Tech
Bots Used to Be a Threat. Now They’re Your Customers.
For the last thirty years, we have been focused on keeping bots out. Now, we have started to focus on keeping them in.
bots
Tech
How to Solve ‘Botting’ Problems in Retail and E-Commerce
If you're selling a hot product, chances are you are the target of automated checkout bots, which can cost you serious money. Here's what to do to stop the bots from taking over your business.
By Kurt Ivy
Marketing
How to Identify, Report and Manage Ad Fraud (and Why It’s Important)
Ad fraud costs online retailers billions of dollars globally each year. Here's how to protect yourself and your company from losing out to the bots.
Online Presence
How to Fix Your Instagram Shadowban
If you lost followers overnight or have a sudden drop in engagement and impressions, you might be thinking it's just a new algorithm update.
Tech
How to Stop Some Dumb, Destructive Bot From Ruining Your Company’s Poll
You have to be vigilant to make sure your poll results are real, not driven by a hired botnet.
Marketing
How Bots Steal Your Online Advertising Budget
The digital ad space is rife with fraud and bots, stealing your precious marketing dollars.
Tech
How AI Is Addressing the Fraud in Advertising: Here’s What You Need to Know
According to Forrester, 20 percent of marketers' budgets is being wasted on fake traffic.
By Andrew Medal
Business News
Fake News Spreads Faster on Twitter Than Real News, Study Says
Don't blame bots. People share fake news over Twitter because they find the content novel, according to the MIT study.
By Michael Kan
Business News
Twitter: No Political Bias in Crackdown of Suspicious Accounts
Twitter's fight against bots and abuse collided with some right-wing pundits who suspected the company was targeting conservative voices.
By Michael Kan
Online Presence
The Evolution of Bots: An Interview with Facebook Messenger’s Anand Chandrasekaran
What a chatbot is now is much greater than before and the evolution is accelerating.
Tech
What Westworld Got Right About the Future of AI
The promise and concern about artificial intelligence is its ability to seemingly understand and mimic human emotions.
By Sid Banerjee