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Re: Advertisers scramble as ?non-human traffic' eats up online budgets

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>    "They're trying to make decisions about where best to spend the
>    money, and the illegitimate traffic is screwing up some of the
>    metrics," said Chris Williams, president of the Interactive
>    Advertising Bureau of Canada.
>

I will graciously consider this the 'pro' version of trolling!  There's
a Calvin & Hobbes comic where the "Chewing" magazine Calvin is reading
comes with a poll, and he's filled it in with false info, including
"garlic" as favorite flavor.  "My," says Hobbes, "we can expect some
strange advertisements coming up, then."

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Advertisers scramble as ?non-human traffic' eats up online budgets Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-11-07 10:50 +0000
  Re: Advertisers scramble as ?non-human traffic' eats up online budgets RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-11-09 16:42 +0000

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