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How to Stop Bots From Hurting Your Reputation and ROI

Even if you’re not a computer programmer or software engineer, you’ve probably heard of bots and know that the word is short for “robot,” even if you don’t quite understand exactly what they are or what they do. 

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Bad Bots are Winning: The High Stakes of Bots

If you’ve been keeping up with the Elon Musk Twitter saga, you might have recently read about his latest move in his self-proclaimed war on bots. He famously claimed he would beat the bots or die trying. He immediately followed with a promise to...

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Rewriting Taylor’s Lyrics “Bots Are Why We Can’t Have Nice Things”

When there are only 2.4 million winners—a.k.a., Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour ticket buyers—who actually got tickets after a grueling buying process, there's still nearly 10 million more fans not getting to see a show. The ticket buying process was a bit...

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How to Spot a Poll Bot and Stop Poll Bot Fraud

For any organization that wants to collect accurate data that reflects the real priorities and attitudes of their target audience, polls can be an indispensable tool. A well-conducted poll can give insight into public sentiment on nearly any given...

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How Easily Can Poll Bots Compromise Your Surveys?

Bots (software programs designed to automate specific tasks) have been around for as long as computers have been in use. While many bots have beneficial uses such as helping people save time on repetitive tasks or allowing Google to index the...

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What Is Survey Bot Fraud and How Does It Affect Businesses?

Every day, businesses, political organizations, educational institutions, and news outlets put out surveys to collect various kinds of data. The uses for this survey data vary depending on the entity behind it, but every organization wants data that...

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Bot Detection 101: What Every Marketer Should Know

For any organization running any kind of online advertising campaign, invalid traffic (IVT) from bots is an enormous issue. To put a dent in the ad fraud caused by bots, bot detection is vital. After all, how can you put a stop to bots if you can’t...

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Are Form Bots Compromising Your Survey Data?

Form bots—automated programs built to fill out forms—have long been a popular tool for committing ad fraud. Fraudsters often use form bots to conduct a specific type of ad fraud: lead generation fraud.

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Is Google Chrome Inadvertently Protecting Fraudulent Activity?

Online data privacy is an enormous (and complicated) issue. User privacy tools help protect regular website visitors from having their data tracked, taken, and used against them. Some consumers and advocacy groups have pushed hard for increased...

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Are Poll Bots Skewing Your Poll Data?

Every four years, American voters gather to choose the next President of the United States (POTUS). In between these larger elections, states and local municipalities hold votes to fill seats in Congress, elect municipal officials, and pass or deny...

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