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Tribune

tyBit Creates Foundation For Education; New Beta Released

tyBit Inc. (www.tyBit.com) CEO, Clarence Briggs, recently returned from Washington, DC after briefing Senators Elizabeth Dole and Richard Burr about the formation of the Briggs-tyBit Charitable Foundation Inc.

October 11, 2007

Tribune

AIT files defamation lawsuit against Fayetteville Observer, Paul Woolverton & Others

On Monday, October 8, North Carolina based corporation Advanced Internet Technologies - AIT (www.AIT.com) filed a lawsuit against Fayetteville Publishing Company – FPC (www.fayettevillenc.com & www.fayobserver.com) and Paul Woolverton, a reporter for FPC, as well as several John Does.

October 10, 2007

PR-GB.com

Having Trouble With Click Fraud?

Click fraud involves the process of intentionally clicking ads listed on your website for the purpose of earning money rather than intending to view the products of the advertiser.

October 8, 2007

free-press-release.com

Fayetteville Publishing Company accused of Bang Box Click Fraud

Boyenger says he contacted Charles Broadwell, the Publisher for FPC, who did not comment. According to the case filings, FPC co-located its servers in AITs ...

May 10, 2007

openPR.com

Lawsuit Alleges New “Bang Box” Click Fraud Scheme

We received the logs from Web hosting company AIT, and it appeared to us that this traffic is repetitive and manufactured, Boyenger said

May 9, 2007

Web Host Industry News

AIT Discovers New Click Fraud Scheme

Bang Box is a type of click fraud that occurs when a search engine affiliate ... When AIT grew suspicious that it was being over-billed for advertising, ...

April 20, 2007

Web Host Industry Review

theWHIR Blogs : AIT Calling out Click ...

At the same time, the company announced that it had uncovered a new form of click fraud it calls "bang box." AIT described the tactic in a press release: ...

April 19, 2007

MediaPost.com

Click Fraud Rises in Q4

Click Fraud Rates Reached 14.2% last quarter--up from 13.8% in the third, according to a new report by click fraud auditing company Click Forensics.

January 31, 2007

BusinessWeek.com

The Vanishing Click Fraud Case

Why was a seemingly slam-dunk case against an alleged click-fraudster who attempted to extort Google quietly dismissed? A detective novelist might call it The Mystery of the Vanishing Click-Fraud Case. December 4, 2006

December 4, 2006

BusinessWeek.com

Taking the search engines to court

Under pressure from advertisers, Google Inc. (GOOG ) and Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO ) are adjusting the way they deal with click fraud. Several lawsuits filed on behalf of hundreds of advertisers have helped fuel the modest changes.

October 2, 2006

WebProNews

Advertiser Sues To Block Google Settlement

One can imagine Joseph Kinney's thoughts, when he learned that the only cash handed out from Google's click fraud settlement was going to attorneys, and that in order to claim his compensation (paid in advertising credit), he would have to re-launch the Google ad campaign he had already abandoned.

May 11, 2006

Carolina Newswire

AIT continues battle against click fraud

AIT the lead plaintiff in a pending federal class action lawsuit against Google over click fraud in California is mounting a dual challenge to the proposed settlement in an Arkansas case on the same issue.

May 9, 2006

Information Week

Yahoo Sued For Spyware-Driven Click Fraud

The lawsuit... charges that Yahoo and its New Jersey affiliates put ads in spyware, then charged advertisers for the click-throughs.

May 4, 2006

InformationWeek

Google Condemned For Click-Fraud Settlement

An attorney representing plaintiffs in a federal click-fraud class action suit pending against Google in California claims the $90 million settlement...

April 28, 2006

The Washington Post

In Game of Click and Mouse, Advertisers Come Up Empty

Radiator.com got a jolt this month from the firm it hired to audit the nearly $40,000 worth of sponsored links it buys every month from Google and Yahoo...

March 16, 2006

East Bay Business Times

California Click Fraud Class Action against Google Will Go Forward...Google's 'click fraud' settlement offer may not end California case

Attorneys suing Google Inc. in Northern California said on Friday that a $90 million "click fraud" settlement offer by the Internet search giant may have little impact on their case. March 10, 2006

March 10, 2006

USA Today

Click fraud's bound to continue, experts say

Online click fraud won't go away anytime soon, say advertisers and search marketing experts. March 9, 2006

March 9, 2006

Billings Gazette

Company taking Google to court

AIT of Fayetteville has asked to become the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit against search engine Google...

December 21, 2005

WebPro News

AIT Weaves Tales Of Click-Fraud Networks

Web-hosting company AIT CEO Clarence Briggs can't tell you much about the company's taking over the lead for Click...

December 16, 2005

CNET News.com

AIT Sues Google Alleging Click Fraud

Click fraud is the search industry's dirty secret. But if two class action lawsuits against Google, Yahoo and others continue...

December 8, 2005