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Humans Not Required
(for Digital Ad Fraud)
Ted McConnell
Dr. Augustine Fou
February 2014
-1-

Augustine Fou
“Bad guys used to have to create „spider
web‟ pages and wait for unsuspecting
humans to land and click through on
affiliate links – so they could earn a trickle
of revenue share.”
-- Augustine Fou
-2-

Augustine Fou
Algo-Generated Pages
Characteristics
• Auto-generated by bots,
stuffed with search keywords
• To attract organic search traffic
• Not human readable (low
instance of natural phrases)
• Stuffed with affiliate links and
display ads

-3-

Augustine Fou
Affiliate Links on Page
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00BXF7I9M/panandscathed-20

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/itemdetails.asp?EdpNo=7674736&SRCCODE=LINKSHARE&cm_mmc_o=ddCjC1bELltzywCjCd2CjCdwwp&utm_source=Linkshare&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=TnL5H
PStwNw&AffiliateID=TnL5HPStwNw-Hc5zkpsnZO2pj1vg.2uttw

-4-

Augustine Fou
Affiliate Rev Shares
Camera rev shares:
$25 - $78

Computer
$15 - $28
Electronics
$13 - $56
-5-

Augustine Fou
“But now, they just put up hundreds of
thousands of websites, in order to serve
up display and search ads – and get paid
a lot more money for millions of
impressions, views, and clicks – all fully
automated, and all 99% profit.”
-- Ted McConnell
-6-

Augustine Fou
Bad Guys Put Up Sites
site = analyzecanceradvice .com

site = missomoms.com

19 blocked ads on page

-7-

Augustine Fou
Load Tons of Ads on Pages

http://modernbab y.com/
http://interiorcom plex.com/

-8-

Augustine Fou
Use Bots to Load the Pages

Source: Wired
-9-

Augustine Fou
Bots Type Search Term
healthsiteproduc tionalways.com

buy eye cream online

- 10 -

Augustine Fou
Bots Click Search Ad

Olay.com ad
in #1 position

- 11 -

Augustine Fou
Redirect Link(s)
Known blackhat
technique to hide real
referrer and replace
with faked referrer.
SIX (6) redirects
before ending on the
landing page
See how-to:
http://www.blackhatworld.com/
blackhat-seo/cloaking-contentgenerators/36830-cloakingredirect-referer.html
- 12 -

Augustine Fou
Pass Fake URL Trackers
http://www.olay.com/skincare-products/OlayProX?utm_source=msn&utm
_medium=cpc&utm_camp
aign=Olay_Search_Deskto
p_Category+Interest+Prod
uct.Phrase&utm_term=eye
%20cream&utm_content=
TZsrSzFz_eye%20cream_
p_2990456911

Click thru URL
passing fake source
- 13 -

Augustine Fou
Subject Matter
Experts
- 14 -

Augustine Fou
Ted McConnell – Digital Consigliere
“My Goals are to drive, and participate
in the process that yields the winning
vision for my clients. I'm a Digital
Marketing Generalist: I've Run large
organizations, been staff to c-level
executives at P&G, hold 4 Patents,
successfully driven change in Marketing
and Advertising practice in P&G and
other companies.”
ADVERTISING RESEARCH FOUNDATION
MANAGER, DIGITAL MARKETING INNOVATION

AdAge Articles: http://adage.com/author/ted-mcconnell/4334
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/ted-mcconnell/0/5b5/8a2
- 15 -

Augustine Fou
Dr. Augustine Fou – Technical Forensics
“I advise clients on optimizing
advertising across all channels. One
main area of focus is reducing ad waste
due to fraud – fake impressions, clicks,
leads, and sales – in order to raise ROI.”
FORMER CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICER, HCG (OMNICOM)
MCKINSEY CONSULTANT
CLIENT SIDE / AGENCY SIDE EXPERIENCE
PROFESSOR AND COLUMNIST
ENTREPRENEUR / SMALL BUSINESS OWNER
PHD MATERIALS SCIENCE (MIT '95) AT AGE 23

ClickZ Articles: http://bit.ly/augustine-fou-clickz
Slideshares: http://bit.ly/augustine-fou-slideshares
LinkedIn: http://linkd.in/augustinefou
- 16 -

@acfou

Augustine Fou
Digital Ad Forensics Process
Preliminary Scan
Sizing of
ad fraud

Forensic Analysis

Maintenance

• Technology Tools
• Statistical analysis

• Budget shifts
• Further optimization

Implementation

FREE

$$$

Preliminary analysis of
paid campaigns and
analytics to determine
magnitude of the ad
fraud impacting client.

Creating recommended
list of changes,
including list of sites to
exclude in each ad
channel.

- 17 -

$
Subscribe to triangulated,
cross-industry database of
“ad fraud offenders” to
continuously update
blacklists and whitelists.
Augustine Fou
Low Hanging Fruit
The most immediate, direct impact on ROI comes from reducing waste

25% On-Target Delivery
(Nielsen)

54% Not In View
(comScore)

23% Ad Blocked
(PageFair)

24 – 29% confirmed bot
(Solve Media)

- 18 -

Augustine Fou
APPENDIX
- 19 -

Augustine Fou
Related Articles
Humans Replaced by Machines
By: Augustine Fou, Nov 2012

Fake YouTube Videos
By: Augustine Fou, December 2013

Digital Ad Fraud Briefing
By: Augustine Fou December 2013

Fake Linkedin Profiles
By: Augustine Fou, December 2013

Ad Fraud Fighting Techniques
By: Augustine Fou October 2013

Fake Facebook Profiles
By: Augustine Fou, Dec 2013

How Display Fraud Works
By: Augustine Fou, May 2013

Fake Twitter Accounts
By: Augustine Fou, August 2013

How Click Fraud Works
By: Augustine Fou, November 2013

The Magnitude of Digital Ad Fraud
By: Augustine Fou, November 2013

- 20 -

Augustine Fou
White Ops Bot Analysis

Source: White Ops
- 21 -

Augustine Fou

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Humans Not Required (for Digital Ad Fraud) by Ted McConnell Augustine Fou

  • 1. Humans Not Required (for Digital Ad Fraud) Ted McConnell Dr. Augustine Fou February 2014 -1- Augustine Fou
  • 2. “Bad guys used to have to create „spider web‟ pages and wait for unsuspecting humans to land and click through on affiliate links – so they could earn a trickle of revenue share.” -- Augustine Fou -2- Augustine Fou
  • 3. Algo-Generated Pages Characteristics • Auto-generated by bots, stuffed with search keywords • To attract organic search traffic • Not human readable (low instance of natural phrases) • Stuffed with affiliate links and display ads -3- Augustine Fou
  • 4. Affiliate Links on Page http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00BXF7I9M/panandscathed-20 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/itemdetails.asp?EdpNo=7674736&SRCCODE=LINKSHARE&cm_mmc_o=ddCjC1bELltzywCjCd2CjCdwwp&utm_source=Linkshare&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=TnL5H PStwNw&AffiliateID=TnL5HPStwNw-Hc5zkpsnZO2pj1vg.2uttw -4- Augustine Fou
  • 5. Affiliate Rev Shares Camera rev shares: $25 - $78 Computer $15 - $28 Electronics $13 - $56 -5- Augustine Fou
  • 6. “But now, they just put up hundreds of thousands of websites, in order to serve up display and search ads – and get paid a lot more money for millions of impressions, views, and clicks – all fully automated, and all 99% profit.” -- Ted McConnell -6- Augustine Fou
  • 7. Bad Guys Put Up Sites site = analyzecanceradvice .com site = missomoms.com 19 blocked ads on page -7- Augustine Fou
  • 8. Load Tons of Ads on Pages http://modernbab y.com/ http://interiorcom plex.com/ -8- Augustine Fou
  • 9. Use Bots to Load the Pages Source: Wired -9- Augustine Fou
  • 10. Bots Type Search Term healthsiteproduc tionalways.com buy eye cream online - 10 - Augustine Fou
  • 11. Bots Click Search Ad Olay.com ad in #1 position - 11 - Augustine Fou
  • 12. Redirect Link(s) Known blackhat technique to hide real referrer and replace with faked referrer. SIX (6) redirects before ending on the landing page See how-to: http://www.blackhatworld.com/ blackhat-seo/cloaking-contentgenerators/36830-cloakingredirect-referer.html - 12 - Augustine Fou
  • 13. Pass Fake URL Trackers http://www.olay.com/skincare-products/OlayProX?utm_source=msn&utm _medium=cpc&utm_camp aign=Olay_Search_Deskto p_Category+Interest+Prod uct.Phrase&utm_term=eye %20cream&utm_content= TZsrSzFz_eye%20cream_ p_2990456911 Click thru URL passing fake source - 13 - Augustine Fou
  • 14. Subject Matter Experts - 14 - Augustine Fou
  • 15. Ted McConnell – Digital Consigliere “My Goals are to drive, and participate in the process that yields the winning vision for my clients. I'm a Digital Marketing Generalist: I've Run large organizations, been staff to c-level executives at P&G, hold 4 Patents, successfully driven change in Marketing and Advertising practice in P&G and other companies.” ADVERTISING RESEARCH FOUNDATION MANAGER, DIGITAL MARKETING INNOVATION AdAge Articles: http://adage.com/author/ted-mcconnell/4334 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/ted-mcconnell/0/5b5/8a2 - 15 - Augustine Fou
  • 16. Dr. Augustine Fou – Technical Forensics “I advise clients on optimizing advertising across all channels. One main area of focus is reducing ad waste due to fraud – fake impressions, clicks, leads, and sales – in order to raise ROI.” FORMER CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICER, HCG (OMNICOM) MCKINSEY CONSULTANT CLIENT SIDE / AGENCY SIDE EXPERIENCE PROFESSOR AND COLUMNIST ENTREPRENEUR / SMALL BUSINESS OWNER PHD MATERIALS SCIENCE (MIT '95) AT AGE 23 ClickZ Articles: http://bit.ly/augustine-fou-clickz Slideshares: http://bit.ly/augustine-fou-slideshares LinkedIn: http://linkd.in/augustinefou - 16 - @acfou Augustine Fou
  • 17. Digital Ad Forensics Process Preliminary Scan Sizing of ad fraud Forensic Analysis Maintenance • Technology Tools • Statistical analysis • Budget shifts • Further optimization Implementation FREE $$$ Preliminary analysis of paid campaigns and analytics to determine magnitude of the ad fraud impacting client. Creating recommended list of changes, including list of sites to exclude in each ad channel. - 17 - $ Subscribe to triangulated, cross-industry database of “ad fraud offenders” to continuously update blacklists and whitelists. Augustine Fou
  • 18. Low Hanging Fruit The most immediate, direct impact on ROI comes from reducing waste 25% On-Target Delivery (Nielsen) 54% Not In View (comScore) 23% Ad Blocked (PageFair) 24 – 29% confirmed bot (Solve Media) - 18 - Augustine Fou
  • 20. Related Articles Humans Replaced by Machines By: Augustine Fou, Nov 2012 Fake YouTube Videos By: Augustine Fou, December 2013 Digital Ad Fraud Briefing By: Augustine Fou December 2013 Fake Linkedin Profiles By: Augustine Fou, December 2013 Ad Fraud Fighting Techniques By: Augustine Fou October 2013 Fake Facebook Profiles By: Augustine Fou, Dec 2013 How Display Fraud Works By: Augustine Fou, May 2013 Fake Twitter Accounts By: Augustine Fou, August 2013 How Click Fraud Works By: Augustine Fou, November 2013 The Magnitude of Digital Ad Fraud By: Augustine Fou, November 2013 - 20 - Augustine Fou
  • 21. White Ops Bot Analysis Source: White Ops - 21 - Augustine Fou