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Old 01-19-2016, 09:16 AM   #466
FeyWest
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Originally Posted by GirlySports View Post
I have a general website questions.

a) could the NHL have prevented bots and trolls?
b) Do bot hits count as real website hits?
c) Do advertisers pay based on real website hits?
d) Wouldn't an advertiser be mad if they were paying based on numbers that may be bot hits?

That's bad for a big business like the NHL isn't it?
They do have ways of preventing this, it's done on YouTube all the time otherwise guys could make a channel and then create a whole bunch of Bot accounts and get loads of free money.
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