyber threat combining malicious ads with deceptive practices to install malware. It can severely impact marketing strategies by undermining consumer trust and increasing operational costs. Protecting against malvertising...

TL;DR: Typosquatting poses a significant threat to affiliate marketing programs by diverting legitimate traffic and inflating fraudulent site metrics. Here’s a summary of its impact:

• Definition and Mechanism: Typosquatting involves registering...

TL;DR: This blog highlights six essential website metrics that marketers should monitor to optimize their campaigns and assess website performance effectively. These metrics include:

• Traffic Volume: Measures site popularity and marketing campaign...

TL;DR: Bots are not inherently illegal; their legality depends on the purpose for which they are used. Misuse of bots in digital marketing, especially for fraudulent activities like ad fraud, is illegal and can severely impact campaign outcomes.

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TL;DR: Understanding Search Arbitrage: A Risky But Potentially Profitable Strategy

• What it is: Buying low-cost traffic and monetizing it through higher-priced ads.
• How it works: Involves purchasing PPC ads, directing traffic to lucrative ads, and...

TL;DR: Residential proxies mask IP addresses. While they can be used legitimately for ad testing and cybersecurity, fraudsters also use them for ad fraud, scalping, and web scraping. This makes IP blocking ineffective at stopping ad fraud.

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TL;DR: ROAS measures revenue generated per dollar spent on ads, vital for evaluating ad campaign profitability. Ad fraud from bots and fraudsters can drastically lower ROAS by consuming budget on non-converting traffic.

• Strategies to Increase ROAS...

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• Click fraud is the deliberate generation of invalid clicks (by bots or humans) to steal ad spend.
• Click farms use low-cost labor to mimic real engagement, making them harder to detect than bots.
• Fraudsters exploit PPC campaigns and social...