Botnets committing click fraud observed

What’s the current state of click fraud, and what tools and tactics do the people behind click fraud campaigns have in theirClick Fraud 2008 arsenal? A recently analyzed affiliate based network for using botnets to commit click fraud provides a timely assessment of the situation, and provides evidential facts on the internal success rate of such a consolidated botnet. Let’s start with the current state of click fraud.

Is click fraud increasing or decreasing? According to ClickForensics, the click fraud rate has declined with 1& for Q1 of 2008, it still remains active at 27.8% for pay-per-click advertisements, with AdSense PPC model dominating the market.