26 may 2024
What is fraudulent traffic and how to prevent it
Fraudulent traffic, also called bot traffic, is the generation of website visits by automated programs rather than real users. Fraud creates problems for both advertisers and affiliates. It undermines advertisers' trust in the web, worsens the position of the offer in the search results, and wastes the time and money of the media buyer. To counteract fraud, sites and affiliates implement anti-fraud systems, set up advertising campaigns, and create updated blacklists and whitelists. Sometimes, several platforms are added to the blacklist every day: portals can deceive both the web and advertising, attracting bot traffic to the arbitrageur's link. We will consider how to distinguish fraud from the activity of real users, solve the issue of anti-fraud systems, and explain how to properly compose blacklists so as not to cut off potentially valuable traffic. What is fraud in advertising networks? Fraud...