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Augustine Fou

  • What can marketers do to avoid being duped by disreputable publishers, and what can marketers learn from Ozy’s collapse?

    Ozy Media’s Downfall Is An Object Lesson In The Ubiquity Of Fake Traffic – And Marketers Finally Need To Learn

    The Ozy Media scandal is a flameout for the ages, complete with wildly inflated audience numbers and an FBI probe over the alleged impersonation of a YouTube executive on a due diligence call with Goldman Sachs. But securities fraud isn’t the only fraud Ozy has been accused of. In late 2017, Craig Silverman of BuzzFeed […]

  • With Accurate Measurement Facing So Many Challenges, Marketers Must Challenge Everything

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Augustine Fou, digital strategist and independent ad fraud researcher. There are many limits to measurement that may lead to entirely different answers depending on when, where and how the measurements […]

  • Ad Fraud Wreaks Havoc On Measurement

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Augustine Fou, digital strategist and independent ad fraud researcher. Most clients and partners, trade associations and agencies are aware of digital ad fraud by now. And some have deployed fraud […]

  • Viewability Is Moot If Users Aren’t Human

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Augustine Fou, digital strategist and independent ad fraud researcher. The ways that malware-compromised PCs can cause ad fraud, including fake ad impressions, fake clicks, ad injection and cookie stuffing, have […]