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Richard Kahn: January 10, 2019
Ad injection, click farms, cookie stuffing... each a different form of ad fraud. There are so many terms, we’ve created an Ad Fraud Glossary. And the latest term we’re adding to our glossary is verification stripping.
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Richard Kahn: November 29, 2018
When it comes to email marketing, it’s important to clean up your lists regularly, especially if you’re collecting emails from outside sources. After all, campaign performance is only guaranteed if real people read your messages.
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Richard Kahn: November 27, 2018
An ad fraud solution is no longer a want, it’s a need. Advertisers are estimated to lose $19 billionto fraud this year, equating to $51 million lost per day to fraudsters. By 2022 that number is anticipated to climb to $44 billion annually.
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Richard Kahn: November 19, 2018
Holiday travel is officially in full swing. AAA projects 54.3 million Americans will hit the road this week for Thanksgiving. For most individuals, they’ll be getting from point A to point B via planes, trains, and automobiles. These modes of...
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Richard Kahn: November 12, 2018
For Veterans Day, many Americans may choose to donate to charity organizations as an act of support. Americans are grateful for veterans’ service, but some scammers prey on their appreciation and generosity.
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Richard Kahn: November 6, 2018
As we head to the polls today to vote in the U.S. midterm elections, it’s hard to believe it’s been two years since the 2016 presidential election. During the rollercoaster election, social networks were plagued with fake accounts and fake news, all...
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Richard Kahn: November 2, 2018
Despite suffering from a meteoric stock price plunge that caused Facebook to lose a record-breaking $119 billion, the tech giant continues to dominate the internet by holding onto the top spot among online social media networks.
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Richard Kahn: October 30, 2018
Fraud on dating apps is nothing new. Up to 35% of relationships now start online, and the types of conversations typically had on dating sites are perfect for bots. Get-to-know-you questions can be simply answered by programming bots to respond a...
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Richard Kahn: October 9, 2018
Thanks to influencer fraud, brands could be wasting up to $500 million dollars per year on fraudulent influencers.¹ As influencer marketing becomes more and more popular, marketers need to be vigilant.
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Richard Kahn: September 25, 2018
For publishers and advertisers, GDPR was just the beginning. More consumer data protection legislation is in the pipeline including a U.S. version of GDPR dubbed the CONSENT Act, which is short for “Customer Online Notification for Stopping...