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				Google admits click-fraud is "rampant" in adsense, files more lawsuits
			 
			 
			
		
		
		
		http://news.com.com/Google+gets+gruf...l?tag=nefd.top
The fraud is perpetrated in both automated and human ways. The most common method is the use of online robots, or "bots," programmed to click on advertisers' links that are displayed on Web sites or listed in search queries. A growing alternative employs low-cost workers who are hired in China, India and other countries to click on text links and other ads. A third form of fraud takes place when employees of companies click on rivals' ads to deplete their marketing budgets and skew search results. 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
	
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