The practice of artificially inflating the number of clicks on a pay-per-click ad. Perpetrated by competitors, bots, or click farms to drain an advertiser's budget without generating legitimate interest.
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An organized operation that employs low-wage workers or automated systems to generate large volumes of fake clicks, form submissions, or social media engagement.
Invalid Traffic (IVT)
Web traffic that doesn't come from genuine human users with real interest. Includes bot traffic, click fraud, accidental clicks, and incentivized traffic. Divided into General IVT (GIVT) and Sophisticated IVT (SIVT).
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