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Old 19th Jul 07, 04:36 PM
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Study: Botnets boosting click fraud rates on ads
*Source: News.com (http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-974...ag=nefd.blog)*
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The overall industry average click fraud rate--which represents the number of clicks on online pay-per-click ads that are not legitimate--has jumped, according to a new report from search engine marketing firm Click Forensics.

The overall click fraud rate was 15.8 percent for the second quarter, up from 14.1 percent from a year ago and 14.8 percent from the previous quarter, Click Forensics said. The rate for pay-per-click ads appearing on search engine content networks, such as Google AdSense and the Yahoo Publisher Network, was 25.6 percent, up from 21.9 percent for the previous quarter.

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