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BOTS. I believe Facebook/Google/et al can and do detect bot traffic, don't believe me? Write a simple scraper to record google search results. They just don't u
by ransom1538 9y ago
BOTS. I believe Facebook/Google/et al can and do detect bot traffic, don't believe me? Write a simple scraper to record google search results. They just don't use these techniques when applying it to their own revenue generating ads.
- babuskov 9y ago> I believe Facebook/Google/et al can and do detect bot traffic, don't believe me? How? Clicking an ad would lead you to a CAPTCHA before going to the target site?
- codyb 9y agoAnd a lot of the bots are probably primarily used for other services like Tinder which require Facebook logins.
- ransom1538 9y agoEasy. If it is a bot - don't charge. Probably a few lines of code. if ( is_bot() } { charge = 0 }. Also, be transparent: you could even show a report of how many bots it removed. BUT this would cut their ad revenue to ~0.
- illnewsthat 9y ago> if ( is_bot() } { charge = 0 } That's some funny pseudo code. The assumption being they can write an is_bot function that is reliable.
- oliv__ 9y agoMore like: if (is_bot_probability >= 90%) { charge = 0 }
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