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Is it that you don't believe these pieces of malware are generating fake engagement on Google's properties? Or that Clicks, Views & Users don't matter to Googl
by rKarpinski 2y ago
Is it that you don't believe these pieces of malware are generating fake engagement on Google's properties? Or that Clicks, Views & Users don't matter to Google?
- gruez 2y ago>Is it that you don't believe these pieces of malware are generating fake engagement on Google's properties? The extensions engage in affiliate fraud (ie. injecting affiliate code/cookies to links/sessions) and collect user data. That hardly counts as "engagement on Google's properties", which are mostly search ads and youtube. To my knowledge google doesn't have an affiliate network, so they're not getting anything there either. You seem to imply that the extensions are engaging in ad fraud (eg. viewing/clicking on ads), but there's no evidence of that presented in the OP or in this comment section.
- rKarpinski 2y agoNot just ad fraud but yes... Fake google accounts, fake reviews, fake downloads, fake views etc. etc. Again not saying they are profiting off of it as much as those are numbers you get promoted for moving up and to right in the OKR, not down. Can share some receipts if you send me an email.