Sunday, March 4, 2012

Trutanich paid for YouTube views of D.A. campaign videos

In January, YouTube warned that accounts could be shut down if video makers were caught artificially boosting views. The San Bruno, Calif., company said some websites force or trick users into viewing videos they did not intend to watch.

Read the full post:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-new-trutanich-20120304,0,6071859.story

Research credit: Chris

See previous stories on "paid views" and "view fraud":

http://www.webseriestoday.com/search/label/Paid%20Views
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2 comments:

  1. modelmotionMarch 4, 2012 at 1:03 AM

    Nice to Google clamping down on this stuff!

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  2. modelmotionMarch 4, 2012 at 1:32 AM

    Another quote from the article:

    "YouTube recently suspended the accounts of most of the users who left positive comments on the Trutanich videos, citing violations of its policy against commercially deceptive content. "

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