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Google to Provide Click Fraud Data

By the Betanews Staff | Published July 26, 2006, 1:04 PM

In an effort to prove that it is serious about combating click fraud, starting next week Google will provide its AdWords customers with information on how many times it believes their ads have been clicked on fraudulently. With the company currently facing off with some of its advertisers in court over the issue, the new feature could help it in its defense that it is tackling the problem head on.

Google says it decided to offer the service as a way to give advertisers a real-time view of how many clicks the company is filtering out as fraudulent. According to some advocacy groups, as much as 15 percent of all clicks may be invalid, a number the industry and advertisers seem to disagree on. Details of the new feature were first reported by MarketWatch on Wednesday.

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jasginder
Jul 27, 2006 - 11:05 AM edited

i wonder how will that benefit Google! Will they ask for bill accordingly to be adjusted? If no then they need to see the data themselves rather than the customer!!

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PC_Tool
Jul 27, 2006 - 8:42 AM

In other news:

Google provides rope with which litigious advertisers can hang them.

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