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How a toothbrush news site can get more visits than the Economist: More on the botnet scam

on March 20, 2013

An investigation this week revealed that major brands are paying at least $6 million a month to serve ads to bots on 202 websites. Here are some more names and details.

Massive bot network is draining $6 million a month from online ad industry, says report

on March 19, 2013

An analytics firm has uncovered a network of more than 200 sites that appears aimed at defrauding the online ad industry. The network tricks marketers into serving billions of “targeted” ads to bots every month.