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Richard Kahn: September 21, 2022
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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Richard Kahn: August 17, 2022
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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Richard Kahn: August 10, 2022
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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Richard Kahn: July 20, 2022
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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Richard Kahn: July 13, 2022
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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Richard Kahn: July 6, 2022
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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Richard Kahn: June 29, 2022
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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Richard Kahn: May 25, 2022
Bots, programs that are used to automate common tasks for human users, have been around almost as long as computers themselves. Good bots have all kinds of uses. For example, Google uses bots to crawl the web and index web pages so their users can...
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Richard Kahn: March 23, 2022
Bot-based fraud is a constant risk for anyone running an online ad campaign. Form bots are an especially dangerous threat—one that can quickly drain your marketing budget and leave you with no results for all the money you’ve spent.
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Richard Kahn: February 3, 2022
Here’s a scenario that we see all too often: A company launches a brand-new ad campaign to promote their products and services. To spread their reach as far as possible, the company partners with a lot of different ad platforms, social media...