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That's like harming the Pope to get back at God. AdNauseum doesn't hurt advertising networks, it hurts publishers. When they get banned for click fraud, the ne

• hedora 10y ago
  If google bans legitimate publishers, then the advertisers move elsewhere. Also, increased click fraud on tracking ads lowers their attractiveness, nudging ad revenue toward sites that serve display ads targeted to their content. This helps funnel money to sites that produce high quality content and away from low quality sites that happen to attract users that view high quality content elsewhere.
• malka 10y ago
  and when networks have no publishers left, what do happen to them ?
  • colept 10y ago
    > no publishers left They become the publisher. In the grand scheme, this is a misguided effort that will further monopolize publishing.
    • type0 10y ago
      So what will they publish then, fake news?