Note: This is a research article and is by no means methods Google or Google AdSense actually use to determine click fraud.   How do you think Google intelligently tracks the clicks from users in Google AdWords and AdSense networks? How does Google AdSense prevent abuse? Here is our opinion. Each time someone clicks a Google...

If you suddenly notice a message appear when you attempt to quit Google Chrome, you may have enabled the hold to quit feature. This feature helps protect you from accidently quitting Google Chrome when you have multiple windows or tabs open. To disable or enable this feature, follow the steps below.   Go to Chrome menu...

The latest version of Google Chrome introduced a more convenient way to sign in and out of your Google accounts. In addition, you can now easily “sync” your Google accounts with bookmarks, history, passwords, and other settings – per Google’s help page.   Google states you turn off sync by following the steps below…   On...

Referrer traffic is a link shared from an HTTP header when a browser navigates from a page to another. Referrer spam happens when someone changes the HTTP referrer header to a website they are otherwise trying to “promote”. The “spammer” generates lots of the same referrer traffic to other websites to make it appear their website...

If you are trying to edit a YouTube video under the copyright notice area, you may receive a message that prevents you saving your video after attempting to erase or mute part of your video audio.   Typically, this YouTube message displays if you edit multiple videos concurrently. Wait at least a few minutes before trying...