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Has anyone ever attempted to correlate the claimed activity with actual human behavior? You'd essentially survey a sample of people's online habits, extrapolate to the larger population, and compare that with a similar sampling/extrapolation of reported clicks and impressions. My guess is that the fraud rate would actually be closer to 90%. But as others have pointed out, the market eventually catches up and discounts the watered-down traffic.


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