Google took down 1.7bn ‘bad ads’ in 2016 but why has ad fraud become so hard to stop?
By Seb Joseph
Google purged itself of 1.7 billion bad ads last year – more than double the number it axed in 2015 – a fact which belies a problem set to swell unless more advertisers refuse to turn a blind eye to inflated numbers caused by ad fraud.
The online behemoth’s latest update on its own efforts to curb ad fraud highlights the scale of a problem; for all Google’s efforts last year, is blocking a greater volume of ads just a consequence of there being more bad ads in the first place?
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Source: The Drum




