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[pdf] Understanding the detection of fake view fraud in Video Content Portals (arxiv.org)
1 point by deweerdt on Sept 24, 2015 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


From the paper: "YouTube is consistently more permissive in the counts for monetized views, when compared to the public view counters. Specifically, fake views are penalized and not counted by the public view counter, but are monetized, i.e., have paid-for ads delivered in them, and counted in the the video owner’s monetized views."




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