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      1. We should make a fun list. A gray/black-hat publisher list. And then we should see how many have ad units linking to legit publishers.
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      I'll start us off! (Special note: I will try to avoid making these links, if I mistakenly do so, DO NOT CLICK ON THEM).
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    Black/Gray Hat Publishers: diply . com thelisticles . net linkbeef . com buzzit . club imgism . com 98pix . com theboredmind . com ...
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      Black/Grat Hat Publishers: cars-space . com vowgag . com gaghut . com fullfunn . com viralgsp . com buzzmad . com note . taable . com ...
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        Here's a blackhat publisher, not even bothering to try removing the watermarks from what appear to be stolen Verge articles: ngabota . com
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          Black/Gray Hat Publishers: a . brobbro . com (a site which used to be at fun . broviral . com, but mysteriously disappeared ) funkypie . com
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            To be clear, it is hard to prove someone is a blackhat publisher but these sure look like it based on ripped content and monetization.
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              But for fun, Google the headline on any article on these and see how many other exact duplicates come up. A bunch, if not pages, of them.
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                And if any of these sites get blacklisted (like broviral . com did), they just shut it down, buy a new domain and pop the database back in.
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                  There's the entire SocialHolic network, which appears to be, at best, working in bad faith w/advertisers by just running duplicative content
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                    Black/Gray-hat publishers: viralvinny . com boredomtherapy . com thebrofessional . net guiltyfix . com
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                      If you ever wanted to know who populates shitty stories into the bottom of your favorite sites, here's a good place to start ^
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                        Here's one of those sites getting auto-placed units from Forbes and Answers.
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                          This charming ad for Yahoo Search is on an article titled "Female Logic Doesn't Always Make Sense"
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                            Here's a wonderful piece of "content", don't worry, Criteo's machine learning is assuring good ad placements.
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                              Here's a Motley Fool ad next to a video of children fighting. But don't worry... one of them has kickboxing training
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                                Just click through one of those bottom page ads and google a headline on that site and look, a rich vein of crap.
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                                  Black/Gray Hat Publisher: uberhavoc . com sharedable . com buzzamin . com ozar . com poplyft . com
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                                    Don't believe viewability is a bullshit metric? The sticky footer ad here is "viewable". Hey, 50% visible! lol.
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                                      My favorite trick for tracking fraudsters is when their site sends you traffic that is 10x their estimated userbase on Compete.
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                                        But you gotta be on your toes, most legit publishers don't have the expertise or time.
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                                          And the other half of the problem is when it comes to adapting to "legitimizing" metrics, fraudsters are faster implementers than we are.
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                                            Here's a nice article 'preschool is evil' on trash site RebelCircus. Ads shown include The Daily Dot & Bustle.
                                            oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
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                                              Ask yourself: does it not just damage the brand but the entire legitimacy of a publisher when they appear in these contexts?
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                  Feel free to add more to this list.
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                    Accidentally broke this chain, continues at: Chronotope/735605725351796737
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