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		fooker on Dec 19, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google Chrome to stop back-button hijacking What purpose does invisible ads serve?

happppy on Dec 19, 2018 [–]

I think opacity set to 0, you didn't knew but you saw the ad and this will count as view?

baybal2 on Dec 19, 2018 | [–]

Google looks for obscured ads, but there are new ways of tricking both the bot and the ads code coming out almost monthly.

What they look above all else are the organic clicks from clear IP ranges.

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