Yahoo & Click Forensics Partnering to Improve Traffic Quality for Advertisers.
Yahoo! is the first search engine to cooperate with a third-party to obtain additional feedback and promote its goal of advertiser satisfaction and return on investment.
At the recent SES NY conference on March 17, Yahoo! and Click Forensics announced a partnership to combat fraudulent clicks that target search engine marketing advertisers. As part of the relationship, Click Forensics will provide additional advertiser feedback to Yahoo! in an effort to help improve traffic quality for advertisers.
Yahoo! is the first search engine to cooperate with a third-party, such as Click Forensics, to obtain additional feedback and promote its goal of advertiser satisfaction and return on investment. To facilitate this effort, Click Forensics will allow advertisers to securely share relevant account information, such as site-side click behavioral data, with Yahoo!. Industry analysts like Dr. Tuzhilin have said that data such as this is helpful in identifying poor quality traffic, including click fraud.
Read more coverage on the Yahoo!/Click Forensics partnership below:
April 2nd, 2008
"Common Enemy - Yahoo! and Click Forensics team up to fight click fraud" by Reggie Davis
Yahoo Blog
March 18th, 2008
"Yahoo, Click Forensics to fight click fraud together," by Elinor Mills
CNet News
March 18th, 2008
"Yahoo! Cozies Up To Its Click-Fraud Critics," by Andy Greenberg
Forbes.com
March 18th, 2008
"Yahoo, Click Forensics Join To Battle Click Fraud," by Mark Walsh
MediaPost
March 18th, 2008
"Yahoo Partners With 3rd Party Click Fraud Company, Click Forensics," by Barry Schwartz
Search Engine Land