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Scammers Target Craigslist Realtor

Newspaper classifieds have a friend in scammers. Though hemorrhaging sales to Craigslist, fraudulent posters there may drive legitimate businesspeople back to where they've done business for decades.

Ex-Microsoft Manager Charged With Fraud

Former Microsoft employee Carolyn M. Gudmundson, has been charged with defrauding the company of $1 million and will plead not guilty her attorney said.

Fraud Trial Scuttled By Ebay Employee

A UK man on trial for defrauding eBay users received a break yesterday when an employee for eBay left the country before offering key testimony.

Your Search Ad: No Search, But You Paid Google

When is a search ad click not really a click? According to Richard Ball of Apogee Web Consulting, it's when someone clicks an ad on a parked domain to reach a site. So why is Google charging for these as ad clicks?

Click Fraud Thriving On the Web

Click Forensics has released its pay-per-click (PPC) fraud numbers for the third quarter of 2007.

SES - Search Engines on Click Fraud

In this session, search engines discuss how they deal with click fraud concerns.

SES: Search Engines Talk Click Fraud

At SES San Jose, representatives from the big four search engines talked about the persistent threat of click fraud, and how they are fighting back to protect their advertisers.

SES San Jose Opens Today

Four days of the search industry's biggest gathering starts in San Jose, where attendees can learn the finer points about marketing effectively and ranking well with the drivers of search-related traffic.

SES San Jose Separates Click Fraud Discussions

The lively and attention-getting click fraud session at SES San Jose has been split in half, as the four major search engines will not share a stage with third-party marketers and click analysis firms.

Google Opens Traffic Quality Center

Google's debut of the Ad Traffic Quality Resource Center closely follows the arrival of a similar service from Yahoo.