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Stop Wasting Your Ad Spend On Made-For-Advertising Publishers

AdExchanger

MFA is a combination of paid traffic, clickbait and other incentivized traffic, engineered to create ad impressions and generate revenue. New sites pop up virtually overnight with millions of impressions, sucking up ad dollars and hurting campaign performance, writes Tal Almany, VP of publisher development at Kargo.

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Houston, We Have a Problem: Malvertising Is a Threat to Our Livelihood

Ad Monsters

Everyday consumers, particularly older Americans, are lured into social engineering scams via clickbait ads promising the secrets of investing, malicious redirects warning that their computers have been hacked, or some other scam. He too clicked on a clickbait ad and talked to scammers who persuaded him to install AnyDesk on his computer.

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Trade Bodies Answer Call to Define ‘Made for Advertising’

VideoWeek

They typically use sensational headlines, clickbait a nd provocative content to generate page views, which in turn generate ad revenue for the site owner. As noted in the characteristics, pop-up ads, auto-play videos and intrusive ads are placed around low-quality content to maximise ad revenue.

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6 Questions About Made-For-Advertising Websites

Basis

If you’ve ever clicked on a link like this, you’ve likely found yourself transported to a digital space that looks more like a carnival midway ride than a normal website: ads flashing, inventory refreshing, and call-to-action buttons leading you to other websites with even more pop-up ads. It starts with a clickbait headline.

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How (and Why) to Conduct an Effective Blog Post Audit

Single Grain

clickbait): To make your headlines more compelling, try a few of these quick tips: Numbers: People love lists and listicles, so include numbers and facts ( 12 Ways to Include Numbers in Your Blog Post Headlines ). You don’t need five paragraphs of build-up. sign up for your e-mail list (give them a compelling reason to do so).

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AI is Driving the Proliferation of Made for Advertising Websites

VideoWeek

The industry is looking to fix this; there is talk among trade bodies about working to formulate a definition, and the ANA is conducting a follow-up study where MFA will be more clearly defined. Therefore clickbait is not necessarily MFA, as long as it is actively serving a community or deployed alongside actual news.

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How to create a push ad campaign that works well

Lemonads

Whenever the user is browsing, they will get a small pop-up at the top of their screen asking them if they’d like to allow push notifications. If they don’t then the pop-up disappears and that’s it. It doesn’t even disrupt the user experience as it’s not a huge in-your-face pop-up. Don’t use Clickbait.

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