Benjamin Edelman - Media Coverage

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The listings below reflect a portion of media coverage and other citations of Ben's recent work.

Google/Antitrust (September 2011)

• "As Google Adds Content, Competitors Get Nervous." Crain's New York Business. November 13, 2011.
• "Of "Tech Titans" And Schumpeter's Vision." Forbes. August 22, 2011.

Implications of Google's Pharmacy Debacle (August 2011)

• "Mr. Schmidt Goes to Washington." AdWeek. September 21, 2011.
• "Google Knew About Illegal Ads For YEARS Before Trying To Stop Them." Business Insider. August 26, 2011.
• "Google Knew About Illegal Ads For YEARS Before Trying To Stop Them." Business Insider. August 26, 2011.
• "??????????????????." cnYes. August 30, 2011.
• "Just How Evil is Google?." Info World. August 29, 2011.
• "The Kimono Opens Slowly on Google Search." Marketing Vox. September 21, 2011.
• "A $500M Settlement Isn't the End of Google's Woes." Marketing Vox. August 30, 2011.
• "Ad Networks May Get Caught Up in Copyright Enforcement Push." Marketing Vox. November 15, 2011.
• "Four Key Things Google Admitted to the Feds." PC WOrld. August 29, 2011.
• "Google Expects a Black Eye at Today's Senate Antitrust Hearing." Search Engine Land. September 21, 2011.
• "Google CEO Page Said to Avoid Potential Criminal Prosecution in Pharma Settlement." Search Engine Land. August 29, 2011.
• "U.S. Attorney: Larry Page Knew About, Allowed Pharmacy Ads." SearchEngineWatch. August 30, 2011.
• "Is Google Too Big to Fail?." Seobook. November 2, 2011.
• "The Future of Your SEO Career." Seobook. September 28, 2011.
• "(Japanese)." SEO Japan. October 11, 2011.
• "Ben Edelman, Ph.D., Kirk McElhearn, and John Martellaro." Tech Night Owl. September 3, 2011.
• "Confirmed: Ben Edelman Paid by Microsoft, Attacks Google." TechRights. August 30, 2011.
• "Confirmed: Ben Edelman Paid by Microsoft, Attacks Google." Techrights Watch. August 31, 2011.
• "Google to Pay US $500m in Drug Ad Inquiry." The Boston Globe. August 25, 2011.
• "Google Gets A Wake-Up Call On Questionable Ads." The Boston Globe. August 29, 2011.

Educational Technology

• "Addiction; Perambulation; Bemusement (and a Contained Amount of Frustration)." John Macomber Weblog. October 30, 2011.

Consumer Protection in Online Discount Voucher Sales and Voucher Complaints - Letter-Writing Tool (June 2011)

• "Groupon Offers First-Ever Car Deal." Auto 123. July 12, 2011.
• "Voucher Complaint Letter Generator: Consumer Website of the Week." The Baltimore Sun. August 24, 2011.
• "Groupon and LivingSocial: a Limited-Time Offer." Benjamin J. Balter. June 16, 2011.
• "Read the Fine Print to Get Money’s Worth from Group Deals." The Boston Globe. August 7, 2011.
• "ConsumerWatch: Websites Help Voice Daily Deal Complaints." CBS San Francisco. August 24, 2011.
• "Groupon Speeds Up Rollout Of Hyperlocal Strategy." Chicago Business. June 27, 2011.
• "Reminder of the Crucial Importance of Good Customer Service When Running Coupon Deals." Coupon Guru. August 23, 2011.
• "Groupon's First Ever Automotive Sales Deal -- FAIL." Daily Deal Media. July 16, 2011.
• "Website of the Day: Discount Voucher Letter-Writing Tool." Eater. August 19, 2011.
• "Groupon Offers $500 Car-Buying Coupons: Is It a Scam?." Extreme Tech. July 13, 2011.
• "Should You Fear the Groupon Groupie? Couponing in the 21st Century Has New Perils.." Forbes. August 19, 2011.
• "Will Groupon Survive Until 2016?." Forbes.com. June 9, 2011.
• "Groupon Abuse of Consumer Protection Laws Alarming, Says Harvard Business Expert." Forbes.com. June 15, 2011.
• "O Risco Da Bolha Das Compras Coletivas." Forum PCs. July 15, 2011.
• "How to Win Every Single Time You Have a Shitty Groupon Experience (Or! Redeem Coupons After They Expire)." Gizmodo. August 19, 2011.
• "Groupon Offers 1st Car Deal, Targets Bigger Items." Guardian. July 12, 2011.
• "Trouble at Groupon?." Illinois Times. June 16, 2011.
• "Breathe New Life Into Your Expired Internet Coupons." IP Lawyer in Training. August 17, 2011.
• "Groupon and its Coupon-Expiration Problem." Market Watch. July 26, 2011.
• "Are Deals-of-the-Day Good for Local Business?." Newton Patch. November 4, 2011.
• "Facebook Wants to Save You Dough, Launches Groupon Rival to Sniff Out Bargains." New York Daily News. April 27, 2011.
• "MarketSharing, a New York-Based Company, Latest Iteration of Groupon Wanna-Bes." New York Daily News. May 18, 2011.
• ""Just When I Thought I Was Out…They Pull Me Back In." -- Another Groupon Post (Merchant Relations Edition)." Observational Epidemiology. June 19, 2011.
• "Groupon and Your Consumer Rights." Open Issues. June 19, 2011.
• "Groupon, Discount Vouchers, and the Law." Overlawyered. June 27, 2011.
• "To Groupon or Not to Groupon: The Profitability of Deep Discounts." Plastic Surgery Practice. August 8, 2011.
• "Analysis: Groupon Growth Lures Rivals and Regulators." Reuters. July 20, 2011.
• "Update 3-groupon Ipo Dented by Market, New Numbers." Reuters. August 10, 2011.
• "How Effectively Does Groupon Leverage Its Size?." Reuters. June 4, 2011.
• "Groupon's Legal Risks and Hidden Gift to Merchants." Reuters. June 16, 2011.
• "Groupon Offers First Car Deal, Targets Bigger Items." Reuters. July 12, 2011.
• "Lawsuits Could Alter Deals Landscape." Screenwerk. August 9, 2011.
• "Estimating Groupon's Disclosed Yet Unquantified Liabilities." Seeking Alpha. October 31, 2011.
• "Groupon’s Lax Legal Line Could Put Retailers At Risk, Researchers Say." Storefront Backtalk. June 29, 2011.
• "Daily Deal Providers May Be Violating Consumer Protection Laws." TechCrunch. June 15, 2011.
• "Groupon's Gray Legal Status." Technology Inc.. June 17, 2011.
• "Why Groupon Shouldn't Get Into the Business of Big-Ticket Items." The Atlantic. July 14, 2011.
• "Groupon's Coming Legal Problems." The Examiner. June 27, 2011.
• "Groupon Faces Multitude of Legal Headaches in US." The Register. June 27, 2011.
• "The Groupon Phenomenon -- Is it Sustainable?." The Wiglaf Journal. July 2011.
• "Are Daily Deals Good For Merchants and Consumers?." TroopSwap. June 16, 2011.
• "Struggling Firms Turn to Daily-Deal Sites." Wall Street Journal. July 15, 2011.

Remedies for Search Bias (February 2011)

• "The FTC, Google, and the Ben Edelman Critique." National Review Online. June 27, 2011.
• "Ben Edelman Interview on Google." Bloomberg. April 12, 2011.

Measuring Bias in "Organic" Web Search (January 2011).

• "Google Fights Self-Promo Claims By Harvard Professor." AccuraCast News. January 24, 2011.
• "Is Google Biased? Sure It Is. But Good Luck Proving It." Advertising Age. January 26, 2011.
• "Does Google Favor Its Own Results?." American Public Media. January 20, 2011.
• "Can You Trust What You See On Google?." American Public Media. January 21, 2011.
• "Keywords: Google, European Commission. Anyone Feeling Lucky?." Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog. January 30, 2011.
• "Hit Boosting and Google." ArnoldIT.com. January 20, 2011.
• "Harvard Researcher Rejects Google's 'Personal Attack'." BBC News. January 21, 2011.
• "Search Marketing Alert: Bing More ‘Biased’ than Google, Study Says." Brafton News. November 4, 2011.
• "Do Search Engines Favor Their Own Sites?." Brafton News. January 20, 2011.
• "Does Google Favor Its Own Services?." Business Insider. January 19, 2011.
• "HBS Professor Slams Google’s Methods." The Harvard Crimson. January 25, 2011.
• "Researcher Attacks Google for Biased Search." dci. January 25, 2011.
• "Google Denies Rankings Hanky-Panky As EU Pursues Probe." E-Commerce Times. December 1, 2010.
• "European Commission Opens Antitrust Investigation Against Google." Economics of Android. November 30, 2010.
• "The Search Neutrality Debate." The Great Websites Blog. January 25, 2011.
• "Does Google Deliberately Engage in Deceptive Practices? Maybe and Maybe Not." Huffington Post. September 19, 2011.
• "Is Google Favoring Itself In Its Search Results?." Huffington Post. January 21, 2011.
• "Google Accused of Rigging Search Results; Will Face $418-million Lawsuit." International Business Times. June 29, 2011.
• "A Weighted Similarity Measure For Non-conjoint Rankings Spam Filtering For Web Results »." IREvalEtAl. January 19, 2010.
• "Researcher Attacked For Google Bias Study." ITProPortal. January 21, 2011.
• "Gaming Your Google Search." The Kojo Nnamdi Show. February 22, 2011.
• "The Knights Templar Meet The Google Search Results Conspiracy Theories!." Lauren Weinstein's Blog. January 21, 2011.
• "Google Accused Of Returning Biased Results." Liquida. January 27, 2011.
• "PageRank, EdgeRank, PeopleRank: Secret Algorithms Lead Your Attention." Scharnetzki's Line of Reasoning. January 22, 2011.
• "Are Google Bad Guys Or Good Guys?." No PC Thoughts. January 23, 2011.
• "Researchers: Google, Yahoo! Search Results Favor Their Own Services." NPR. January 19, 2011.
• "Trekt Google Bewust Bepaalde Diensten En Websites Voor?." Netties. September 21, 2011.
• "Google's 'Dominance' of Search Gets Senator's Attention." paidContent.org. March 10, 2011.
• "Why Google-ITA is Like Microsoft-Intuit 1995." Precursor Blog . January 19, 2011.
• "My Message to Google: Stop Cheating." TechCrunch. February 26, 2011.
• "Narcissus’ Search Engine: Are Engines Biased Towards Their Own Products?." Search Terms. February 2, 2011.
• "Search Engines Have A Bias In Showing Their Own Sites?." Search Engine Roundtable. January 20, 2011.
• "Google's Missing Disclosure." Seobook. December 15, 2010.
• "Google's Take On SEOs." Seobook. January 19, 2011.
• "How To Measure Bias In Google's Results." Seobook. January 21, 2011.
• "Google Experts Weigh In On Search Bias, Antitrust." San Francisco Chronicle. March 21, 2011.
• "Ben Edelman Says Google Favors Its Own Results." San Francisco Chronicle. March 21, 2011.
• "Report: FTC Considering Broad Google Antitrust Probe." San Francisco Chronicle. April 5, 2011.
• "Study: Google “Favors” Itself Only 19% Of The Time." sphinn. January 19, 2011.
• "More Complaints About Google Putting Their Own Content First, But Is That Bad?." State of Search. December 13, 2010.
• "Google Gins Search Formula To Favor Its Own Services." The Register. January 19, 2011.
• "Harvard Prof Attacked For Saying Google Is Biased." THINQ.co.uk. January 21, 2011.
• "Search Engines: Bing More Biased Than Google." Third Age. November 8, 2011.
• "How Skewed Google Search Results Would Disrupt Travel." tnooz.com. January 25, 2011.
• "Does Google Tamper Search Results For Its Own Benefit ?." Trak.in India Business Blog. November 25, 2010.
• "European Commission Opens Antitrust Investigation Against Google." WATBlog.com. December 2, 2010.
• "Concurrence Déloyale : Google Plaide Non Coupable." ZDNet France. September 21, 2011.
• Coverage also available in Dutch (1, 2, 3, 4), Finnish , French (1, 2, 3), German (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8), Japanese, Polish (1, 2), Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish.

To Groupon or Not to Groupon: The Profitability of Deep Discounts (December 2010).

• "How Groupon Can Help (or Hurt) Your Business." BNET. January 13, 2011.
• "On The Wisdom Of Groupon." Economic Logic. February 3, 2011.
• "To Groupon Or Not To Groupon: New Research On Voucher Profitability." Harvard Business Review Blogs. January 12, 2011.
• "Is Groupon Good For Retailers?." HBS Working Knowledge. January 10, 2011.

Knowing Certain Trademark Ads Were Confusing, Google Sold Them Anyway -- for $100+ Million (November 2010).

• "Google Plans Stronger Copyright Protections." Information Week. December 3, 2010.
• "Unsealed Brief In Google Trademark Case Shows Little Cause For Confidentiality." MediaPost Online Media Daily. November 30, 2010.
• "Google Pushes To Keep Reams Of Documents Secret In Major Trademark Case." paidContent.org. February 18, 2011.
• "Google's Missing Disclosure / Alternative Paths to Endless Cash." Seobook. December 15, 2010.

Hard-Coding Bias in Google "Algorithmic" Search Results (November 2010).

• "Intentional Google Bias Forcing Web Traffic?." ArnoldIT.com. December 3, 2010.
• "O Vilão Google." Blog Do Gabriel. August 17, 2011.
• "Ben Edelman Interview on Google." Bloomberg. April 12, 2011.
• "Are Search Engine "Sponsored Links" Misleading Users?." BNET. November 30, 2010.
• "Researchers Suspect Bias in Google Search." Boycott Google.
• "Revealed: Google "Hard-Codes" Its Own Links To Appear At The Top Of Search Results." Business Insider. November 17, 2010.
• "Hard-coding Bias In Google Algorithmic Search Results." Centreof the Picture Industry. November 19, 2010.
• "Google Targeted By EU Antitrust Probe." CIO.com. November 30, 2010.
• "Is Google’s Search Engine Marketing Results Biased Towards Its Partners?." ClickThrough. November 16, 2010.
• "Hard-coding Bias In Google ‘Agorithmic’ Search Results." Daring Fireball. November 16, 2010.
• "Google Is Not Unbiased Search Engine: Liars Who Favor Their Own Services." Ecommerce Journal. November 16, 2010.
• "European Commission Opens Antitrust Investigation Against Google." Economics of Android. November 30, 2010.
• "Google Bias: Caught Red Handed?." Econsultancy. November 16, 2010.
• "Putting Google Answers First." FT tech hub. November 15, 2010.
• "Google's Earnings Spotlight Its Antitrust Liabilities." Forbes. October 14, 2011.
• "Remove Google Properties From Search With a Comma." ghaks.net. March 9, 2011.
• "Google's Evolution and Eroding Customer Trust." CNN iReport. March 8, 2011.
• "Of Course Google Rigs Search Results To Favor Its Own Sites." IT World. November 23, 2010.
• "On Algorithmic Bias." Jesse Wilson. November 16, 2010.
• "Hard-Coding Bias In Google "algorithmic" Search Results." Kottke.org. November 17, 2010.
• "Edelman On Google’s Ranking Of Its Services." madisonian.net. November 20, 2010.
• "Does Google Favor Its Own Sites in Search Results?." Moonlight AT News. November 22, 2010.
• "EU Investigation Puts GBS Power Grab In Perspective." Open Book Alliance. November 30, 2010.
• "Hard-Coded Bias In Google Search Results?." Open Source. November 20, 2010.
• "Jerry Brito on Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt’s Congressional Senate Testimony." National Review Online. September 21, 2011.
• "Does Google Favor Its Own Sites In Search Results?." PC WOrld. November 22, 2010.
• "Hard-coding Bias In Google "Algorithmic" Search Results." Phil Bradley's weblog. November 20, 2010.
• "Google's Search Rankings Exposed as Subjective." The Precursor Blog. February 26, 2011.
• "Google's 'Algorithmic Hand' Proves an Unstable Market Mechanism." The Precursor Blog. March 3, 2011.
• "Leona Googley: "Only Little People Follow Rules"." The Precursor Blog. March 8, 2011.
• "Some Very Strong Words About Google Print Initiative From A Uk Columnist And Other Google Bits." ResourceBlog. November 22, 2010.
• "Hard-Coding Bias In Google…." Richard Wilkinson. November 17, 2010.
• "Live Blog: Google’s Eric Schmidt at The US Senate Hearing." Search Engine Land. September 21, 2011.
• "Google Fights Claims Of Bias In Instant, Local Search." SearchEngineWatch.com. December 14, 2010.
• "Google Continues To Extend Their Reach." searchnewz. November 16, 2010.
• "Google+ Doorway Pages / Scraper Site." Seobook. September 15, 2011.
• "Google's Missing Disclosure Netflix's Risky Position." Seobook. December 15, 2010.
• "Technology: Hard-coded Bias In Google Search Results?." Slashdot. November 19, 2010.
• "Google Experts Weigh In On Search Bias, Antitrust." San Francisco Chronicle. March 21, 2011.
• "Ben Edelman Says Google Favors Its Own Results." San Francisco Chronicle. March 21, 2011.
• "Report: FTC Considering Broad Google Antitrust Probe." San Francisco Chronicle. April 5, 2011.
• "Kann Google Selbst Auf Seo Verzichten?." Mein Marketing-Blog. November 19, 2011.
• "More Complaints About Google Putting Their Own Content First, But Is That Bad?." State of Search. December 13, 2010.
• "My Message to Google: Stop Cheating." TechCrunch. February 26, 2011.
• "5 Motivos Que Tornam O Google Um Verdadeiro Vilão." Tecmundo. August 16, 2011.
• "Google Tampers With Search Results To Rank Itself First - Report." TechEYE.net. November 24, 2010.
• "Search Engine Self-Promotion Endemic, Says SEO Expert." TechEYE.net. November 29, 2010.
• "Has Google Succumbed To Monopolistic Practices?." Technology Review. November 21, 2010.
• "Google Accused Of Hard-coding Own Links In Search Harvard Prof Waves Google Antitrust 'Smoking Gun'." The Register. November 15, 2010.
• "Does Google Tamper Search Results For Its Own Benefit?." Trak.in India Business Blog. November 2010.
• "Is Google Being Accused Of The Wrong Thing?." ViryaTechologies. November 16, 2010.
• "European Commission Opens Antitrust Investigation Against Google." WATBlog.com. December 2, 2010.
• Coverage also available in Danish, Dutch (1, 2, 3), Finnish, French (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), German (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), Japanese (1, 2), Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, and Spanish (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).

"Sponsored Links" or "Advertisements"?: Measuring Labeling Alternatives in Internet Search Engines? and A Closer Look at Google's Advertisement Labels (November 2010).

• "‘Sponsored Links’ Versus ‘Paid Ads’." CoRE economics. November 10, 2010.
• "Google, Bing And Yahoo!: Your Users Don’t Know What ‘Sponsored’ Means." Forbes.com. November 9, 2010.
• "First Look." HBS Working Knowledge. November 23, 2010.
• "Sponsored Links' Or 'Advertisements'?: Measuring Labeling Alternatives In Internet Search Engines." HBS Working Knowledge. November 30, 2010.
• "Three Changes To Google Ads You Should Be Aware Of." Memburn. November 29, 2010.
• "Ctrs Jump After Google Changes Name Of Ads [Report]." SDH Interactive. November 15, 2010.
• "Google Does Away With “sponsored Links” Label, Now Ads Are Labeled 'Ads'." Search Engine Land. November 5, 2010.
• "Study: Clear Ad Labeling Reduces Paid Clicks By 25 Percent." Search Engine Land. November 9, 2010.
• "Study: Change From “Sponsored Links” To “Ads” Increased Ctrs On Google." Search Engine Land. November 16, 2010.
• "Ctrs Jump After Google Changes Name Of Ads [report]." SearchEngineWatch.com. November 17, 2010.
• "Harvard Prof Thumps Google For 'Tiny' Search Ads Label Google's Shock 'we Serve Ads' Claim Deconstructed." The Register. November 10, 2010.
• "Google Changes “Sponsored Links” To “Ads” – Watch Your Click-through Rates." The Search Agents. November 11, 2010.
• "Click-through Rate Jumps 11.4% After Google Changes “Sponsored Links” To “Ads”." The Search Agents. November 15, 2010.
• "International - Microsoft’s Trademarks Symposium Establishes New Forum For Industry Debate." World Trademark Review. February 4, 2011.
• Coverage also available in Dutch, Swedish.

Tying Google Affiliate Network (September 2010)

• "What Google Buying Groupon Means For Search Marketing." Seobook. November 30, 2010.

Remarks on Microsoft Efforts to Detect and Deter "Click Laundering" (May 2010).

• "Microsoft Takes Aim At Click Laundering With Two Lawsuits." Marketing Vox. May 19, 2010.
• "Microsoft Takes Aim At Click Laundering." MediaBuyerPlanner. May 19, 2010.
• "Microsoft Chases 'Click Laundering'." PC WOrld. May 19, 2010.
• "Microsoft: 'Click Launderers,' We'll Sue Your Pants Off." Seattle Pi. May 19, 2010.
• "Microsoft To Online Advertisers: No Fake Clicks, If We Can Help It." Tech Flash. May 19, 2010.
• "Microsoft Files Suit For Faking Clicks On Web Advertising." The Seattle Times. May 19, 2010.
• "Microsoft Files More Click-fraud Lawsuits." The Seattle Times. May 19, 2010.

Facebook Leaks Usernames, User IDs, and Personal Details to Advertisers (May 2010).

• "Facebook Privacy Breach? More Like A Snafu." Adotas. October 18, 2010.
• "Gasp! Facebook Shared Usernames With Advertisers." All Facebook. May 22, 2010.
• "Facebook Caught Sharing Secret Data With Advertisers." Ars Technica. May 2010.
• "Facebook Privacy Report Gets Journalist Arrested in Australia." The Atlantic Wire. May 18, 2011.
• "Facecrooks." Balloon Juice. May 21, 2010.
• "Mark Z: Grow Up." Blown to Bits. May 23, 2010.
• "Facebook Sort of Apologizes, and Fixes One Problem." Blown to Bits. May 26, 2010.
• "Is Facebook Incompetent, Ignorant, or Simply Arrogant?." BNET. October 25, 2010.
• "Plugging Privacy Leaks." The Boston Globe. July 10, 2010.
• "Ben Edelman Explains How Facebook Leaks User-Identifying Data to Advertisers." Business Insider. May 21, 2010.
• "Facebook Shares Information With Advertisers." Clickindia. May 24, 2010.
• "Facebook Sent Some User Data to Advertisers." cnet news. May 20, 2010.
• "Sites Caught Sharing Secret Data With Advertisers, Report Says." CNN Tech. May 21, 2010.
• "Social Networks May Be Sharing Your Info With Advertisers." Computerworld. May 21, 2010.
• "Facebook Shared Personal Data With Advertisers Without User Consent." Daily Finance. May 20, 2010.
• "Ben Edelman Explains How Facebook Leaks User-Identifying Data to Advertisers." Daring Fireball. May 21, 2010.
• "WSJ: Privacy Loophole Discovered at Facebook, MySpace." digitalmediawire. May 21, 2010.
• "Facebook Leaked Users' Real Names With Advertisers, Suit Say. Ben Edelman Have Details About It Since May 2010.." Donna's Security Flash. October 14, 2010.
• "More Privacy Trouble Brewing for Facebook and other Social Networking Sites." E-Commerce News. May 21, 2010.
• "Facebook Violates Privacy Promises, Leaks User Info to Advertisers." Electronic Frontier Foundation. May 21, 2010.
• "7 Reasons Why We Hate Facebook Even More." elistmania. June 9, 2010.
• "Busted: Facebook Gave Advertisers Names and Ages of People Who Clicked Ads." Forbes.com. May 21, 2010.
• "For Facebook, the Privacy Snowball Just Keeps On Rolling." Gigaom. May 21, 2010.
• "Harvard Business School Faculty On Facebook And Privacy." Harvard Business School. October 21, 2010.
• "Facebook Users Will Soon Have More Control Over Their Personal Info." Hawaii News Now. May 26, 2010.
• "Social Networking Sites Passing On User Data to Ad Agencies." Help Net Security. May 21, 2010.
• "Facebook's New Privacy Controls Likely Won't Affect Retailer's Efforts." Internet Retailer. May 27, 2010.
• "Facebook Sharing Users Details With Advertisers." Latest News. May 25, 2010.
• "Respect Confidentiality." Lauren Bloom's Blog. May 21, 2010.
• "Facebook Data Privacy Flaw Found by Security Company." Marketing Pilgrim. May 11, 2011.
• "Facebook Argues That Personally Identifiable Data Leaks Do Not Violate Wiretap Laws." MediaPost Online Media Daily. January 12, 2011.
• "Facebook Sued For Sharing Users' Names With Advertisers." MediaPost Online Media Daily. June 2, 2010.
• "How Facebook Leaks Your Data, Then Denies It." Meek Geek. May 28, 2010.
• "Facebook Announces About-face on Privacy Policy." MSNBC. May 2010.
• "Does Facebook Take Their Own Privacy Policy Seriously?." PC Magazine Blogs. May 21, 2010.
• "Diaspora: An Antidote For Your Facebook Privacy Problems." PC World. March 29, 2011.
• "Facebook And Google Update: Who's Worse On Privacy?." Privacy Revolt. June 8, 2010.
• "Unbelievable: WSJ Calls Facebook's Referring URLs a Privacy Violation (UPDATED)." Read Write Web. May 20, 2010.
• "Social Media: The Privacy And Security Repercussions." Search Engine Watch. June 19, 2010.
• "Ads On Social Networks: Loopholes Through Which Private Data Is Leaked." sfnblog.com. .
• "Facebook Breaches Its Privacy Policy." suite101.com. May 24, 2010.
• "Facebook Sued For Exposing People's Names To Advertisers." SOFTPEDIA. October 15, 2010.
• "Who Needs Friends Like Facebook?." Technology-Headlines. May 27, 2010.
• "Making Sense of Facebook and MySpace's Privacy Loophole." The Atlantic Wire. May 21, 2010.
• "Social Media Privacy Scandal Revealed. Advertisers Know More Than They Should." The Blog Herald. May 21, 2010.
• "Facebook Gives User Info To Advertisers: Harvard Univ Professor." The Economic Times. May 23, 2010.
• "Does Facebook Take Their Own Privacy Policy Seriously?." The Hackers Edge. May 22, 2010.
• "Facebook Tell-tale Referrer Headers Violated Privacy Policy." The Register. October 14, 2010.
• "Facebook, MySpace Confront Privacy Loophole." The Wall Street Journal. June 21, 2010.
• "Rwho Needs Friends Like Facebook?." Technology-Headlines. May 27, 2010.
• "Privacy Controversy Prompts Facebook Changes." The CQ Researcher Blog. June 23, 2010.
• "Facebook's Quest To Grow Revenues Apace With Membership." The Washington Post. July 26, 2010.
• "Facebook, Myspace Leaked User Data To Advertisers." The Washington Post. May 21, 2010.
• "Web Watchdogs Dig For Privacy Flaws, Bark Loud." The Wall Street Journal. June 10, 2010.
• "Busted: Social Websites Sharing Personal Data." Ton's Guide. May 21, 2010.
• "Facebook Walks A Tricky Line Weighing Privacy Vs. Profit." USA Today. June 16, 2010.
• Coverage also available in German (1, 2), Indonesian.

Sony's Crackle: Invisible Traffic Galore (April 2010).

• "Are Video Pre-Roll Companies being scammed out of millions." Industry Pace. August 24, 2010.
• "Known Scam-Artist Torq Cisek Tracked Again." INDUSTRYPACE. August 24, 2010.
• "1x1 Web Ads." Livejournal. April 27, 2010.

Measuring the Perpetrators and Funders of Typosquatting (February 2010).

• "Google Typosquat Cash Pegged at $497m per Year." AdSense Bootcamp. February 17, 2010.
• "Google Toolbar Tracks." Bloggermind. January 27, 2010.
• "Google Making Money Off Typos." Blogging Stocks. February 18, 2010.
• "Plugging Privacy Leaks." The Boston Globe. July 10, 2010.
• "Harvard Study Finds Typos Give Google $500 Million A Year." Bostonist. March 3, 2010.
• "Benjamin Edelman in Circleid: Measuring Typosquatting Perpetrators and Funders." Box of Meat. February 18, 2010.
• "How Much Does Google Earn From Typosquatting?." Brian.Carnell.Com. February 25, 2010.
• "When You Mean Facebook but Type Faecbook." Bloomberg Businessweek. November 3, 2011.
• "Undesirable Consequences Of Empirical Studies On Cybersquatting." Circle ID. August 22, 2010.
• "'Gogole' Jack Google Revenue." Coretan Dunia Maya. February 20, 2010.
• "Study: URL Typos Earn Google $497 Million Per Year." c|net News. February 18, 2010.
• "Typos May Earn Google $500m a Year." CY.TALK. February 18, 2010.
• "Typosquatting And Brand Owners; Comments From Ben Edelman." Cyveillance. March 2, 2010.
• "Out of Office Spam." Daily Journal.
• "Million-Dollar Typos Cause Worldwide Losses." Deseret News. October 7, 2011.
• "URL Typosquatting Makes $497 Million per Year to Google, Revealed a Study." diTii.com. February 20, 2010.
• "Edelman: Domainers Cause Harm, Add Little Value." Domain Name Wire. March 3, 2010.
• "Report: Google May Earn $497 Million a Year from Typosquatting." Domain Name Wire. February 17, 2010.
• "Typosquatting May Earn Google $500 Million Per Year." DomainNews.com. March 2, 2010.
• "Google Makes $497 Million a Year on Your Typos in the Search Bar." Ecommerce Journal. February 18, 2010.
• "Google Possibly Earning $500 Million Yearly from Cybersquatting." Erictric. February 18, 2010.
• "Is Google Profiting Unfairly From Typosquatters?." Fast Company. February 17, 2010.
• "Google Typosquat Cash Pegged at $497m per Year." Finance Business Articles. February 2010.
• "Google Makes Nearly $500 Million a Year Because of Domain Typos." Gadgetell. February 18, 2010.
• "Google May Make $500 Million A Year On Typos." Geek O System. February 18, 2010.
• "Remainders - The Things We Didn't Post: Lazybones Edition." Gizmodo. February 17, 2010.
• "Typosquatting May Earn Google $500 Million Per Year." Goldstein Report. February 3, 2010.
• "Markets in Brief." HAARETZ.com. February 21, 2010.
• "URL Typos Earn Google $497M Per Year." Hard OCP. February 19, 2010.
• "Google Making Millions on Misspelled URLs." iMedia Connection. February 18, 2010.
• "Google May Earn $500m Through Deceptive Website Address." Indiaserver.com. February 18, 2010.
• "Just How Evil is Google?." Info World. August 29, 2011.
• "Google Adwords: Legal Issues - TYPOSQUATTING." Intellectually Legal: By Rahul Dev. April 11, 2010.
• "Google Making Nearly $500m From Typosquatting." IT Pro Portal. February 19, 2010.
• "URL Typing Errors Earning Google $500 Million a Year?" IT Pro. February 19, 2010.
• "Typosquatting: A Brief Foray." KaatzLaw: Helping Trademark Owners Protect Their IP Rights On The Internet. February 26, 2010.
• "Tyler Moore and Ben Edelman on Typosquatting." The Laboratorium. February 17, 2010.
• "Botnet-driven Click Fraud Attacks Pilfering Millions From Advertisers." The Last Watchdog. April 23, 2010.
• "E-Quiz." Library@Kendriya Vidyalaya Pattom. March 1, 2010.
• "Typosquatting: There's Big Money Being Made." Library Journal.com. February 19, 2010.
• "Why the Cabinet Office's £27bn Cyber Crime Cost Estimate Is Meaningless." Light Blue Touchpaper. February 17, 2011.
• "Typos Make Google Money." MacTribe. February 18, 2010.
• "Typosquatting Costs Google Advertisers $497M/Yr." Marketing Charts. March 2, 2010.
• "Google Earns $500M in Typo-Squatting Ads… Says Researcher With No Bias Whatsoever!" Marketing Pilgrim. February 18, 2010.
• "Edelman: Typosquatting Costs Google Advertisers $497M Per Year." Marketing Vox. March 1, 2010.
• "Google May Make $500 Million a Year on Typos." Mediaite. February 18, 2010.
• "A $500M Settlement Isn't the End of Google's Woes." Marketing Vox. August 30, 2011.
• "Google may be making $497 Million Annually from Typo-Squatters." Money Life. February 19, 2010.
• "Using Google AdWords on Content Networks, a Click-fraud Investigation." Muhimbi. February 19, 2010.
• "Good, Bad, Ugly...the 2010 That Was." net.wars. December 31, 2010.
• "Researchers: Google Profits From Web Typos." NPR. February 23, 2010.
• "Darned Typosquatters!" NetVideoMaker.com. October 24, 2009.
• "Typos May Earn Google $500m a Year." New Scientist. February 17, 2010.
• "Google’s Annual Rev. From Typosquatting Put At $497m." Programming Blog. February 18, 2010.
• "Edelman: Typosquatting Costs Google Advertisers $497M Per Year." Online Marketing Blog. February 3, 2010.
• "Google 'Close to $500m Settlement' Over Illegal Drug Ads." The Register. May 13, 2011.
• "Typosquatting, Search Engines, and Just a Few Dollars (-:." Resource Shelf. February 17, 2010.
• "Study: Google Earns $497 Million Per Year From URL Typos." Review Speaks. March 2010.
• "Measuring the Perpetrators and Funders of Typosquatting." Schneier on Security. March 15, 2010.
• "Typos Worth Half a Billion: Google Profiting from the Negligence of Internet Users." SEO Audit. February 21, 2010.
• "Google’s Annual Revenue from Typosquatting Put At $497m." SEO Karachi. February 21, 2010.
• "Typos May Earn Google £320m a Year." Sideways News. February 19, 2010.
• "Google Makes US$500mil a year from Typosquatting?." Singapore SEO & Online Marketing Blog. February 22, 2010.
• "Technology: Google Makes $500M a Year on Typos." Slashdot. February 18, 2010.
• ""Typosquatting" May Net Google $497 Million a Year." The Slatest. February 19, 2010.
• "500 Mio. Dollar für Google Durch Tippfehler." Splusk. February 18, 2011.
• "Google Advances In Telephony, E-Books, YouTube." Sramana Mitra. October 19, 2009.
• "Policing Google and Other Fun Topics: Ben Edelman." Sviokla.com Blog. February 17, 2010.
• "URL Typos Earn Google $497 Million per Year, Study Says." TechNexus.info. February 19, 2010.
• "Is Brand Name Typosquatting Really Cybersquatting." Tekblog. March 11, 2010.
• "For Google, the Market Is Worth Half a Billion Typos." Telechargementdz Blog. February 21, 2010.
• "Poor Typing Nets Google $500 Million a Year." TG Daily. February 18, 2010.
• "URL Typos Amount to Big Earnings for Google." topclick media. February 23, 2010.
• "Google Typosquat Cash Pegged at $497m per Year." The Register. February 18, 2010.
• "Google Earns a Fortune Out of URL Typos." THINQ.co.uk. February 18, 2010.
• "Typosquatting Earn Google $497m." VS Affiliates Blogs. February 21, 2010.
• "Typosquatting is Big Business - $497 Million/Year According to Recent Study." webnames blog.ca. March 17, 2010.
• "Google's Annual Rev. From Typosquatting Put At $497m." WebProNews. February 17, 2010.
• "URL Typos Earn Google $497 Million per Year, Study Says." WinBeta. February 19, 2010.
• "Update: Google's Annual Revenue at $497 Million." Windy City Strategies. February 22, 2010.
• "Google's Annual Revenue at $497 Million." Windy City Strategies. February 18, 2010.
• "Good Week/Bad Week: Cleveland Ranks on Forbes' 'Misery Index'." WNYC. February 26, 2010.
• "URL Typos Earn Google $497 Million per Year, Study Says." ZDNet. February 17, 2010.
• Coverage also available in Chinese, Danish, Dutch (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13), German (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), Hungarian, Polish, French (1, 2), Hungarian (1, 2), Indonesian, Italian (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), Lithuanian (1, 2, 3), Polish (1, 2, 3, 4), Portuguese, Serbian, Spanish (1, 2, 3), Turkish (1. 2).

Google Toolbar Tracks Browsing Even After Users Choose "Disable" (January 2010).

• "Google Toolbar Tracks Browsing Even After Users Choose to Disable." Above Top Secret. Janaury 26, 2010.
• "Google: Toolbar Data Persistence a Bug, Fix Available." Ars Technica. January 26, 2010.
• "A Good Reason NOT to Use The Google Toolbar." Bauer-Power. February 2, 2010.
• "Google Reducing AdSense Payouts & Secretly Tracking Toolbar Users." Blogstorm. January 26, 2010.
• "Even Disabled, Google Toolbar Followed Web Movements." BNET Insight - The View from Harvard Business. January 27, 2010.
• "Is the Google Toolbar Tracking Your Browsing Even When You Tell it Not to?." Computer Doctor Tips. January 26, 2010.
• "Google Toolbar Tracks Browsing Even After Users Choose 'Disable'." The Crime Studio. January 27, 2010.
• "Google Toolbar Tracks User Even When 'Disabled'." The Cyberculturalist. February 2, 2010.
• "Issue #49." Dave's Computer Tips. February 1, 2010.
• "Google Sued Over Google Toolbar Sending Data Even While “turned Off”." diTii.com. November 15, 2010.
• "How To Know If a Toolbar (Like Google's) Is Tracking You When It's Disabled." Download Squad. January 27, 2010.
• "Forget China: Is Google's Toolbar Spying on You?" Fast Company. January 26, 2010.
• "Study Suggests That Google Toolbar Transfers Data Even In Disabled State." Ghacks.net. January 26, 2010.
• "Google Toolbar Tracks Your Browsing Even After It's Been Disabled." Gizmodo. January 27, 2010.
• "Privacy Issue in Google Toolbar Fixed." The H Security. January 29, 2010.
• "Google Toolbar Violates Privacy Policy." [H]ard|OCP. January 26, 2010.
• "Linkpost 1.26.10." Houston Chronicle - TechBlog. January 26, 2010.
• "Google Toolbar Tracks Browsing Even When It's Been Disabled, Report Says." Huffington Post. January 26, 2010.
• "Google Issues Fix for Web Tracking Loophole in Toolbar Add-On." Research - ICM Omnibus. January 27, 2010.
• "Sneaky, Sneaky: Disabled Google Toolbar Continues to Track Your Browsing Habits." Ineedhits. January 26, 2010.
• "Google Sued Over Past Toolbar Troubles." Information Week. November 15, 2010.
• "Google Fixes Toolbar Privacy Flaw." Information Week. January 26, 2010.
• "Google Toolbar Keeps Going and Going: With All Your Search Queries." The Inquirer. January 26, 2010.
• "Hey Google, Isn't Disabled Supposed to Mean .. Well .. Disabled?" The Inquisitr. January 26, 2010.
• "Google Faces Toolbar Suit." ITBusinessEdge. November 15, 2010.
• "Google Toolbar: Removed the Problems with Data Protection." It-Chuiko. January 29, 2010.
• "Google Toolbar Tracks, Even if We Do Not Want?" It-Chuiko. January 26, 2010.
• "Google Toolbar Bug Allows Google To Track Sites Visited." ITProPortal. January 27, 2010.
• "Google Toolbar Raises Privacy Concerns." IT Pro. January 27, 2010.
• "The Snoopy Google Toolbar." IT World. January 27, 2010.
• "Google: Toolbar Data Persistence a Bug, Fix Available." Karan Goel. January 28, 2010.
• "Ben Edelman, Ph.D., J.D. // Gmail //." Katherine Albrecht (radio). February 1, 2010.
• "Google Fixes Toolbar Privacy Flaw." Law and Technology. January 28, 2010.
• "Get Google Toolbar's Features Without the Toolbar." Lifehacker. January 28, 2010.
• "Remains of the Day: Getting to Know Your Semicolon Edition." Lifehacker. January 26, 2010.
• "Google Toolbar Spying on Whitehouse.gov (and Others)?" Marketing Pilgrim. January 26, 2010.
• "Google Toolbar Keeps Tracking Your Browsing Even After You Choose Disable?" Mashable. January 26, 2010.
• "Is the Google Toolbar Tracking Your Browsing Even When You Tell it Not To?." Maximum PC. January 26, 2010.
• "Lawsuit Alleges Google Toolbar Violated Federal, Calif. Laws." MediaPost Online Media Daily. November 12, 2010.
• "Google Keeps Privacy Snafu Too Quiet For Too Long." MediaPost. January 26, 2010.
• "Google Toolbar Tracks Browsing Even After Users Choose "Disable" <= Do No Evil? I Don’t Think So." Rod Trent at MyITForum. January 25, 2010.
• "I Turned the Google Toolbar Off, But It Kept Spying On Me…." OptimizeGuru. January 27, 2010.
• "Pandia Search Engine News Wrap-Up." Quang Ba Website. January 31, 2010.
• "Google Toolbar Tracks Browsing Even After Users Choose 'Disable'." PC Magazine Security Watch. January 26, 2010.
• "Google Toolbar Still Spies When Told Not To." PC Magazine. January 25, 2010.
• "Google Toolbar Tracks Some Browsing Even When It’s Not Supposed To." PC World. January 25, 2010.
• "The Snoopy Google Toolbar." Practical Technology. January 27, 2010.
• "InformationWeek: Google Fixes Toolbar Privacy Flaw." Privacy Lives. January 28, 2010.
• "Google Toolbar Caught Tracking Users When 'Disabled'." The Register. January 27, 2010.
• "Quick Hits." Reputation Defender. January 26, 2010.
• "Google Sued Over Toolbar Data Collection Error." research.. December 21, 2010.
• "What Did Google Do In 2009?." ReavaHealth.com Blog. January 28, 2010.
• "Ben Edelman Suggests Uninstalling the Google Toolbar." Catherine Forsythe - Open Salon. January 26, 2010.
• "Google Sued Over Toolbar Sending Data While Turned Off." Search Engine Land. November 15, 2010.
• "Disabling The Google Toolbar Doesn't Stop Google From Tracking You." Search Engine Land. January 26, 2010.
• "Harvard Lawyer who Consults for Microsoft Says Google Is Doing Something Evil with Google Toolbar." Secret Diary of Steve Jobs. January 26, 2010.
• "Google Toolbar Tracks Browsing Even After Users Choose “Disable”." Security Cadets. January 31, 2010.
• "Google Toolbar Tracks Searches After It's Disabled." Sunbelt Blog. January 25, 2010.
• "Policing Google and Other Fun Topics: Ben Edelman." Sviokla.com Blog. February 17, 2010.
• "Uhhhh, What Was That Motto? 'Do No Evil'." Timosh. January 26, 2010.
• "Google Toolbar Tracks Users Even When Disabled." Tom's Guide. January 27, 2010.
• "Google Toolbar: Tracking Your Browsing - Bastards!" TorrentBomb News. January 27, 2010.
• "Google Fixes Toolbar Privacy Flaw." Treehugger. January 27, 2010.
• "Adobe and Skype Top My Foistware Hall of Shame." ZDNet. April 28, 2011.
• Coverage also available in Bulgarian, Chinese (1, 2, 3), Dutch (1, 2, 3), Finnish (1, 2), French (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7), German (1, 2), Hebrew (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), Hungarian (1, 2, 3), Indonesian, Italian (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8), Japanese (1, 2), Lithuanian (1, 2), Macedonian, Polish (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7), Portuguese (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ), Russian (1, 2), and Spanish (1, 2, 3), and Turkish.

Upromise Savings -- At What Cost? (January 2010).

• "Plugging Privacy Leaks." The Boston Globe. July 10, 2010.
• "Upromise Savings Transmits Members’ Credit Card Data To Shopper-Metrics Firm." Business Computing World .co.uk. January 22, 2010.
• "Upromise Security Hole: Your Credit May Be Compromised." Inexpensively. January 23, 2010.
• "Upromise Toolbar Betrays Privacy." PCMAG.COM BLOGS. January 21, 2010.
• "Upromise Working on Privacy Issue." PCMAG.COM BLOGS. January 22, 2010.
• "Upromise Toolbar Betrays Privacy." PogoWasRight.org. January 23, 2010.
• "Die Datenkrake und der Datenschutz." seoFM. January 26, 2010.
• "Upromise Savings Transmits Members' CC Data in the Clear to Shopper-metrics Firm." Sunbelt. January 21, 2010.
• "How Does Compete Get Its Web Traffic Data? At Least One Way Sounds Very Sketchy.." TechCrunch. February 25, 2010.

Google Click Fraud Inflates Conversion Rates and Tricks Advertisers into Overpaying (January 2010)

• "Google Faces The Slickest Click Fraud Yet." AdMonsters. January 13, 2010.
• "Spyware & Click Fraud." blogstorm. January 13, 2010.
• "Harvard Profressor Uncovers New Click Fraud Scheme." Blueliner. February 15, 2010.
• "Behavioral Targeting Click Fraud." Christian Nielsen's Blog. February 6, 2010.
• "A Graduate Level Course In Click Fraud." ClickForensics. January 13, 2010.
• "Fraude au Clic Google: On ne Facture Qu’aux Riches." CNIS Mag. January 20, 2010.
• "Show Notes: The CyberJungle Episodes 103 and 102 Jan 12 2010." The Cyber Jungle. January 16, 2010.
• "Google Faces The Slickest Click Fraud Yet." Forbes. January 12, 2010.
• "Click-Me! No? Then I'll Just Click Myself." Hub Science. January 13, 2010.
• "Google Ignoring (Benefiting From) Click Fraud?" Kikabink. January 28, 2010.
• "Edelman: Typosquatting Costs Google Advertisers $497M Per Year." Marketing Vox. March 1, 2010.
• "Click Fraud Gets More Elaborate with 'Real' Purchases." Marketing Vox. January 21, 2010.
• "Click Fraud Uses Real Purchases to Avoid Detection." MediaBuyerPlanner. January 21, 2010.
• "Professor Detects New Generation of Click-Fraud." MediaPost Online Media Daily. January 13, 2010.
• "Is Behavioral Targeting Being Used for Click Fraud?" MediaPost Online Media Daily. February 5, 2010.
• "Is Behavioral Targeting Being Used for Click Fraud." The NMS Blog. February 24, 2010.
• "Microsoft Slings Mud At Google Chrome." The Register. April 1, 2010.
• "Is Clickfraud Getting Smarter." Professor Sabena's Blog. February 16, 2010.
• "Harvard Professor Details New, 'Insidious' Form of Google Click Fraud." Search Engine Land. January 13, 2010.
• "Google Pay Per Click Fraud." SEO, News. January 16, 2010.
• "Policing Google and Other Fun Topics: Ben Edelman." Sviokla.com Blog. February 17, 2010.
• "Is Someone Stealing Your Search Queries? Why Might They Do That?" ThreatFire Research Blog. January 22, 2010.
• "Click Fraud Gets Slicker." Tom Cuthbert. January 13, 2010.
• "Spyware Scams Contribute to Rise in Fraudlent Pay Per Click." We Do Web Content. February 8, 2010.
• "Google PPC Click Fraud Getting Harder to Detect." WebProNews. January 16, 2010.
• "Google PPC Click Fraud Getting Harder to Detect." Windy City Strategies. January 14, 2010.
• Coverage also available in French (1, 2), 2).

Google Still Charging Advertisers for Conversion-Inflation Traffic from WhenU Spyware (January 2010)

• "Power Tends to Corrupt…." All Bits Considered. January 11, 2010.
• "Spyware Linked to Google Ads." AllSpammedUp. January 14, 2010.
• "Spyware Researcher Says Google Should Drop Partnership with Shady Advertising Partner." mx logic. January 7, 2010.
• "Expert: Fraudsters Pull Tricks With Google Ads." PC WOrld. January 11, 2010.
• "Google Complicit in Spyware Rip-Off of Advertisers." PCMAG.COM BLOGS. January 9, 2010.
• "Google (Still) Pocketing Dollars for Free Clicks." The Register. January 5, 2010.
• "Researcher Lifts Lid on Google's Spyware Connections." threat post. February 6, 2010.
• "Researcher Exposes Google Spyware Connections." ZDNet. January 6, 2010.
• Coverage also available in Dutch, Hebrew, Japanese.

Personal Rapid Transport at Vectus, Inc. (November 2009)

• "Entrepreneurs See Opportunity in People Movers." bnet. December 15, 2009.
• "Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?." HBS Working Knowledge. December 14, 2009.
• "The Challenge of PRT Systems for Indian Entrepreneurs." Machaan Labs. June 4, 2011.
• "The Future of Automated Public Transport." Sox First. January 8, 2010.

Deception in Post-Transaction Marketing (November 2009)

• "Credit Card Companies Criticized Over Letting Internet Scams Go On." Brick House. December 18, 2009.
• "Congress Probes Visa, AmEx Role in Web Scam." cnet news. December 8, 2009.
• "President Obama's Promises, Health Care Reform Expensive Inaction, New Credit Card Rules, Toyota Recall, Post-Transaction Marketing Scheme." CNN. January 30, 2010.
• "How an Oil Baron's Heir Cleaned Up a $1.4 Billion Internet Scam." Daily Finance. March 10, 2011.
• "How To Beat Online Shopping Scams." Financial Post. April 17, 2010.
• "Visa, MasterCard, AMEX Grilled Over Web Scams." Forbes. December 3, 2009.
• "Lawmakers Slam Deceptive Web Marketers." Information Week. November 18, 2009.
• "Senate Cracks Down on Sneaky Membership Club Dues." Today Show. November 17, 2009.
• "The Subscription Trap." PC World. March 1, 2010.

Invisible Banner Advertisements & Miscellaneous Ad Fraud.

• Expert Slams Online Ads. Ad News (Australia). August 14, 2009.
• "Doubleverify Ceo Netzer On New Fraud Detection Group." AdExchanger. July 22, 2010.
• "Transparency Can Defeat Invisibility." Adify Blog. October 12, 2009.
• "Ecommerce Rule #7: Affiliates Are Risky. Don't Let Them Pick Your Pocket." Sarah Tavel / Adventurista. September 10, 2010.
• "Living in the Real World." Burst Media. October 13, 2009.
• "Malicious Banners: What's Old Is New Again." ClickZ. October 15, 2009.
• "'Invisible Ads' Scam a Real Issue, But Damage May Be Slight." ClickZ. October 12, 2009.
• "This Info Wont Be For Everyone!." David Shillito. October 28, 2010.
• "Microsoft to Online Advertisers: No Fake Clicks, If We Can Help It." Digital News. May 19, 2010.
• "What Does Carmen Electra, Cyber-terrorism And Meg Whitman Have In Common? Ebay!." Digital Point. August 2, 1010.
• Increasing Online Advertisement Fraud in the US: Benjamin Edelman." Digital Trend 2009. Mainichi Shimbun. December 5, 2009.
• "Click Fraud? Don’t Forget about Impression Fraud." Domain Name Wire. October 14, 2009.
• "Kraft Foods, Capital One and Others Are Defrauded By Invisible Ad Scammers." Ecommerce Journal. October 16, 2009.
• "Record Click Fraud Boosted By Fake Video, Cell Phone Traffic." Forbes.com. October 21, 2010.
• "Google's Ad Gadfly." Forbes. October 12, 2009.
• "Is The Ebay Affiliate Program Evil?." Go rumors. August 6, 2010.
• "Living In the Real World." Huffington Post. October 14, 2009.
• "Publishers duping advertisers with invisible ads." iMedia Connection. October 12, 2009.
• "Mainstream Media Finally Paying Attention To Malware Advertisements On Exchanges? Why Have They Been Ignoring It Until Now?." Industry Pace. December 14, 2010.
• "Issues In Advertising Fraud: What Is Fraud?." INDUSTRYPACE. July 28, 2010.
• "Redorbit Sues Torq Cisek And Scam Crew For $25 Million; Blackmail Continues.." INDUSTRYPACE. October 18, 2010.
• "Mainstream Media Finally Paying Attention To Malware Advertisements On Exchanges? Why Have They Been Ignoring It Until Now?." INDUSTRYPACE. December 14, 2010.
• "Botnet-driven Click Fraud Attacks Pilfering Millions From Advertisers." The Last Watchdog. April 23, 2010.
• "Microsoft Takes Aim At Click Laundering With Two Lawsuits." Marketing Vox. May 19, 2010.
• "Edelman: Typosquatting Costs Google Advertisers $497M Per Year." Marketing Vox. March 1, 2010.
• "Invisible Ads Haunt Marketers." Marketing Vox. October 16, 2009.
• "Ben Edelman Could Save Your Collective Asses." Media Bistro. October 12, 2009.
• "Microsoft Takes Aim at Click Laundering." MediaBuyerPlanner. May 19, 2010.
• "A Death Foretold: Are Ad Networks In Decline?." MediaPost Online Media Daily. March 3, 2010.
• "A $500M Settlement Isn't the End of Google's Woes." Marketing Vox. August 30, 2011.
• "Capital One Unknowingly Buys Invisible Web Ads." MyBankTracker. October 12, 2009.
• "Sleazy Marketers Game Google's Sponsored Ads." PC World. July 28, 2010.
• "Microsoft Chases 'Click Laundering'." PC WOrld. May 19, 2010.
• "To Fight Online Scammers, Bing Shows Warning Ads." PC World. September 29, 2009.
• "Affiliates Indicted For Cookie Stuffing." ReveNews. July 29, 2010.
• "Digital Point Solutions Responds To eBay’s Cookie Stuffing Allegations with Mud Slinging." ReveNews. August 3, 2010.
• "Microsoft Files Suit For Faking Clicks On Web Advertising." The Seattle Times. May 19, 2010.
• "Microsoft Files More Click-fraud Lawsuits." The Seattle Times. May 19, 2010.
• "Microsoft: 'Click Launderers,' We'll Sue Your Pants Off." Seattle Post Intelligencer. May 2010.
• "Microsoft To Online Advertisers: No Fake Clicks, If We Can Help It." Tech Flash. May 19, 2010.
• "Marketers Beware of Illegitimate Ad Space Online." Utalk marketing.com.
• "Web Ads Hidden Under Cloak of Invisibility." The Wall Street Journal. October 12, 2009.
• "Advertisers Scammed By Invisible Impressions." WebProNews. October 13, 2009.
• Coverage also available in Chinese, Dutch, Japanese and Spanish.

Towards a Bill of Rights for Online Advertisers (September 2009).

• "Ben Edelman Proposes Bill of Rights for Online Advertisers." 5 Star Affiliate Programs. September 21, 2009.
• "Google on Search: Size Doesn't Matter That Much." Advertising Age. October 12, 2009.
• "Edelman Proposes Bill of Rights for Online Advertisers." ClickZ. September 21, 2009.
• "Google on Search: Size Doesn't Matter That Much." ClickZ. September 25, 2009.
• "A Bill of Rights for Online Advertisers?." Econsultancy. September 22, 2009.
• "First Look - October 14." HBS Working Knowledge. October 14, 2010.
• "Toward a Bill of Rights for Advertising." Media Bistro. September 23, 2009.
• "Waking Up to the Realities of Digital in the Marketing Mix." Microsoft Communications Sector. September 22, 2009.
• "Advertising's Unanswered Questions." Minyanville. September 22, 2009.
• "Advertising's Unanswered Questions." MSN Money. September 22, 2009.
• "One Bad Apple: The Complete Checklist on Google’s “Non Anti-Piracy” Anti-Piracy Policies." Music-Technology-Policy. January 22, 2011.
• "The December Issue of the Journal of Advertising Research (JAR) Has Great Metrics Articles!." Practical Marketing Analytics. January 25, 2010.
• "Harvard's Edelman Proposes a Bill of Rights for Online Advertisers." Search Engine Land. September 21, 2009.
• "Prof. Defends Online Advertisers’ Rights." The Harvard Crimson. September 25, 2009.
• "Towards a Bill of Rights for Online Advertisers." The Hill. March 16, 2010.
• "Harvard Professor Proposes Online Advertisers Bill Of Rights." Virtual Butterfly. March 12, 2010.
• "Bill of Rights for Online Advertisers Proposed." WebProNews. September 25, 2009.
• Coverage also available in Japanese.

Priced and Unpriced Online Markets (July 2009).

• "More on Broadband Caps." CoRE Economics. August 27, 2009.
• "Wanted: More Open Source Research." Linux Journal. December 20, 2009.

Front-Running Study: Testing Report (June 2009).

• "There Is No Domain Front Running, says ICANN." domainmacher.com. August 12, 2009.
• "There Is No Domain Front Running, says ICANN." Dominik's Blog. August 13, 2009.
• "'No Evidence of Front Running' Says Internet Security Expert Following ICANN-Commissioned Study." iEstates.com. August 5, 2009.
• "Study Refutes Front-running Claims." Legalbrief Today. October 14, 2009.
• ICANN Study Finds No Domain Front Running. Cybercrime Newsletter. September-October 2009.
• "ICANN Can't Find Evidence Of Domain Front Running." Techdirt. August 7, 2009.
• "Test Indicates Domain Front Running a Non-Issue." WebProNews. August 5, 2009.

How Google and Its Partners Inflate Measured Conversion Rates and Increase Advertisers' Costs (May 2009).

• "Advertisers Overpaying for Google Ads." Adotas. May 15, 2009.
• "Ben Edelman Accuses Google Of Conversion Inflation Fraud." All I Want Here. May 14, 2009.
• "Google Defrauding Advertisers Claims Harvard Professor." ElectroGeek. May 13, 2009.
• "Harvard Professor Accuses Google of Ad Fraud." Fudzilla. May 14, 2009.
• "Google Defrauds Advertisers, Report Claims." Information Week. May 13, 2009.
• "Harvard Professor Accuses Google of Conversion Fraud." IPTV 2. May 15, 2009.
• "Google Defrauding Advertisers Claims Harvard Professor." iReport. May 18, 2009.
• "Google Accused of Conversion-Inflation Syndication Fraud." IR Thoughts. May 15, 2009.
• "An Open Letter to Online Ad Networks." Jatin Mahindra. July 28, 2009.
• "Cashing Out: Week of May 17th-23rd 2009 in Online Marketing News." ReveNews. May 24, 2009.
• "Ben Edelman Accuses Google Of Conversion Inflation Fraud." Search Engine Land. May 14, 2009.
• "Google Defrauds Advertisers, Report Claims." SecGuru. May 2009.
• "PPC Waste -- Sloppy or Just a Cost of Doing Business?." Sunbelt. May 14, 2009.
• "Don’t Be Evil! Oh, Wait…." T-Bone. May 19, 2009.
• "Google Greasing the Numbers? So What?" The Milwaukee SEO. May 18, 2009.
• "Google Accused of Selling Free Clicks." The Register. May 20, 2009.
• "Ben Edelman Accuses Google Of Conversion Inflation Fraud." Wakahuia. May 14, 2009.
• "Harvard Professor Claims Google Conversions Inflated." WebProNews. May 18, 2009.
• Coverage also available in German (1, 2).

Miscellaneous ad fraud / Securing Online Advertising: Rustlers and Sheriffs in the New Wild West. (2008-2009)

• "Malware, Spyware Growing Threat." Adotas. May 4, 2009.
• "Porn Sites Allegedly Committing 'Hidden' Online Ad Fraud." AVN. March 16, 2011.
• "Issues in Managing Online Advertising Fraud." Biznik. January 2009.
• "Book Review “Beautiful Security”." Anton Chuvakin Blog - "Security Warrior". May 31, 2009.
• "You Are Stupid if You Continue to Ignore Advertising Fraud." ClickZ. August 8, 2011.
• "Digital Advertising: Fraudian Slip." The Economic Times. April 8, 2009.
• "The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator." HBS Working Knowledge. October 31, 2011.
• "IAA Digital Download: Engagement Is Where the Strength Lies in Digital." Exchange 4 Media. March 27, 2009.
• "US Uncovers Alleged 'Click-Fraud' Ring." . November 9, 2011.
• "Beautiful Security, New from O'Reilly." infoZine. May 19, 2009.
• "Online Ads: Advertisers Must Track Fraud Issues." LiveMint. June 19, 2009.
• "Beautiful Security." Locker Gnome. May 15, 2009.
• "Online Advertising and How People Cheat." My Biased Coin. December 3, 2008.
• "Are You Paying for Click Fraud, and Do You Care?" The News Review. February 3, 2010.
• "Beautiful Security." Slashdot. July 6, 2009.
• "Off Screen, Porn Sites Track Advertisers." The Wall Street Journal. March 16, 2011.
• "Web Ad Sales Open Door to Viruses." The Wall Street Journal. June 15, 2009.

In Support of Utah's HB450 (March 2009).

• "Who Says Users Don't Want Competitors' Ads in Search Results?." TechDirt. March 16, 2009.
• "Ben Edelman Gets It Wrong on Utah H.B. 450." The Laboratorium. March 10, 2009.

Running Out of Numbers: Scarcity of IP Addresses and What to Do About It (March 2009).

• "Coming Crisis? The Internet Is Quickly Running Out of IP Addresses." bnet. March 17, 2009.
• "Could the Internet Run Out of Space?." CNN. March 28, 2009.
• "A Market for IP Addresses." Economic Logic. October 25, 2011.
• "When the Internet Runs Out of IP Addresses." HBS Working Knowledge. March 16, 2009.
• "Running Out of Numbers: Scarcity of IP Addresses and What To Do About It." HBS Working Knowledge. March 16, 2009.
• "Could the Internet Run Out of Space?." IPv6 ontwikkelingen. March 30, 2009.
• "Internet Running Out of IP Addresses, May Have to Rely on P.O. Boxes." Strange Herring. March 30, 2009.
• "What's in theJournals, March 2009: Finite Possibilities." The Economist. March 31, 2009.

Red Light States: Who Buys Online Adult Entertainment? (Winter 2009).

• "Pornography a topic at General Conference." ABC 4. October 4, 2009.
• "Study: Churchgoers Like Porn, but Don't Buy It on the Sabbath." Associated Baptist Press. March 3, 2009.
• "Statistics Say Conservatives Buy More Porn." Anne of Carversville. February 12, 2010.
• "Pornography and the Bible Belt." Answer Bag. .
• "Online Adult Entertainment: Are Conservatives Really Buying More Porn Than Others?." Associated Content. January 14, 2010.
• "Pornography Fact of the Day." The Bayesian Heresy is MTEF. March 6, 2009.
• "Self-righteousness And Kink: Perfect Together?." Big Think. September 1, 2010.
• "Republicans Love Porn." Blast Off. March 3, 2009.
• "Porn Will Turn You Gay, Ergo UT #1 Gay State." Blogging Blue. September 22, 2009.
• "Red States Consume More Porn?." Boing Boing. February 27, 2009.
• "Utahns Really Love Their Online Porn." Box Turtle Bulletin. February 28, 2009.
• "We SO Can’t Resist This One…." Centex Register. February 27, 2009.
• "Conservatives Reported To Watch More Porn." Chattah Box. February 28, 2009.
• "Posturing Against Pornography." Chicago Tribune. April 21, 2011.
• "Porn Okay, Except on Sunday?" Christianity Today. March 5, 2009.
• "Porn: Cyber Crimes Unit A Solid Asset." Clarion Ledger. March 13, 2010.
• "Study: Miss. Ranks High in Porn Subscriptions." Clarion Ledger. March 12, 2009.
• "Red Staters Consume the Most Online Porn." Cliff52's Jounal. March 1, 2009.
• "The Porn Index." Creative Class. March 4, 2009.
• "2 Hoffman Zip Codes Have Unusually High Number of Adult Site Subscribers." Daily Herald. March 12, 2009.
• "We Knew It! Porn is Good.." Dallas Observer. April 28, 2011.
• "Porn In The Usa: Conservatives Are Biggest Consumers." Damn Devil's Hell Blog. July 15, 2010.
• "Harvard Business School Study Looks at Online Porno Sales." DaniWeb. February 27, 2009.
• "The Moral High Ground." Daylight Atheism. March 27, 2009.
• "The Religious Right and Pornography (Seriously)." Dead Rats. March 19, 2009.
• "Who Buys Online Porn?" Economic Logic. May 29, 2009.
• "Preparing For War, Not Worship." End Bigotry in Venango County. March 6, 2009.
• "At the Front of the Culture Wars: Trying Times to Be Republican… by Gimleteye." Eye on Miami. June 28, 2009.
• "Red Tide Rising: Online Erotica in Conservative America." Feminist Law Professors. March 29, 2009.
• "Dear Economist: How Unusual Is My Husband’s Porn Habit?." Financial Times. May 30, 2009.
• "Red States Heart Internet Porn." The Frisky. March 2, 2009.
• "Snow Day." FiveThirtyEight. March 2, 2009.
• "Why Your State Sucks: The Depressing But True Map Of America." Gadling. January 27, 2011.
• "Red State Porn Purchasing Power." Gay News Blog. March 4, 2009.
• "Sin and Conservatism." Hall Institute of Public Policy - NJ. June 30, 2009.
• "Study Links Porn to Politics." The Harvard Crimson. March 4, 2009.
• "Fifteen Questions with Benjamin G. Edelman '02." The Harvard Crimson. March 10, 2009.
• "Conservatives, Religious Consume More Porn." Homotron. February 27, 2009.
• "Hawaii No. 2 in Nation in Online Porn Subscriptions, Study Says." Honolulu Advertiser. March 3, 2009.
• "Sour Poi Awards." Honolulu. January 2010.
• "Who Buys Adult Entertainment? You Might be Surprised." If Liz were Queen. March 4, 2009.
• "Porn in the U.S.A." Jade Walker's Oddities. March 14, 2009.
• "Monologue." Jay Leno. September 1, 2011.
• "Monologue." Jay Leno. March 3, 2009.
• "Why Does It Not Surprise Me that the Holier-than-thou Red States Index Rather Well in the Purchase of Internet Pornography." Kerfuffle. February 28, 2009.
• "Hunter: Porn And Beer And Life's Little Surprises." knoxnews.com. March 30, 2010.
• "Conservatives and Pornography." Liberal Values. February 27, 2009.
• "Smut!" Linear A. February 27, 2009.
• "Maria Stuart: One Nation, Under Porn...." Livingston Daily. March 15, 2009.
• "Welcome to Utah, Online Porn Capital of the USA." Locker Gnome. May 28, 2009.
• "Harvard Study Links People's Political Minds with Their Dirty Ones.." The Massachusetts Daily Collegian. March 9, 2009.
• "Utah (Montana) Fact of the Day." Marginal Revolution. February 24, 2009.
• "Online Porn Habits in the USA Revealed." Marie Claire. March 2, 2009.
• "Markets for Adult Entertainments." Market Design. February 21, 2009.
• "Harvard Business School Study Looks at Online Porno Sales." The Michigan Messenger. March 4, 2009.
• "Porn-Loving Conservocrits." The Mobtown Shank. February 27, 2009.
• "When Conservatives are Porn Hounds." Montreal Simon. February 27, 2009.
• "No Porn on Shabbos!." My Jewish Learning. March 6, 2009.
• "Conservatives Use More Porn." Netharuka. March 1, 2009.
• "Porn in the USA: Conservatives are Biggest Consumers." New Scientist. February 27, 2009.
• "NEW ERA." NewsLanc. January 2, 2010.
• "The Prurient Trap." The New York Times. June 26, 2009.
• "Digital Flirting -- Easy to Do and Easy to Get Caught." New York Times. June 13, 2011.
• "Churchgoers Buy Porn Except On Sunday." NewsRadio 1420 KJDL. March 6, 2009.
• "The Conservative Political Action Conference and Other Dark Visions: Part 2." Online Journal. March 13, 2009.
• "Religio-Conservative Red States Secretly Love Their Blue Movies." OpEd News. March 8, 2009.
• "Alaskan Range: Statistics." Open Writing. July 14, 2009.
• "Utah Tops States With the Highest Consumption of Porn." Pam's House Blend. March 2, 2009.
• "Utah: Online Porn Capital of America?." PC WOrld. March 3, 2009.
• "Study: Utah Leads Nation in Online Porn Purchases, Sales Higher Nationwide in Religious Areas." Pensito Review. March 27, 2009.
• "Big (Downloaded) Love." Pimp My Wry. March 3, 2009.
• "Red States Love God, Country ... And Porn." Plastic. February 28, 2009.
• "Sugar Water: Sex!" Pop Culture Dose. December 29, 2009.
• "Why Conservatives Spend More on Pornography." Pyschology Today. March 7, 2009.
• "Porn in the USA: Conservatives are Biggest Consumers." Rabble. February 27, 2009.
• "ABC News: Conservatives Are Biggest Porn Consumers?." RedState. March 1, 2009.
• "Conservative Attitudes on Religion and Pornography Subscriptions in America." Sexy Futures. August 12, 2009.
• "Red State Porn Purchasing Power." San Francisco Chronicle. March 2, 2009.
• "Pakistan: The Worldwide Leader In… Porn?." Secular News Daily. July 15, 2010.
• "The Paradox of American Morality, As Seen From France." Silenced Majority Portal. April 24, 2009.
• "Which State Consumes The Most Online Porn?." social|median. March 5, 2009.
• "What's On Your Computer?." Standard NET. March 7, 2009.
• "The Right Retrenches in the Culture Wars." The Boston Phoenix. March 2, 2009.
• "But You Knew This......" The Brain Police. February 28, 2009.
• "Conservatives 'Consume More Porn'." The Chosun Ilbo. March 9, 2009.
• "Which State Consumes The Most Online Porn?." The Consumerist. March 5, 2009.
• "Online Pornography And Conservativism." The Critical Thinker. March 9, 2009.
• "Conservatives Watch More Porn." The Daily Beast. February 27, 2009.
• "Utah – Home of Polygamy, Persecution and…Porn?." The Examiner. March 10, 2009.
• "The Hypocrisy of Porn-Again Christians." The Freethinker. March 2, 2009.
• "Red States Heart Internet Porn." The Frisky. March 2, 2009.
• "Red (Light) States." The New York TImes. March 3, 2009.
• "Porno and Politics: Mapping America." The Rag Bl*g. March 8, 2009.
• "Utah is No. 1 - For Online Pornography Consumption." The Salt Lake Tribune. March 3, 2009.
• "Jones: Thou Shalt Porn: Utah's Dirty Little Secret Revealed." The Salt Lake Tribune. March 8, 2009.
• "Meeting Warns about Pornography, Technology." The Spectrum. March 13, 2009.
• "Who Likes Porn?." The Stranger. April 27, 2009.
• "Conservatives, Porn, and 'Community Standards'." The Technology Liberation Front. March 2, 2009.
• "Virginia & Maryland In Top 10 Porn-Rich States." The Washington Post. March 10, 2009.
• "What Else Does Utah Have More Than Any Other State? Porn!" The Writing on the Wall. March 16, 2009.
• "Porn, the Bible Belt and the Sabbath - A New Poll." Times Online. March 5, 2009.
• "Hot Docs: Nonprofits Suffer in Bad Economy, Popularity of Online Porn Nationwide." U.S. News & World Report. March 4, 2009.
• "Yet Another Right Wing "Beauty Pageant" Fiasco." WizBangBlue. May 12, 2009.
• "Porn Use Around The World." Your Tango.

Demographics, Career Concerns or Social Comparison: Who Games SSRN Download Counts? (with Ian Larkin) (February 2009).

• "Gaming SSRN Downloads." CoRE Economics. April 1, 2009.
• "Cheating with Publication Metrics on SSRN." Economic Logic. March 23, 2009.
• "Economists More Ethical; US Researchers Not." Organizations and Markets. April 20, 2009.

False and Deceptive Display Ads at Yahoo's Right Media (January 2009).

• "Fake and Deceptive Advertising Is Growing." Bits from Bill. January 14, 2009.
• "Right Media Accused of Selling Deceptive Ads." BizReport. January 17, 2009.
• "Ben Edelman on 'False and Deceptive Display Ads at Yahoo's Right Media'." Certified Bug. January 14, 2009.
• "Deceptive Ads on Yahoo’s Right Media." ChasNote. January 14, 2009.
• "Researcher: Deceptive Ads Still Widespread on Right Media." ClickZ. January 15, 2009.
• "Harvard Prof: Deceptive Ads 'Rampant' On Yahoo's Right Media." Dave Liu. January 16, 2009.
• "Deceptive Ads on Yahoo Right Media." eWeek. January 13, 2009.
• "Yahoo! Has More Than a New CEO...." Fergie's Tech Blog. January 13, 2009.
• "Time for Marketers to Stop Treating Customers Like Fools." Giraffe Forum. February 1, 2009.
• "Blocking Online Ads May Save Energy." Information Week. December 4, 2008.
• "Yahoo's Right Media Accused Of Offering Deceptive Ads." Information Week. January 14, 2009.
• "Fraudology." Langreiter.com. December 8, 2008.
• "Harvard Prof Accuses Right Media of Deceptive Advertising." Marketing Vox. January 20, 2009.
• "Harvard Prof: Deceptive Ads 'Rampant' On Yahoo's Right Media." MediaPost. January 14, 2009.
• "Deceptive Ads Disguised as Windows Alerts." Consumer World Blog. January 15, 2009.
• "Beware Web Ads in Disguise." PC World. January 14, 2009.
• "Harvard Prof: Deceptive Ads ‘Widespread’ On Yahoo’s Right Media." Search Engline Land. January 14, 2009.
• "Yahoo’s Right Media Deception." Security Cadets. January 13, 2009.

CPC/CPA Hybrid Bidding in a Second Price Auction. With Hoan Soo Lee. (December 2008)

• "CPC/CPA Hybrid Bidding in a Second Price Auction." HBS Working Knowledge. March 5, 2009.

Privacy Lapse at Google JotSpot (October 2008).

• "Google Changes JotSpot Privacy Settings after Complaint." c|net News.com. October 31, 2008.
• "Google's JotSpot Exposes User Data." c|net News.com. October 30, 2008.
• "Google's JotSpot Exposes User Data (CNET)." Dileys Online. October 30, 2008.
• "Google's JotSpot Exposes User Data." FierceCIO TechWatch. October 31, 2008.
• "Google's Jotspot May Be Security Nightmare." IT Examiner. November 24, 2008.
• "Luftschloss Cloud Computing." Klaus Schallhorns Suchmaschinenoptimierung. October 31, 2008.
• Coverage also available in Japanese (1, 2).

Unintended Adventures in Browsing (October 2008) and Vulcan Golf, et al., v. Google, et al.

• "Harvard Prof Sues Google over Ads on Typosquatted Domains. active|rain. October 22, 2008.
• "Harvard Professor Says Google is Profiting From Typo-Squatting. AdamDicker.com. October 26, 2008.
• ""Typosquatting" Makes Google $32 Million A Year. Silicon Alley Insider. October 22, 2008.
• "Squatters Rights?." Around Robin. October 14, 2008.
• "Harvard Prof Sues Google over Ads on Typosquatted Domains. Ars Technica. October 22, 2008.
• "Policing Your Brand: Typosquatters. Beneath the Brand. October 28, 2008.
• "Class-Action Denied in Google AdSense for Domains Case." BrandVerity. December 19, 2008.
• "AdSense for Domains - Potential Class Action." BrandVerity. November 5, 2008.
• "McAfee Sees Rise in Stock Scams, Social-engineering Attacks." c|net news.com. October 12, 2008.
• "Google's $32 Million Typosquatting Windfall". ChampsPortal. October 22, 2008.
• "Firms Cash in with 'Typosquatting'." The Detroit News. June 8, 2009.
• "Google Profiting From Typo-Squatting?" DNXPERT. October 20, 2008.
• "Google Profiting From Typosquatting, Report Charges." DomainPulse.com. October 20, 2008.
• "Without Typo-Squatters, How Far Would Google Fall?." DomainUpdates. October 23, 2008.
• "IP Think Tank Global Week in Review." IP Think Tank. October 24, 2008.
• "Harvard Professor Says Google is Profitting From Typo Squatting." FizWho. October 25, 2008.
• "WIRED: Google Profits From Typo Squatting." The Frager Factor. October 15, 2008.
• "HBS Professor Sues Google." The Harvard Crimson. October 17, 2008.
• "Google Hit With Typosquatting Class Action." Hilium. October 23, 2008.
• "Ever Heard of a Typo-squatter?." IM Wired. October 24, 2008.
• "Report Fingers Google's Ill Gotten Gains From Illegal Typo-Squatting." Infosecurity.US. October 14, 2008.
• "Typosquatting: A Civil Conspiracy?." IP Osgoode. November 9, 2008.
• "Typosquatting Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Google by Harvard Business School Professor Benjamin Edelman as Co-counsel." Make it Known! October 26, 2008.
• "Google Funds Typosquatting, Infringement: Study." Law360. October 16, 2008.
• "Calls to Identify Typosquatters." Legalbrief Today. October 2008.
• "Domain Typoes Are a Million Dollar Business." LostRemote. October 14, 2008.
• "Industry Buzz & Snippets: 10/28/08." MarketingVOX. October 28, 2008.
• "Court Denies Class Action Certification In Google Suit." Media Post. December 26, 2008.
• "Should Google Pay Out Typosquatting Billions?" Out-Law Radio. October 30, 2008.
• "Google Should Use Its Own Technology to Defeat Typosquatting, Says Lawyer." Out-Law. October 31, 2008.
• "The Pressure Is On Google For Their Role In Typosquatting." PC Mag Security Watch. October 22, 2008.
• "Without Typo-squatters, How Far Would Google Fall?." The Register. October 23, 2008.
• "Typosquatting and Trade Mark Infringement." Rychlicki.net. October 15, 2008.
• "Google Hit With Typosquatting Class Action." Search Marketing News and Informations. October 27, 2008.
• "Typosquatting Pays Off for Google." Seattle Post-Intelligencer. October 14, 2008.
• "Google Sued for Placing Ads with Typosquatters." Slaw. October 23, 2008.
• "Harvard Prof: Google Earns "$32-$50 million" Annually from Typosquatting Websites." The Industry Standard. October 20, 2008.
• "Cyberlaw Update: Google sued for allowing typo-squatting." Traverse Legal. October 14, 2008.
• "Is Google Profiting From Typosquatting? Harvard Business Professor Sues Google for Mass Trademark Infringement." Traverse Legal. October 19, 2008.
• "Is Google Liable For Typosquatting Domains That Use AdSense?." TechDirt. October 27, 2008.
• "Google Accused of Aiding Typosquatting." In-Tech. October, 2008.
• "Your Typos Keep 200 Googlers Employed." Valleywag. October 22, 2008.
• "Harvard Professor Sues Google Alleging $50M Ad Fraud." WebGuild." October 27, 2008.
• "Google Hit With Typosquatting Class Action." WebProNews. October 23, 2008.
• "Google Profits From Typo Squatting, Report Charge." Wired Blog. October 13, 2008.
• "Suit Claims Google Makes Millions on Typosquatting." ZDNet Government. October 23, 2008.
• Coverage also available in Portugese and German.

CPA Advertising Fraud: Forced Clicks and Invisible Windows. (October 2008.)

• "Report: Advertisers Can't Detect Fraud." iMedia Connection. October 10, 2008.
• "Merchants Lack Technical Skill To Spot Online Ad Fraud ." Information Week. October 9, 2008.
• "Marketers May Not Recognize Click Fraud ." IPTV 2. October 10, 2008.
• "Businesses Incapable of Identifying Online Ad Fraud, Study Says." littlefish. October 10, 2008.
• "Marketers May Not Recognize Click Fraud." MediaPost. October 10, 2008.
• "Online Advertisers Being Scammed by Advertising Fraud." Security ProPortal. October 10, 2008.
• "Son of Click Fraud: Cookie Stuffing." WebProNews. October 8, 2008.
• Coverage also available in Dutch and German.

Securing Online Advertising: Rustlers and Sheriffs in the New Wild West. (September 2008.)

• "Securing Online Advertising: Rustlers and Sheriffs in the New Wild West." HBS Working Knowledge. October 7, 2008.
• "First Look." HBS Working Knowledge. September 23, 2008.
• "Online Advertising -- Ben Edelman." Market Design. October 10, 2008.
• "Concerns over Online Advertising - Malvertisement." The Simmons SOM Library Blog. September 25, 2008.

Auditing Spyware Advertising Fraud: Wasted Spending at VistaPrint. (September 2008.)

• "Report: Affiliate Marketers May Use Adware Deceptively." BizReport. September 30, 2008.
• "Local Company Accused Of Cheating Consumers." The Boston Channel (WCVB). April 1, 2009.
• "VistaPrint and Hydra Network Allow Adware." 5 Star Affiliate Programs Blog. September 30, 2008.
• "Spyware-Driven Ad Fraud Increasingly Widespread." Information Week. September 30, 2008.
• "Report: Affiliate Marketers Use Adware Deceptively." MediaPost's Online Media Daily. September 30, 2008.
• "Cashing Out: Week of October 19-25th, 2008 in Online Marketing News." ReveNews. October 26, 2008.
• "Hydra Responds." ReveNews. October 4, 2008.
• "Reason #4837 Why This Industry Needs an Association." ReveNews. October 1, 2008.
• "Online Marketing News." ScLoHo's Collective Wisdom. October 1, 2008.

Competition among Sponsored Search Services . (July 2008.)

• "A Compelling Argument On How A Google-Yahoo Partnership Will Hurt Advertisers." Clickety Clack: Online Advertising Economics. July 11, 2008.
• "The Googlization of Everything." Concurring Opinions. September 9, 2008.
• "Congress Investigates Google-Yahoo Deal." Madisonian.net: Law, Technology, Society. July 14, 2008.
• "The Google-Yahoo Deal." Market Design. September 17, 2008.
• "Why 'Google Yahoo Ad Deal Is Bad for Online Advertising'." The Precursor Blog. August 12, 2008.

PPC Platform Competition and Google's "May Not Copy" Restriction. (June 2008.)

• "Interview with Jeff Molander - Part I." AdValiant. August 6, 2008.
• "Why Google Makes It Easy To Leave Google." Ars Technica. March 2010.
• "Can AdWords Advertisers Use Multiple Providers?" Domain Name. July 1, 2008.
• "Data Liberation — Life in the Cloud." The Hindu. November 21, 2009.
• "Google Gets Ready for Antitrust Grilling." Information Week. September 19, 2011.
• "Google Fights Facebook's 'Data Dead End'." Information Week. November 5, 2010.
• "Google Sites API Opens SharePoint Escape Route." Information Week. September 24, 2009.
• "The Limits of Google's Data Liberation." Information Week. September 17, 2009.
• "Google Drops the Ball on Data Portability." Information Week. July 1, 2008.
• "Gaming Your Google Search." The Kojo Nnamdi Show. February 22, 2011.
• "Seven Reasons to Doubt Competition in the General Search Engine Market." madisonian.net. March 18, 2009.
• "Google Looks Forward Two-way Data Transfer From Other Sites." mwd.com. November 6, 2010.
• "Google Tells Advertisers Not to Copy Campaigns to Yahoo or MSN. Phinn. July 2, 2008.

Spyware and Adware. Written testimony submitted to the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Hearing on Impact and Policy Implications of Spyware on Consumers and Businesses. (June 2008.)

• "Spyware Bill Should Focus on Behavior, Not Technology, Experts Say." Government Computer News. June 12, 2008.
• "Spyware Bill Cloaks a Mini-UCITA." InfoWorld. June 16, 2008.
• "Experts: Spyware Legislation Needs More Work." IDG News Service. June 11, 2008.

Debunking Zango's 'Content Economy'. (May 2008)

• "Adware Vendor Zango Profits from Pirated Movies, Says Researcher." Computer World. August 18, 2008.
• "Notorious Adware Vendor Zango Shuts Its Doors." Computerworld. April 20, 2009.
• "Adware Distributor Zango Lays Off 68." Computerworld. June 18, 2008.
• "Adware Firm Zango Shuts Doors." eWeek. April 21, 2009.
• "Researcher: Ad Software Maker Likely Violates Copyright." IDG News Service. May 29, 2008.
• "Zango Just Needs to Stop, or Be Stopped." Information Week. June 8, 2008.
• "Zango Scrutinized in New Report from Spyware Researcher." MediaPost. May 28, 2008.
• "Adware on Pirated Movie Sites Raises Legal Questions." NewTeeVee. August 21, 2008.
• "More Funny Business from Zango." PC Magazine Security Watch. June 4, 2008.
• "Accused Adware Purveyor Zango Shuttered by Bank Foreclosure." SC Magazine. April 27, 2009.
• "Harvard Professor Accuses Zango of More Deception." SC Magazine. May 28, 2008.
• "Debunking Zango's 'Content Economy'." Security Garden. May 31, 2008.
• "A New Twist on Movie Sites Promoting Zango Installs." FaceTime Security Labs Blog. September 11, 2008.
• "Ding Dong, Zango is dead!." Sunbelt. April 21, 2009.
• "Zango." Sunbelt Blog. May 28, 2008.
• "Zango Responds to Ben Edelman." Sunbelt Blog. May 28, 2008.
• "Zango May Have Worked Things Out With The FTC, But What About The MPAA?." Techdirt. August 18, 2008.
• "Zango Tries to Reinvent Itself (Again); Lays Off a Bunch of Employees." Techdirt. June 18, 2008.
• "Zango Dissected by Ben Edelman." TeMerc. May 28, 2008.
• "Lawyer Calls Zango Case an 'Opening Salvo.'" XBIZ. September 5, 2008.

Coupons.com and TRUSTe: Lots of Talk, Too Little Action. (March 2008)

• "Can You Trust TRUSTe?" eWeek. March 21, 2008.
• "What the Computer Literate Need to Teach the Computer-Limited." Gongol.com. March 18, 2008.
• "Can You Trust TRUSTe?" PC Magazine Blogs. March 24, 2008.
• "TRUSTe - What Were You Thinking?." John Stottlemire, Pro Se. March 21, 2008.
• "The VeriSign of Privacy? TRUSTe Scales Up and Tackles Mobile, Cloud, and Ads." Xconomy. October 19, 2011.

Optimal Deterrence when Judgment-Proof Agents are Paid in Arrears - with an Application to Online Advertising Fraud. (March 2008)

• "Issues in Managing Online Advertising Fraud." Biznik. January 2009.
• "Delayed Payment Suggested against Online Advertising Fraud." Enduragement. March 25, 2008.
• "Optimal Deterrence when Judgment-Proof Agents Are Paid In Arrears—With an Application to Online Advertising Fraud." HBS Working Knowledge. March 24, 2008.
• "Reducing Risk with Online Advertising." HBS Working Knowledge. March 24, 2008.
• "How To Reduce Affiliate Fraud – Delay Payments Two To Four Months." Marc Porcelli. March 26, 2008.

Critiquing C-NetMedia's Anti-Spyware Offerings and Advertising Practices. (February 2008)

• "C-NetMedia Continues Deceptive Practices." CertifiedBug. February 18, 2008.
• "SpywareRemover - Another Rogue Anti-Spyware." Clean Your Computer. February 2008.
• "Ben Edelman Exposes CNetMedia Shady Practices." Hosts News. February 15, 2008.
• "Anti-Spyware Company Accused of Deception." InformationWeek. February 15, 2008.
• "Bad Behavior." Lavasoft News. February 29, 2008.
• "C-NetMedia Spyware Detection Vendor Accused of Deceptive Practices." National Cyber Security. February 15, 2008.
• "Antispyware Frauds and Misleading Ads." PC Magazine Security Watch. February 14, 2008.
• "Incredible -- C-NetMedia Still Continues Its Grossly Deceptive Practices." Sunbelt Blog. February 19, 2008.
• "C-NetMedia Gets Blasted for Deceptive Marketing." The Tech Herald. February 18, 2008.
• "Washington Attorney General Tells Accused Scareware Purveyors to Change Course." Washington State Office of the Attorney General. April 26, 2011.
• "Ben Edelman Targets C-NetMedia." ZDNet Threat Chaos. February 14, 2008.

Sears Exposes Customer Purchase History in Violation of Its Privacy Policy. (January 2008)

• "Sears Plagued With Controversies." 901am. January 9, 2008.
• "See What Anyone Bought at Sears - Extreme Privacy Invasion." Ad Cult. January 5, 2008.
• "Sears Fixes Security/Privacy Hole on ManageMyHome.com Due To Public Outrage." Awful Marketing. January 5, 2008.
• "Sears Publishes Your Purchase History Online for Anyone to See." Awful Marketing. January 4, 2008.
• "Sears Shows Its Junk ... Again." Baseline Magazine. January 5, 2008.
• "Sears." B2fxxx. January 8, 2008.
• "Posted on Identity Theft Blog by Truston - Why You Should Be Careful Where You Shop Online." Best Identity Theft Blogs. January 5, 2008.
• "Sears Just Doesn't Know What the Hell They're Doing." Big Business Suck! January 5, 2008.
• "Who Do You Trust?" The Big Picture. January 5, 2008.
• "Your Sears Purchase Details Available to the World." Bits from Bill. January 4, 2008.
• "Sears Site Violates People's Privacy!" Blogger News Network. January 5, 2008.
• "Sears (SHLD) Exposes Customer Data." BloggingStocks. January 6, 2008.
• "Online Privacy's Call to Arms." BusinessWeek. January 9, 2008.
• "Sears Violation of Its Privacy Policy." Certified Bug. January 5, 2008.
• "Sears' Online Functions Under Fire." Chicago Sun-Times. January 7, 2008.
• "Privacy Invasion in Three Steps." Cincom Smalltalk. January 4, 2008.
• "The Seedy Side of Sears." ClickZ. January 4, 2008.
• "Lawsuit: Sears Sued For Showing Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought." The Consumerist. January 7, 2008.
• "See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears." The Consumerist. January 3, 2008.
• "Sears Removes 'Find My Product History' From Site." Cool Tidbits. January 5, 2008.
• "Suit Alleges Sloppy Security in Major Sears Site" DarkReading. January 7, 2008.
• "Class Action Suit Alleges Sears Privacy Failures." Donna's Security Flash. January 6, 2008.
• "Sears Exposes Customer Purchase History in Violation of Its Privacy Policy." Donna's Security Flash. January 4, 2008.
• "The Recent Sears Privacy Faux Pas Should Serve as an Example of Why Consumers Need Control over Their Names and Personal Data." The Dunning Letter. February 2008.
• "Sears Puts Customers' Buying History Online." Dvorak Uncensored. January 6, 2008.
• "Sears Web Site Breaks Customer Privacy Policy." eFluxMedia. January 5, 2008.
• "Sears Closes Part of Site, Concedes Purchases Revealed." eWeek. January 6, 2008.
• "Sears, Where America Sues." eWeek. January 7, 2008.
• "Class Action Suit Alleges Sears Privacy Failures." Fergie. January 6, 2008.
• "Sears Exposes Consumer Data, Faces $5M Lawsuit." Flying Hamster. January 7, 2008.
• "Sears Site Violates People's Privacy!" Fraud, Phishing, and Financial Misdeeds. January 5, 2008.
• "Online Consumers Become Privacy Cops." Hispanic Digital Media. January 10, 2008.
• "ComScore Says 'Researchware' Isn't 'Spyware'." Information Week. February 8, 2008.
• "After Criticism, Sears Plugs Web Site's Privacy Hole." IDG News. January 4, 2008.
• "Sears Puts customers' Buying Histories on the Web." IDG News. January 4, 2008.
• "Sears: The Company You Can Trust?" iForem. January 6, 2008.
• "Suit Alleges Sears Exposed Customer Data." IT Business Edge. January 7, 2008.
• "Sears Exposes Customers' Purchase Information." I've Been Mugged. January 7, 2008.
• "Wow... Dumb (Privacy Issue)." M (Censored) & Me. January 7, 2008.
• "Sears' Troubles Grow as More Privacy Concerns Are Made Public." MarketingBlurb. January 9, 2008.
• "Sears Exposes Consumer Data, Faces $5M Lawsuit." MediaPost Online Media Daily. January 3, 2008.
• "Sears (SHLD) Exposes Customer Data." Money Blog. January 7, 2008.
• "Sears Faces Legal Risks from Spyware Program." Newsfactor. January 7, 2008.
• "Sears Listens Somewhat." On Security. January 5, 2008.
• "Sears Doesn't Care about Your Privacy!" On Security. January 3, 2008.
• "Sears's Privacy Promises Broken?" PeruzeIt. January 3, 2008.
• "After Criticism, Sears Plus Web Site's Privacy Hole." Pogo Was Right. January 5, 2008.
• "Come See the Not-So-Private Side of Sears." Practice Blogging. January 4, 2008.
• "Fun With Data." Question the Dogma. January 4, 2008.
• "Sears Sued for Website that Leaked Customer Purchases." The Register. January 7, 2008.
• "Sears Accused of Violating Consumer Fraud Law." Reuters. January 7, 2008.
• "Sears Spying on Its Users & Reveals Their Data." Rinf. January 4, 2008.
• "Sears Sued After Customer Information Exposed." SF Gate. January 8, 2008.
• "Sears Responded." Security Garden. January 5, 2008.
• "No Privacy at Sears! Security Garden. January 4, 2008.
• "Sears Puts Customer Buying Histories on the Web." SecGuru. January 5, 2008.
• "Sears Puts Customers' Buying Historise on the Web." Security News Media. January 4, 2008.
• "What Is a Trustworhty Web Site, Part 2." The Security Mentor. January 5, 2008.
• "Sears Shuts Down Part of Site, Concedes It Was Revealing Purchases." Storefront Backtalk. January 5, 2008.
• "See Everything Your Friends and Neighbors Have Ever ought at Sears." SugarLoving. January 4, 2008.
• "On Top Of Spying On Its Users, Sears Reveals Your Shopping Data To Anyone Who Wants It." TechDirt. January 4, 2008.
• "Sears Exposes Customer Purchase History in Violation of Its Privacy Policy." TechMoz. January 4, 2008.
• "January 2008 Tidbits." Tiny Pineapple. January 4, 2008.
• "Preventing Identity Theft Throughout the Data Life Cycle." Preventing Identity Theft Throughout the Data Life Cycle. January 16, 2009.
• "Why You Should Be Careful Where You Shop Online." Truston. January 4, 2008.
• "Snooping On Your Friends and Neighbors." TYWKIWDBI. January 5, 2008.
• "Sears Revealing What's Inside Your House?." Valleywag. January 4, 2008.
• "Security Breach of the Week: Sears." The Wall Street Journal. January 7, 2008.
• "Class Action Suit Alleges Sears Privacy Failures" SecurityFix - Washington Post. January 5, 2008.
• "Sears's Privacy Promises Broken?" SecurityFix - Washington Post. January 3, 2008.
• "Sears' Online Customer Privacy." Web Guild Silicon Valley. January 5, 2008.
• "January 7, 2008 Webb Alert." Webb Alert. January 7, 2008.
• "Sears Smacked Over Badware." WebProNews. January 9, 2008.
• "Sears Picks New Online Leader; Let's Hope He Gets the Security Thing." ZDNet Zero Day. January 26, 2008.
• "Lawyers Circle Sears Over Privacy." ZDNet Zero Day. January 7, 2008.
• "Play the Sears Privacy Game (And Get Your Neighbor's Purchase History)." ZDNet Zero Day. January 4, 2008.
• Coverage also available in Dutch.

The Sears "Community" Installation of ComScore. (January 2008)

• "Sears Plagued With Controversies." 901am. January 9, 2008.
• "Researcher: Sears' Use of ComScore Software Falls Short on Privacy." Aammaamm38's Weblog. January 2, 2008.
• "Sears Online 'Community' Still Looks More Like Spyware Than A Community." Allnewsplace. January 2, 2008.
• "Beware - The Sneaky Bots Are Everywhere." Anja Merrett. January 8, 2008.
• "FTC forces Sears, Kmart Out of the Spyware Business." Ars Technica. September 13, 2009.
• "Sears: Come See the Softer Side of Spyware." Ars Technica. January 2, 2008.
• "Sears." B2fxxx. January 8, 2008.
• "Sears Really Has More on Your Life." Baseline Magazine. January 7, 2008.
• "Sears Shows Its Junk ... Again." Baseline Magazine. January 5, 2008.
• "Sears Found to Be Using Spyware to Track Visitors." BetaNews. January 2, 2008.
• "Sears Just Doesn't Know What the Hell They're Doing." Big Business Suck! January 5, 2008.
• "Sears Infects Customer Computers with Spyware." BoingBoing. January 2, 2008.
• "Spyware By Sears." Broadband Reports. January 3, 2008.
• "Online Privacy's Call to Arms." BusinessWeek. January 9, 2008.
• "Spyware Found in Sears Online Community Installation." c|net News.com. January 3, 2008.
• "My 'Windows Feedback Copy of Office 2007 Ultimate Just came In." Christopher Miller's Random Thoughts. April 29, 2008.
• "2nd Response to Rob Harles, VP of Sears' SHC Community." CA Security Advisor Research Blog. January 2, 2008.
• "Sears Installs ComScore Tracking Software." Certified Bug. December 31, 2007.
• "Sears' Online Functions Under Fire." Chicago Sun-Times. January 7, 2008.
• "Researchers Find ISPs Inject Ads Into Web Pages." ClickZ. April 21, 2008.
• "The Seedy Side of Sears." ClickZ. January 4, 2008.
• "Sears/Kmart Spyware Scandal (and Falkirk Wheel)." ComputerWorld Blogwatch. January 3, 2008.
• "Researchers Accuse Sears Of Distributing Spyware." The Consumerist. January 3, 2008.
• "Ben Edelman on Sears HOldings Community Install." Cost Per News. January 1, 2008.
• "comScore’s Missing Data: OpinionSquare, RelevantKnowledge." CPM Advisors. February 3, 2008.
• "Sears Admits to Joining Spyware Biz." The Daily Irrelevant. January 2, 2008.
• "Is Sears Sending Spyware to Customers?" DarkReading. January 2, 2008.
• "Privacy Witch Hunt Goes After Sears." Direct. January 8, 2008.
• "Junk Mail Columnist Places Foot in Mouth... Again." The Dunning Letter. February 6, 2008.
• "Adobe, Sears, and Spying Eyes." Ed Foster's Gripelog. January 11, 2008.
• "Sears' Christmas Spyware Surprise. eWeek. January 3, 2008.
• "FTC Raps Sears for Unleashing Spyware on Consumers." The Examiner. June 18, 2009.
• "Sears Installs Spyware." The Far Traveler. January 3, 2008.
• "Researcher Says Sears Downloads Spyware." Flying Hamster. January 1, 2008.
• "Sears.com and Kmart.com Install Spyware. Graceful Flavor. January 2, 2008.
• "Intego Discovers Mac Spyware Piggybacking On Free Screensavers." Guardian. June 2, 2010.
• "Researcher Says Sears Downloads Spyware." Help Net Security. January 2, 2008.
• "Sears and K-Mart Purposely Exposing Web Customers to Spyware." Internet Business Law Services. January 7, 2008.
• "Sears Puts customers' Buying Histories on the Web." IDG News. January 4, 2008.
• "Privacy Lawsuit Against Sears Is Ridiculous." Information Week. January 7, 2008.
• "Researcher Says Sears Downloads Spyware." IDG News. December 31, 2007.
• "Sears: The Company You Can Trust?" iForem. January 6, 2008.
• "Is ComScore Trafficking In Spyware?." Information Week. January 3, 2008.
• "The Sneaky Side of Sears?" Internet News. January 3, 2008.
• "Why Is ComScore Stealing Credit Card Numbers?." ISP Planet. January 03, 2008.
• "Suit Alleges Sears Exposed Customer Data." IT Business Edge. January 7, 2008.
• "Privacy Advocate Blasts Sears Program." IT Business Edge. January 2, 2008.
• "Wow... Dumb (Privacy Issue)." M (Censored) & Me. January 7, 2008.
• "Sears' Troubles Grow as More Privacy Concerns Are Made Public." MarketingBlurb. January 9, 2008.
• "New Year in Spyware." Maximum PC. January 5, 2008.
• "Sears Downloads Spyware?" Network World. January 7, 2008.
• "comScore Sued for 'Sinister and Shocking' Online Tracking." MediaPost Online Media Daily. August 24, 2011.
• "FTC, Sears Settle Complaint About Web Tracking Software." MediaPost Online Media Daily. June 4, 2009.
• "Sears Exposes Consumer Data, Faces $5M Lawsuit." MediaPost Online Media Daily. January 3, 2008.
• "Spyware Guru Charges ComScore Panelists Victimized." MediaPost Online Media Daily. January 3, 2008.
• "Spyware By Sears." Mrmeval. January 5, 2008.
• "Researcher: Sears' Use of ComScore Software Falls Short on Privacy." Network Teks' - High Tech News for Geeks. January 1, 2008.
• "Sears Accused of Using Spyware." News.Antispyware. January 2, 2008.
• "Sears Faces Legal Risks from Spyware Program." Newsfactor. January 7, 2008.
• "The Sears 'Community' Installation of ComScore. On Computer Tips. January 3, 2008.
• "Sears Doesn't Care about Your Privacy!" On Security. January 3, 2008.
• "Adobe and Sears have Boundaries Issues." Open Networks Today. January 3, 2008.
• "Sears Website Privacy Class Action." Overlawyered. January 13, 2008.
• "Sears Spyware Scandal." P2Pnet. January 3, 2008.
• "Sears Agrees to Settle Spyware Charges." Philly. June 4, 2009.
• "Researcher: Sears' Use of ComScore Software Falls Short on Privacy." PogoWasRight. January 2, 2008.
• "Sears.com and Kmart.com Disregard Customer Privacy." Privacy Revolt. January 9, 2008.
• "Questions to Consider in the Coming Privacy Wars." ReadWriteWeb. January 2, 2008.
• "Sears Privacy Problems: Those Who Can Not Remember the Past and All That." Realtime Community. January 2, 2008.
• "US Mega Retailer Settles Spyware Charges." The Register. June 4, 2009.
• "Sears Admits to Joining Spyware Biz." The Register. January 3, 2008.
• "Sears to destroy web tracking data." research.. September 11, 2009.
• "Sears Spying on Its Users & Reveals Their Data." Rinf. January 4, 2008.
• "The Erosion of Personal Privacy." The SANS Technology Institute. February 23, 2010.
• "Spyware Researchers Want Sears to Clarify Use of ComScore to Track Customer Browsing Habits." SC Magazine. January 2, 2008.
• "Sears Spyware Illustrates Perils of Online Commerce." Search Security - TechTarget. January 4, 2008.
• "Why Is Sears Tracking Users' Internet Activity?" Search Security - TechTarget. January 4, 2008.
• "Sears Tracks Internet Users Without Fully Telling Them, Group Says." Seattle Post-Intelligencer. January 8, 2008.
• "Researcher Says Sears Downloads Spyware." SecGuru. January 1, 2008.
• "Sears/Kmart Loading Spyware on Computers?." Securitas Operandi. January 3, 2008.
• "Beware - The Sneaky Bots Are Everywhere." Security Expert. January 9, 2008.
• "Sears's Privacy Promises Broken?" SecurityFix - Washington Post. January 3, 2008.
• "Sears Installs Spyware. Slashdot. January 3, 2008.
• "Sears- Where America Shops? Where Sears Puts Spyware on Your PC." Somervell County Salon. January 4, 2008.
• "Sears Using Spyware to Monitor Your Personal Information." Sourfizz. January 5, 2008.
• "FTC Raises Spyware Charges against a Leading US Retailer." SPAMfighter. June 8, 2009.
• "Found a Critical Bug, But the Company Doesn't Care." . August 5, 2008.
• "Sears' Christmas Spyware Surprise." StorefrontBacktalk. January 3, 2008.
• "READ the EULA!." Sunbelt. June 9, 2009.
• "Privacy and Exhibition." Swarming Media. January 2, 2008.
• "Sears Using Spyware to Monitor Your Personal Information." Switched. January 3, 2008.
• "Sears Online 'Community' Still Looks More Like Spyware Than A Community." TechDirt. January 2, 2008.
• "Sears Admits to Peddling Spyware." TechSpot. January 2, 2008.
• "Beware - The Sneaky Bots Are Everywhere." Thought Leader - Mail & Guardian. January 9, 2008.
• "Spyware Found in Sears Onlnie Community Installation." TMCnet. January 4, 2008.
• "Analysis: Sears' Threat to Privacy Seen." United Press International. January 7, 2008.
• "Sears Covertly Spying for ComScore?." ValleyWag. January 3, 2008.
• "Sears in Hot Water over Privacy Issue." The Washington Times. January 7, 2008.
• "Security Breach of the Week: Sears." The Wall Street Journal. January 7, 2008.
• "January 4, 2008 Webb Alert." Webb Alert. January 4, 2008.
• "Sears and Kmart Tracking Users' Every Online Move Without Their Knowledge." WebMetricsGuru. January 2, 2008.
• "Spyware Found in Sears Online Community Installation." Webware. January 3, 2008.
• "Sears Smacked Over Badware." WebProNews. January 9, 2008.
• "Sears Admits to Joining Spyware Biz." Xenophilia. January 4, 2008.
• "Sears Picks New Online Leader; Let's Hope He Gets the Security Thing." ZDNet Zero Day. January 26, 2008.
• "Lawyers Circle Sears Over Privacy." ZDNet Zero Day. January 7, 2008.
• "Researcher: Sears' Use of ComScore Software Falls Short on Privacy." ZDNet Zero Day. January 1, 2008.
• Coverage also available in Dutch (1, 2, 3) and Hungarian.

A Closer Look at Coupons.com. (August 2007)

• "Spyware Sleuth Points Fingers at an Online Coupon Service." About.com - Coupons / Bargains. September 4, 2007.
• "Can You Trust TRUSTe?" eWeek. March 21, 2008.
• "Coupons.com DRM Likened to Sony Rootkit." Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams. September 1, 2007.
• "Coupons.com DRM Likened to Sony Rootkit." Information Week. August 30, 2007.
• "InformationWeek - Coupon-Gate." Managing Rights Management. September 4, 2007.
• "Can You Trust TRUSTe?" PC Magazine Blogs. March 24, 2008.
• "Downloadable Coupons Come with Sneaky Extras." ProBargainHunter. September 30, 2007.
• "TRUSTe - What Were You Thinking?." John Stottlemire, Pro Se. March 21, 2008.
• "Can TRUSTe Be Trusted?" John Stottlemire, Pro Se. March 18, 2008.
• "TRUSTe Mandates Coupons, Inc Comply with Its TRUSTe Agreement." John Stottlemire, Pro Se. September 21, 2007.
• "Wired.com Interviews Steven Boal, CEO of Coupons, Inc." John Stottlemire, Pro Se. August 29, 2007.
• "Protect Your Privacy with Simple Changes" - "Coupons.com Might Give You More Than Coupons." Windows Secrets. September 27, 2007.
• "Downloadable Coupons Come With Sneaky Extras, Researcher Says." Wired. August 29, 2007.

Zango Practices Violating Zango's Recent Settlement with the FTC. (July 2007)

• "Parasite Alert: DirectCPV / LoudMo Contextual Adware." Affiliate Marketing BLog. February 5, 2010.
• "Judge: Security Company Protecting Customers is Immune from Prosecution." BetaNews. August 30, 2007.
• "Cloning Ben Edelman." Bits from Bill. August 5, 2007.
• "Report from Black Hat and Defcon." Center for Democracy & Technology. August 6, 2007.
• "Researcher Blasts Zango for Violating Deal with FTC Over Adware." Computer World. July 31, 2007.
• "Zango Becomes LeadImpact." Bryn Youngblut. October 27, 2009.
• "Adware Distributor Zango Lays Off 68." Computerworld. June 18, 2008.
• "Ben Bashes Zango." CounterSpyNews. August 3, 2007.
• "Adware Firm Zango Shuts Doors." eWeek. April 21, 2009.
• "Facepalm." Fleeting Expletives. August 23, 2007.
• "History of Zango." The Geeks Product Reviews. April 25, 2009.
• "Zango Founder Calls it Quits." IDG News Service. August 10, 2007.
• "Zango Denies Involvement with Facebook Malware." I Am Spy. January 9, 2008.
• "Zango Denies Involvement with Facebook Malware." Information Week. January 8, 2008.
• "Zango Denies Claim That It's Flouting FTC Agreement." Information Week. July 31, 2007.
• "More Evidence the FTC Is Toothless." isen.blog. August 10, 2007.
• "Zango Accused of More Misbehavior." IT Business Edge - Headline Watch. August 1, 2007.
• "Zango and the FTC." Jimmy Daniels. August 1, 2007.
• "Update on Zango 'Secret Crush' on Facebook." Marketing Shift. January 8, 2008.
• "Must You Install Zango?." PC Magazine Security Watch. May 1, 2008.
• "Adware Firm Continues Bad Behavior, Researcher Claims." PC World. July 31, 2007.
• "More Evidence the FTC is Toothless." isen.blog. August 10, 2007.
• "Zango Violating Their Recent Settlement with the FTC." RealTechNews. July 31, 2007.
• "Fake Firefox site Bundles Undead Adware." The Register. February 3, 2010.
• "Three Days with Zango's Adware." Rushnah Research.
• "Zango Still Misbehaving, Says Researcher." Security Pro News. July 31, 2007.
• "Zango Caught Cheating on FTC Settlement - Again." Silicon Valley Sleuth. July 31, 2007.
• "Ding Dong, Zango is dead!." Sunbelt. April 21, 2009.
• "Zango Defends Snopes." February 3, 2008. February 3, 2008.
• "Ben Edelman Drops a Bomb." Sunbelt Blog. July 31, 2007.
• "Maybe There is Such a Thing as Karmic Justice." Technologizer. July 1, 2009.
• "Accused Spyware Vendor Gives Up Suit." TechWorld. August 29, 2007.
• "Zango Accused of Violating FTC Agreement; Company Denies Allegations." TMCnet. August 1, 2007.
• "Ben Edelman: 'Zango Practices Violating Zango's Recent Settlement with the FTC'." Vital Security. July 31, 2007.
• "Zango Found Violating FTC Settlement." Vnunet. July 31, 2007.
• "Why Botnet Herders Love Adware - Video Blog." Vnunet. July 31, 2007.
• "Ben Edelman on the FTC and Zango - That Trust & Baton Metaphor Again." Wayne Porter. July 31, 2007.
• "Zango Refutes- Pondering the Bonzi Software Settlement." Wayne Porter. July 31, 2007.
• "Zango Ignoring FTC Requirements." WebProNews. August 1, 2007.
• "Pinball Corp’s Appbundler Employs Malware-like Techniques." Webroot. March 29, 2011.
• Coverage also available in German."

Comscore Doesn't Always Get Consent. (June 2007)

• "Trust Program Suspends ComScore Software." Associated Press. August 22, 2007.
• "Adware Lives On." Cheap Hack - eWeek Blogs. July 2007.
• "Privacy Lawsuit Against Sears Is Ridiculous." Information Week. January 7, 2008.
• "Facebook Traffic Takes Off ... Maybe." Information Week. July 6, 2007.
• "ComScore Says 'Researchware' Isn't 'Spyware'." Security Garden. February 11, 2008.
• "ComScore Gets a Spanking." SunbeltBlog. July 21, 2007.
• "ComScore." SunbeltBlog. June 29, 2007.
• "Researchers Blast TRUSTe on User Privacy." Vnunet. July 24, 2007.

The Safety of Internet Search Engines - Revisited. (May 2007)

• "McAfee Declares 4% of Search Results 'Risky'." BizReport. June 12, 2007.
• "McAfee: Organic Search Safer Than Sponsored Links." CIO Issues. June 5, 2007.
• "Searching for Nude Celebrities Opens Door to Computer Viruses." CanWest News Service. June 9, 2007.
• "Digital Marketing Remainders for June 5, 2007." ClickZ News Blog. June 5, 2007.
• "Risky Business: Sponsored Search Links Less Safe than Nonpaid Links." Computer World. June 4, 2007.
• "Nude Britney More Infectious Than Nude Paris." E! News. June 5, 2007.
• "'Search Engine Safety At Risk' -McAfee." Google Blogoscoped. June 6, 2007.
• "Beware of Imposters." Hosts News. September 9, 2007.
• "Nude Paris Hilton Search Won't Yield Virus." iMedia Connection. June 6, 2007.
• "Music and Tech Searches Riskier than Porn." IT Wire. June 4, 2007.
• "Search Results Can Be Risky." Mark's VoxOffice. June 18, 2007.
• "comScore Sued for 'Sinister and Shocking' Online Tracking." MediaPost Online Media Daily. August 24, 2011.
• "Searches Turn Up Spyware." The Modesto Bee. June 5, 2007.
• "McAfee Study Finds 4 Percent of Search Results Malicious." NewsFactor. June 4, 2007.
• "McAfee Reports Drop in Malicious Search Results." PC Magazine. June 4, 2007.
• "Study Finds Searches for Music, Movies, Not Porn, Most Dangerous." Post-Gazette. June 5, 2007.
• "McAfee SiteAdvisor: Safer searches on Google, Ask, AOL than Yahoo, MSN." SC Magazine Australia. June 7, 2007.
• "Searching for Trouble." Security Watchdog. June 5, 2007.
• "Top Cyber News 6/4." 6 News. June 4, 2007.
• "McAfee: Search Engines Falling Down on Security Job." TechNewsWorld. June 4, 2007.
• "Searching for Trouble." Silicon Valley Sleuth. June 5, 2007.
• "AOL Emerges as Safest Search Engine." Tech2. June 9, 2007.
• "Most Risk When Searching for Music or Tech." Technology News. June 6, 2007.
• "Latest McAfee Report Deems Music and Tech-Related Search Terms the Riskiest." TechShout. June 4, 2007.
• "SiteAdvisor Suggests that Music and Tech Related Searches Produce Riskiest Results." TechWhack. June 4, 2007.
• "Google is failing consumers by profiting from scam websites." TIMESONLINE. January 9, 2010.
• "Online Malware Dangers Analysed." Virus Bulletin. June 6, 2007.
• "Search Queries Digging Up Trouble." Vnunet. June 4, 2007.
• Coverage also available in German.

Spyware Still Cheating Merchants and Legitimate Affiliates. (May 2007)

• "Badware Still Plagues Affiliate Marketing." Affiliate Marketing Blog. May 23, 2007.
• "How Netflix and Blockbuster Throw Away Money." Associate Programs. May 2007.
• "Spyware Still Cheating Merchants and Legitimate Affiliates." The Daily Irrelevant. May 22, 2007.
• "Spyware Cheating Affiliate Merchants." Flying hamster. May 21, 2007.
• "Spyware Where the Real Money from the Download Is Made." HiWired. May 21, 2007.
• "ValueClick Not Quite Zango." Marketing Shift. May 21, 2007.
• "Video Aggregator Roo Raises $25 Million in PE Financing." PaidContent: THe Economics of Content. May 10, 2007.
• "Affiliate Programs - Retailers, Watch Your Backs." The Preston Blog. May 24, 2007.
• "Once Again, Merchants Paying Commissions on Organic Traffic." ReveNews. May 21, 2007.
• "The Real Deal on Spyware." Six String Mecha. September 5, 2007.
• "Spyware Still Harming Consumers, Web Advertisers." Tech Daily Dose. May 23, 2007.
• "Another Example of Spyware Screwing Affiliates." Todd's Marketing Blog. May 21, 2007.
• "Spyware Still Cheating Merchants." Slashdot. May 21, 2007.
• "National Spam News." The Spam Diaries. May 30, 2007.
• "Spyware Cheating Affiliate Merchants." WebProNews. May 21, 2007.
• Coverage also available in Dutch and German (1, 2).

How Spyware-Driven Forced Visits Inflate Web Site Traffic Counts. (May 2007)

• "Chasing the YouTube Scammers." ClickZ News Blog. May 17, 2007.
• "Edelman Says Bolt and Others Get Traffic via Spyware." ClickZ News Blog. May 7, 2007.
• "Make Your Web Get High Traffic." Denagung.com. September 17, 2008.
• "Cheap Traffic: If It's Too Good to Be True, It Probably Is...." HipMojo. May 27, 2007.
• "Video Sites Buoyed by Spyware-Driven Fraud." Information Week. May 8, 2007.
• "Scammers Gaming YouTube Ratings for Profit." InfoWorld. May 16, 2007.
• "Blue Frog Reborn as Traffic Boarder." InfoWorld. May 16, 2007.
• "Edelman: Pop-Ups Artificially Inflating Internet Traffic Stats." Internet Outsider. May 7, 2007.
• "Games Boosting on YouTube." p2pnet. May 17, 2007.
• "Measurement Firms, End of the Line?" The Paradigm Shift. May 8, 2007.
• "Latest Use for Spyware: Inflating Traffic Totals." ReveNews. May 7, 2007.
• "How Spyware Make Sites Look More Popular." Scott Manley's Blog. May 14, 2007.
• "Manipulating Popularity Lists." Seattle Post-Intelligencer. May 17, 2007.
• "Traffic Fraud Inflates Video Site Popularity." Slashdot. May 9, 2007.
• "What Is The Real Traffic #?." Thomped. May 8, 2007.
• "When Did Orbitz Become So Sleazy?." Valleywag. May 11, 2007.
• "Bolt.com and Orbitz in the Hall of Shame." Valleywag. May 7, 2007.
• "Inflate Traffic, Pilfer Content, and Bamboozle Investors." Valleywag. January 10, 2007.
• "Lies, Damned Lies, and Web Statistics." Valleywag. December 11, 2006.
• "Web Sites' Lists of 'Most Viewed' Too Easy to Game?." Wall Street Journal. May 15, 2007.
• "Spyware Pops Drove Video Traffic." WebProNews. May 9, 2007.
• Coverage also available in Italian, Spanish.

Advertising Through Spyware -- After Promising To Stop. (March 2007)

• "Watchdog Claims Cingular and Travelocity Served Ads Via Spyware." ClickZ News. March 14, 2007.
• "Researcher: Cingular, Travelocity Tied to Spyware Outfits." Computer World. March 14, 2007.
• "Are Cingular and Travelocity Still Supporting Adware?." The Consumerist. March 15, 2007.
• "Advertising Through Spyware." Donna's Security Flash. March 14, 2007.
• "Advertising Through Spyware - Counuter Thesis." Google Blogoscoped. March 14, 2007.
• "What Is the Ignorance Economy? - Part II." Ignorance Economy. November 9, 2007.
• "Spyware Puts Ads on Google.com." Information Week. March 19, 2007.
• "Advertisers At It Again?." Lavasoft. March 15, 2007.
• "Spyware Bills Should Zap Advertisers." Marketing Shift. March 19, 2007.
• "Critic: Cingular and Travelocity Serving up Spyware Still." Marketing Vox. March 14, 2007.
• "The Spyware Scourge." National Journal's Technology Daily. March 15, 2007.
• "Companies Can't Break Ties to Adware." PC World. April 27, 2007.
• "Unstoppable Adware." PC World. March 14, 2007.
• "Work to be Done." Right Media Blog. March 15, 2007.
• "Old Adware Habits Hard to Break for AT&T and Travelocity." The Register. March 16, 2007.
• "Cingular and Travelocity Still Advertising Through Spyware." ReveNews. March 20, 2007.
• "Still Advertising through Spyware." Security Cadets. March 14, 2007.
• "Supporting Spyware." Sunbelt log. March 14, 2007.
• "Companies That Promised To Stop Advertising In Adware... Still Advertising In Adware." Tech Dirt. March 14, 2007.
• "There's Comedy Gold in Them Thar Hills." Vital Security. March 14, 2007.
• "Shamed Adware Advertisers Slip Up Again." Vnunet. March 19, 2007.
• Coverage also available in Italian and Russian.

The Safety of Internet Search Engines - Revisited. (December 2006)

• "Study Shows One in Twenty-Five Search Results are Risky." Ars Technica. December 13, 2006.
• "Search Risk." Associated Press. December 13, 2006.
• "Searching for Safety. c|net news.com. December 11, 2006.
• "8 Percent of Google's Ads are for Spyare and Scams, Study Says." Fucked Google. April 28, 2007.
• "Search Results Get Safer; AOL Edges Google." Information Week. December 11, 2006.
• "As 'Crimeware' Flourishes, Usual Safeguards Aren't Safe Enough." Investor's Business Daily. January 22, 2007.
• "Innocent Web Searches that Lead to Danger." IT Pro. December 12, 2006.
• "One in 25 Search Results Risky." Knoppixdocs. December 16, 2006.
• "Study: Search Engine Results Getting Safer." Newsfactor. December 14, 2006.
• "Google Deletes Rogue Ads, Dangers Persist." PC World. April 27, 2007.
• "Search Results Getting Safer." SearchEngineWatch. December 12, 2006.
• "Search Engines Getting Safer: McAfee." SDA Asia.
• "Exactly How Dangerous in the Web, Really?" The Security Mentor. December 16, 2006.
• "One in 25 Search Results Risky." Slashdot. December 15, 2006.
• "10 Musts for Search Engine Safety." Tech 2 Blog. December 20, 2006.
• "Search Results Get Safer; AOL Edges Google." TechWeb. December 11, 2006.
• "Which Search Engine Is Safest?" WebProNews. December 13, 2006.
• "Can You Trust Your Internet Search Results?." Yahoo! Tech. December 13, 2006.

Bad Practices Continue at Zango, Notwithstanding Proposed FTC Settlement and Zango's Claims. (November 2006)

• "OJ Simpson and Zango." Bits from Bill. November 20, 2006.
• "180solutions Still At It - Ben Edelman Shows How." Broadband Reports. February 20, 2006.
• "FTC Fines Zango $3 Million." Castle Cops. November 4, 2006.
• "FTC Adware Settlement a Landmark for Downloadable Software." CDT - Policy Post. November 30, 2006.
• "CDT Praises FTC Adware Settlement, Urges Continued Enforcement." CDT. November 20, 2006.
• "Zango, Is Anyone Home?" Certified Bug. December 1, 2006.
• "Zango Fined 3 Million by FTC." Certified Bug. November 4, 2006.
• "FTC's Low Fines Could Cost the Agency Its Privacy Reputation." DM News. May 11, 2007.
• "Researchers Chide Zango for Ignoring FTC Adware Settlement." eWeek. November 20, 2006.
• "Ben Edelman: Bad Practices Continue at Zango." Fergie's Tech Blog. November 19, 2006.
• "Has Zango Reformed?." Forbes. November 20, 2006.
• "MySpaec Worm Exploits Quicktime Flaw to Steal Logins and Plant Spyware." The Guardian. December 4, 2006.
• "Zango Sues Antispyware Vendor PC Tools." IDG News. May 18, 2007.
• "Zango ries to Reinstall Trust." Information Week. November 29, 2006.
• "Spyware Researcher Claims Zango Hasn't Mended Its Ways." Information Week. November 6, 2006.
• "Call for Consensus Anti-Spyware Legislation." Lavasoft News. December 2006.
• "Facebook Bans Adware from Zango." Marketing Shift. January 7, 2008.
• "Zango's Adware Continues Abuse." Marketing Shift. November 21, 2006.
• "Advocates Urge Extra Scrutiny For Zango." MediaPost. November 21, 2006.
• "At the Margins." Online Public Relations Thoughts. November 22, 2006.
• "Zango Defies FTC Settlement Terms. RealTechNews. November 20, 2006.
• "Zango Gets a Late Spanking." RealTechNews. November 3, 2006.
• "Let's Talk Turkey." Revenue Magazine. November 20, 2006.
• "Affiliate Takedown: Score One for the Good Guys." Rosalind Gardner's NetProfitsToday. November 20, 2006.
• "Spyware Firms Pay Token Fines to FTC." The Register. November 22, 2006.
• "Tuesday Roundup: Zango Troubles." Seattle Post-Intelligencer Venture Beat. November 21, 2006.
• "McAfee Warns 'Malware Is Growing Up.'" Secure Computing Magazine. April 12, 2007.
• "FTC Fines Zango $3 Million." Slashdot. November 4, 206.
• "Rob Martinson, Walt Rines and the FTC - final chapter." Spyware Warrior. November 22, 2006.
• "Zango Accused of Ongoing Deception Despite FTC Settlement." TechWeb. November 20, 2006.
• "Zango Defying FTC Agreement, Researchers Say." SearchSecurity. November 22, 2006.
• "Zango Proves There's No Such Thing As An Ex-Spyware Distributor." TechDirt. November 20, 2006.
• "Zango Still Not Compliant and FTC Shuts ERG Ventures Down." Tips Doctor. November 20, 2006.
• "Zango Settles with the FTC." Tips Doctor. November 4, 2006.
• "Zango Still in Spyware Game. Virus Bulletin. November 21, 2006.
• "Ben Edelman and Eric Howes: Additional Comments on Improper Zango Practices." Vital Security. December 8, 2006.
• "Zango: Eight Installs that Suck." Vital Security. November 20, 2006.
• "Zango, the FTC, and ... Licat." Vital Security. November 3, 2006.
• "Adware Maker Battles Tarnished Image." Vnunet. November 30, 2006.
• "Adware Maker Caught Cheating on Legal Settlement." Vnunet. November 20, 2006.
• "Spyware Installer Zango Up to Old Tricks." The Checkout - Washington Post. November 21, 2006.
• "Sanctioned Adware Firm Still Rogue, Critics Say." Wired Blogs - 27B Stroke 6. November 20, 2006.
• "In Message to Industry, Government Fines Adware Purveyor $3 Million." Wired Blogs - 27B Stroke 6. November 3, 2006.
• "Zango's Continued Bad Practices in Light of FTC's Proposed Settlement Terms." ZDNet Spyware Confidential. November 20, 2006.
• "Zango, the FTC and You Tube." ZDNet Spyware Confidential. November 6, 2006.
• Coverage also available in French.

Intermix Revisited. (November 2006)

• "Intermix Media Settles with California." Bits from Bill. November 8, 2006.
• "Ben Edelman: Intermix Spyware Case Revisited." Fergie's Tech Blog. November 7, 2006.
• "Eliot Spitzer: High-Tech Felt His Impact." Network World. March 11, 2008.
• "Is MySpace's Parent Company Still Serving Up Adware?" TechDirt. November 8, 2006.
• Coverage also available in German.

Current Practices of IAC/Ask Toolbars. (October 2006)

• "What Is Zwinky?." Bits from Bill. October 17, 2006.
• Bit9 Newsletter. Bit9. October 26, 2006.
• "Not Happy with This: Symantec Partners with Ask.com." Donna's Security Flash. February 9, 2009.
• "Bing Terminates Relationship With Publisher Doing Tricky Home Page Switch." Search Engine Land. January 18, 2011.
• "Ask.com and Their Toolbar Practices!." Security Cadets. October 17, 2006.
• "Webroot Spy Sweeper Is 'Out of Favor'." Security Garden. October 30, 2007.
• "Beware of ZoneAlarm!." Security Garden. December 17, 2007.
• "Ask Toolbars Hit with Spyware Claim." SecurityProNews. October 17, 2006.
• "Lavasoft Confirms Negotiations to Bundle Ask Toolbar." Sunbelt Blog. January 26, 2008.
• "We Ask Ask Why." Thundercloud & Eightball's Rants and Essays. October 20, 2006.
• "Spyware Adware Advertising Continued...." TimHarrisPortfolio. June 7, 2007.
• "And now, Symantec teams up with Ask.com!." The Win Vista Club. February 11, 2009.
• "Edelman on 'Deceptive Door Openers' and Ask Toolbars." ZDNet Spyware Confidential. October 16, 2006.

False and Misleading PPC Ads. (October 2006)

• "False and Deceptive Pay-Per-Click Ads." Besting Adwords. October 11, 2006.
• "In Search of Scams." Blake Ross. October 11, 2006.
• "Google Praised by White House, Investigated by DOJ." cnet news. May 19, 2011.
• "Some Google Ads Found to Spawn Spyware." ClickZ News. April 27, 2007.
• "Advertiser Settles FTC 'Test It, Keep It' Charges for $650,000." ComputerWorld. November 29, 2007.
• "Protect Yourself Online." Consumer Reports. September 2008.
• "Google AdWords: Screwing Us Every Which Way?" CrunchGear. October 11, 2006.
• "Free Software (Just Pay Here)." Datamation. October 17, 2006.
• "Deceptive Ads on Google." Dow Jones Tech Talk on the Web. October 11, 2006.
• "Bait and Switch Adwords - A Sure Fire Way to Kill Your Brand." Finding the Sweet Spot. October 22, 2006.
• "Google Getting Called Out on Some of Their Adsense Ads!" Geek News Central. October 11, 2006.
• "Deceptive Google Ads." Google Blogoscoped. October 11, 2006.
• "Search Engines Accused of Being Soft on Scammers." Information Week. October 9, 2006.
• "Experts: Google AdWords Needs Policing." InfoWorld. April 26, 2007.
• "An Open Letter to Online Ad Networks." Jatin Mahindra. July 28, 2009.
• "Google May Not Be Evil, but Their Advertisers Often Are. Facilitators of Illegal Ads Should be Held Accountable." Joe Duck. October 11, 2006.
• "Google, Where Free Ain't Free." Marketing Shift. October 19, 2006.
• "It’s Free, But if You Buy It From Me Expect to Pay a Fee." Outrageous Fine Print. October 23, 2006.
• "How About Some Spam With That Free iPhone?." PC World Staff Blog. June 27, 2007.
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• "Anyone Who Pays the Bills is Good Enough for Google." RealTechNews. April 27, 2007.
• "Ben Edelman Looks at Google Adwords." RealTechNews. October 8, 2006.
• "See How Easily You Can Increase Your Paid Search CTR." Red Fly Ltd.. October 8, 2009.
• "Edelman on PPC Scams." Rkgblog. October 13, 2006.
• "Google's "False & Deceptive" Search Ads." SearchEngineWatch. October 11, 2006.
• "Are Pay-Per-Click Ads Misleading?" Security Cadets. October 10, 2006.
• "FTC Going After Bloggers = Epic Fail." Seobook. June 22, 2009.
• "Free (Asterisk) Credit Reports." SiteAdvisor Blog. October 16, 2006.
• "Ben Edelman, the Spyware Expert, vs Google on the Use of 'Free'." Slug. October 9, 2006.
• "Easily Increasing Your Paid Search Click Through Rate." Small Business News. October 10, 2007.
• "Ben Edelman and Deceptive PPC Ads." Tipsdr. October 9, 2006.
• "4 Financial Crisis-Related Scams." U.S. News & World Report. October 20, 2008.
• "Is Google Profiting From Illegal Ads?." Washington Post. May 19, 2011.
• "Andrew Beckman Talks SEM." WebProNews. October 12, 2006.
• "Edelman Critiques Google AdWords." WebProNews. October 11, 2006.
• "Pay-Per-Click Scams: Over 1 Billion Customers Served." ZDNet Spyware Hunt. October 20, 2006.
• Coverage also available in German, Italian, Japanese, and Romanian.

Certifications and Site Trustworthiness and Adverse Selection in Online "Trust" Authorities. (September 2006)

• "The Rebirth Of Integrated Search Technologies." Affiliate Fair Play. March 12, 2007.
• "Researcher Says TRUSTe-Certified Sites More Likely to Be Deceptive." Ars Technica. September 28, 2006.
• "Do You Trust "Certified Authority Seals"? - Brokerblogger." Brokerblogger. October 1, 2006.
• "A Question of Trust for Web Users." Chronicle of Higher Education - The Wired Campus. September 29, 2006.
• "Is Malware Hiding Behind that Certified Site?" CIO Today. December 26, 2006.
• "TRUSTe Launches New Identity and Seal." ClickZ. June 11, 2007.
• "Dyson: Advertisers to Blame for Spyware Problem." ClickZ News Blog. October 9, 2006.
• "Edelman on Trusted Download." ClickZ News Blog. October 5, 2006.
• "Ben Edelman vs. TRUSTe: Can't We All Just Get Along?" ClickZ News. October 4, 2006.
• "Beware! 'Trusted' Sites Often Host Spyware and Scams." Computerworld. September 25, 2006.
• "How Trustworthy Is the TRUSTe Logo?. Datamation. October 10, 2006.
• "Malware Lurks Behind Safety Seal." Flexbeta. September 26, 2006.
• "Trustmark Schemes Struggle to Protect Privacy." Galexia. September 26, 2008.
• "How Much Should You Trust the Sites You Use for Internet Shopping?" HBS Working Knowledge. July 28, 2009.
• "Researcher Takes TRUSTe to Task." Help Net Security. September 27, 2006.
• "Malware Hiding Behind Online Safety Certificates." Infomatics. September 26, 2006.
• "Can You Trust TRUSTe?" Maine Today - Internet Marketing 101. September 27, 2006.
• "The Economics of Information Security." Lippard Blog. February 13, 2007.
• "The Ineffectiveness of TRUSTe." Lippard Blog. September 29, 2006.
• "Privacy Certifier TRUSTe Goes For-Profit; Gets Investment From Accel." PaidContent. July 15, 2008.
• "The Trouble with Truste." PC World. February 27, 2007.
• "But Grouply Is 'Certified' - Whatever That Means!." Rachel Coburn. September 10, 2008.
• "TRUSTe Answers the Questions." RealTechNews. October 3, 2006.
• "TRUSTe Not Trustworthy." RealTechNews. September 26, 2006.
• "Malware Lurks Behind Safety Seal." The Register. September 26, 2006.
• "About CJ vs PJ and the Rules of the Community We Work In." ReveNews. March 24, 2008.
• "Ben Edelman Responds to Questions from TRUSTe." ReveNews. October 3, 2006.
• "TRUSTe Answers the Challenge and Asks Mr. Edelman To Do the Same." ReveNews. October 2, 2006.
• "TRUSTe - Fourteen Questions ... Lots of Them Actually." ReveNews. September 28, 2006.
• "TRUSTe or Not to TRUSTe... That Is the Question - Porter on Edelman." ReveNews. September 25, 2006.
• "Anti-Spyware Bill Could Mean Tougher Fines." SecurityFocus. March 16, 2007.
• "Researcher Takes TRUSTe to Task." SecurityFocus. September 26, 2006.
• "What a Conundrum!." Security Garden. October 1, 2006.
• "TRUSTe Changes from Not-For-Profit to For-Profit." Spyware Sucks. July 15, 2008.
• "Report: TRUSTe Sites Twice as Likely to Be Bad Actors." Stasi.nl. September 27, 2006.
• "TRUSTe Is Now For-Profit." Sunbelt Blog. July 15, 2008.
• "We're Confused about Trusted Download." SunbeltBlog. September 5, 2007.
• "Report: Are TRUSTe Sites Twice As Likely to Be Untrustworthy?" SunbeltBlog. September 25, 2006.
• "You're Better Off Just Assuming You're Not Safe Online." TechDirt. September 26, 2006.
• "Adware Researcher Blasts TRUSTe For Approving Dodgy Sites." TechWeb. September 26, 2006.
• "Usability and Emotional Design." Theo Mandel's Usability Blog. July 10, 2009.
• "Trust For Sale: TRUSTe Certifies the Web's Dreck." ThoughtShapers. September 25, 2006.
• "Virus and Spyware Hackers Target Legitimate Websites." Troy Trojans. February 8, 2010.
• "TRUSTe Certifications and Online Trust." TRUSTe Blog. September 25, 2006.
• "Web Trust Symbol Can't Be Trusted." Virus Bulletin. September 27, 2006.
• "Site Trustworthiness Vs Ben Edelman." Vital Security. September 25, 2006.
• "Malware Hiding Behind Online Safety Certificates." Vnunet. September 25, 2006.
• "Report: TRUSTe Sites Twice As Likely to Be Bad Actors." Wired 27B Stroke 6. September 26, 2006.
• "Privacy Protection and IE9: Who Can You Trust?." ZDNet. February 14, 2011.
• Coverage also available in Dutch, French, and Japanese.

Cookies Detected by Anti-Spyware Programs: The Current Status. (September 2006)

• "Affiliate Major Cookie Problem." Affiliate Marketing Blog." December 9, 2006.
• "More comments on CERT's security guide for browsers; more comments on spy cookies." Bill's Internet Safety Tips. June 2, 2009.
• "Anti-Spyware Misses Google Ad Cookies." BizReport. September 14, 2006.
• "Cookie Deletion, Year Two." ChaosScenario. September 25, 2006.
• "Anti-Spyware Programs Snare Ad Cookies, Google Cookies Evade All." ClickZ News. September 13, 2006.
• "Cookie Deletion Discrepancies Take the Biscuit." e-Consultancy. September 15, 2006.
• "Anti-Spyware and Affiliate Tracking Cookies - Reprot by Ben Edelman ." 5 Star Affiliate Programs. September 6, 2006.
• "Affiliate Tracking Cookies vs Anti-Spyware Softwarwe Report." 5 Star Affiliate Programs. September 13, 2006.
• "Market Share." Anti-Spyware Scanner Review. February 20, 2007.
• "Cookie Deleting - Should Merchants Up Their Payouts to Compensate Affiliates for Non-Tracked Sales?" GoYaMi. September 13, 2006.
• "Anti-Spyware Cookie Detection." Inside Analytics. September 14, 2006.
• "eBay Announces Their Own Affiliate Infrastructure." Jangro. September 15, 2006.
• "Anti-Spyware Tools Gobble up Advertisers' Cookies." MarketingVOX. September 15, 2006.
• "Are Affiliates Tossing Their Cookies?" Memes.org. September 13, 2006.
• "Anti Spyware Programs and Cookie Deletion." Morrison: Search Matters. September 13, 2006.
• "Cookies Detected by Anti-Spyware Programs: The Current Status." On Computer Tips. September 13, 2006.
• "LinkShare Sales Reporting Web Service and Affiliate Tracking Methods 101." ReveNews. November 29, 2007.
• "Steve Denton, LinkShare President, Talks Cookies with Porter." ReveNews. September 15, 2006.
• "Cookie Washing." ReveNews. September 13, 2006.
• "Back to Business." Revenue Magazine. September 13, 2006.
• "Cookie Deletion Report." Revenue Magazine. September 13, 2006.
• "Edelman Chomps on Cookies at Vinny's Expense." Searchquant. September 13, 2006.
• "Tea and Tracking Cookies." Security Garden. September 13, 2006.
• "MmMm Affiliate Cookie Killers." ShoeMoney. October 26, 2007.
• "Should Anti-Spyware Programs Remove Cookies?" ZDNet Spyware Confidential. September 19, 2006.
• "Affiliates, Cookies, and Commissions." Taming the Beast. September 17, 2006.
• "New Cookie Deletion Study Published." ThoughtShapers. September 14, 2006.
• "Affiliate Commisions Got You Down?." Warrior Forum. December 14, 2008.
• "Cookies - De Huidige Status." Web Analytics Facts. October 2, 2006.
• Coverage also available in Dutch (1, 2, 3), French, and Japanese.

How Vonage Funds Spyware. (July 2006)

• "Vonage Criticized to Feed Spyware Industry." 21talks. July 18, 2006.
• "Ad Injection." 2-Spyware. July 19, 2006.
• "Vonage Advertising: Spyware." Alec Saunders .Log. July 18, 2006.
• "Vonage Up To No Good Once Again!" Bad Mark. July 17, 2006.
• "How Vonage Funds Spyware." Broadband Reports. July 18, 2006.
• "How Vonage Funds Spyware." BuyBlue. July 20, 2006.
• "When Malware Strikes Via Bad Ads on Good Sites." c|net news. March 12, 2010.
• "Vonage and Spyware." Certified Bug. July 18, 2006.
• "Links for July 19." Church of the Customer Blog. July 19, 2006.
• "Vonage Advertising via Spyware." Clever Hack. July 19, 2006.
• "How Vonage Woes Could Affect Online Advertising." ClickZ. April 20, 2007.
• "Spyware Watchdog Singles Out Vonage Ads." ClickZ News. July 20, 2006.
• "Spy-Wary of Vonage." ComputerWorld IT Blogwatch. July 18, 2006.
• "Vonage: From Darling to Disaster." Computer World. July 26, 2006.
• "Vonage Supports Spyware." Consumerist. July 18, 2006.
• "How Vonage Funds Spyware." Digg. July 18, 2006.
• "Who Ordered the Code Red? / SuperSpy: Vonage's Sketchy Dealings." Digital Axle. November 21, 2006.
• "Vonage: Accused of Using Spyware." Digital Seeker. July 19, 2006.
• "Vonage Denies Spyware Charges." DP's Security Blog. July 19, 2006.
• "Spyware Fades to a Dull Roar, But Targeted Attacks Loom." eWeek. July 20, 2006.
• "Telecoms Spend Big to Snag User." GigaOM. July 18, 2006.
• "Does Vonage Fund Spyware?" Hackers Blog. July 20, 2006.
• "Vonage Advertising through Spyware." Hot VoIP News. July 19, 2006.
• "Vonage Ads Delivered Via A Dozen Spyware Makers: Report." Internet Week. July 18, 2006.
• "Vonage Funding Spyware." Squible. July 18, 2006.
• "Vonage Funds Spyware." Lockergnome. July 24, 2006.
• "Article Shows 12 Recent Examples of Vonage Indirectly Funding Spyware." Make You Go Hmm. July 18, 2006.
• "New Assignment." My Journey Through Cyber One. October 16, 2006.
• "Vonage Denies Spyware Charges." Networking Pipeline. July 19, 2006.
• "Vonage: The New Spyware King." Networking Pipeline. July 18, 2006.
• "Vonage Has Run Out Of Feet to Shoot." NetworkWorld. July 19, 2006.
• "Spyware Solutions." New York Law Journal. October 3, 2006.
• "Vonage Linked to Spyware." O'Reilly Emerging Technology. July 21, 2006.
• "How Vonage Funds Spyware." On Computer Tips. July 18, 2006.
• "Vonage Wasteful Ad$ Fund Spyware." Pardon My French. July 18, 2006.
• "Malware Money Tough to Trace." PC Magazine. September 17, 2006.
• "Ben Edelman Takes Issue with Vonage." Promocharger. July 2006.
• "Vonage Funds Spyware." RealTechNews. July 18, 2006.
• "Vonage Not Placing Calls to Affiliates about Spyware?" ReveNews. July 23, 2006.
• "Vonage Getting Sober." ReveNews. July 19, 2006.
• "Ben Edelman Takes Issue with Vonage." ReveNews. July 18, 2006.
• "Holding Advertisers Responsible for Spyware." The Secure Times - American Bar Association - Privacy & Information Security Committee. Spring/Summer 2007.
• "Vonage Funding Spyware." Security Cadets. July 19, 2006.
• "How Vonage Funds Spyware." Shan's Blog. July 18, 2006.
• "Vonage Execs Snag Roles in Next 'People Do Stupid Things' Commercial." SiliconValley.com. July 18, 2006.
• "Pop-Ups Will Fade - Ad Injection Next? More Observations from Ben Edelman." SpywareGuide. July 18, 2006.
• "Does Vonage Fund Spyware?" Sunbelt Blog. July 18, 2006.
• "How Your Vonage Service Fees Help Fund Spyware." TechDirt. July 18, 2006.
• "Is Vonage Subsidizing the Spyware Industry?" Telecommunications Industry News. July 19, 2006.
• "Vonage Accused of Using Spyware." Telecoms.com. July 20, 2006.
• "Beating a Silent Drum." Thundercloud & Eightball's Rants and Essays. August 11, 2006.
• "How Vonage Funds Spyware." TipsDr Blog. July 18, 2006.
• "Spyware - Vonage." Tree Speaker. July 18, 2006.
• "The Dark Side of Internet Advertising." UnitStep. July 18, 2006.
• "Great Discussion Going On." Vital Security. July 26, 2006.
• "Vonage Spyware Ads Fund Customer Acquisition." VoIP and Gadgets Blog. July 18, 2006.
• "Vonage Accused of Using Spyware to Market." VoIP Watch. July 18, 2006.
• "Is Vonage Using Spyware to Deliver Its Web Ads?" Wall Street Folly. July 20, 2006.
• "Spyware Expert: Vonage Injects Ads Into Others' Sites." ZDNet IP Telephony. July 18, 2006.
• "MySpace, Your Spyware." ZDNet Spyware Hunt. July 20, 2006.
• "Vonage and Spyware." ZDNet Spyware Confidential. July 18, 2006.
• Coverage also available in Dutch.

Spyware Showing Unrequested Sexually-Explicit Images. (June 2006)

• "Ads: Sexually Explicit Adware Proliferates, Sez Ben Edelman." The Amish Rabbit Collective. June 28, 2006.
• "Have Spyware? Go to Jail for Child Porn." Bits from Bill. January 15, 2007.
• "Teacher Faces 40 Years for Porn in Classroom, Blames Adware." Boing Boing. January 13, 2007.
• "Malware Victim Faces Jailtime; Write Connecicut's Governor." Download Squad. February 16, 2007.
• "Teacher Faces 40 Years in Prison because She Lost Control of Her Classroom Computer." Classically Liberal. January 15, 2007.
• "Malicious Banners: What's Old Is New Again." ClickZ. October 15, 2009.
• "Lead Generation W." ClickZ News. July 26, 2006.
• "New Edelman Report Exposes Seedy Side of Ad Serving." ClickZ News. June 23, 2006.
• "Substiture Teacher Facing 40 Years." Life In The Fast Lane. January 14, 2007.
• "Wakeup Call. Eightball & Thundercloud's Rants. March 2, 2007.
• "Protect Yourself (And Your Porn) On The Interwebs." Fleshbot. January 16, 2007.
• "What a Porn Spyware Infestation Looks Like." iFeminists. February 18, 2007.
• "Prosecute Spyware Outfits, Not Julie Amero." Jon's Network. February 18, 2007.
• "Red States Buy More Porn-Utah Buys Most." McCain Sucks, Palin Sucks = No Bush left behind. March 12, 2009.
• "Amero Post Update. Odd Time Signatures. February 25, 2007.
• "Religia i Pornografia." Ogólna teoria wszystkiego. August 31, 2011.
• "Anonymous on the Net: Not!." Oye! Times. August 8, 2011.
• "After Amero Porn Case, Group Sees More Fights Ahead." PC World. June 12, 2007.
• "FTC Stops Porno Popups. PC Magazine - Security Watch. December 7, 2007.
• "More on the Fallout of Network Inter-Trading." Right Media. June 28, 2006.
• "Please Help If You Can; This Could Happen to Any Of Us, and Has." Scheiss Weekly. February 18, 2007.
• "Spyware & Sexually-Explicit Images." SecurityCadets. June 22, 2006.
• "Penthouse Acquires AdultFriendFinder. Sunbelt Blog. December 12, 2007.
• "Just One More Reason Why Web 2.0 Is Such a Pain." Sunbelt Blog. June 25, 2007.
• "Beating a Silent Drum." Thundercloud & Eightball's Rants and Essays. August 11, 2006.
• "Spyware - Sexual Images." Tree Speaker. July 18, 2006.
• "Today: Melons, and Lots of Them." Vital Security. June 22, 2006.
• "AdultFriendFinder Settles Pop-Up Adware Charges. Washington Post. December 6, 2007.
• "Spyware Popping Porn in All the Wrong Places." ZDNet Spyware Confidential. June 22, 2006.
• Coverage also available in Dutch, German, Japanese, Portugese, and Spanish.

Banner Farms in the Crosshairs. (June 2006)

• "Edelman Claims Hula Direct Runs Banner Farms." Adotas. June 13, 2006.
• "Ben Edelman Examines Banner Farms and Other Nasty Online Practices." Adrants. June 12, 2006.
• "DMA Releases Affiliate and Ad Network Best Practices." ClickZ News. June 21, 2006.
• "Ben Edelman Calls Out 'Banner Farms,' Pins Hula Direct to the Mat." ClickZ News. June 13, 2006.
• "Fraud? Or Just Aggressive Online Selling?" Furd Log. December 11, 2006.
• "'Banner Farms' and Spyware." Lippard Blog. June 12, 2006.
• "Sites Use Pop-Ups, Skew Visitor Numbers." Marketing Vox. December 12, 2006.
• "Pop-Ups Make an Editorial Comeback." MediaPost. December 11, 2006.
• "In Web Traffic Tallies, Intruders Can Say You Visited Them." New York Times. December 11, 2006.
• "The Tale of Traffic Numbers: Content Sites As Popups." Paid Content. December 11, 2006.
• "Ben Edelman Grabs a Hula Hoop - Big Name Brands Spin." ReveNews. June 12, 2006.
• "The Great Content Perversion Scheme." The 360. June 16, 2006.
• "MySpace May Not Have Overtaken Yahoo." VentureBeat. December 14, 2006.

The Safety of Internet Search Engines and Search Engine Safety, Revisited. (May 2006)

• "The Most Dangerous Words on the Web." ABC News Science & Society. May 23, 2006.
• "McAfee: Search Engines Are Not Safe." Adotas. May 15, 2006.
• "Warning on Search Engine Safety." BBC News. May 12, 2006.
• "Report: Search Engines Spread Malware." BetaNews. May 12, 2006.
• "Deceptive & Misleading Websites Steal Time = Money." Brokerblogger. May 23, 2006.
• "Search Engines SEnd Users to Unsafe Sites." Business Day. June 1, 2006.
• "The Plot to Hijack Your Computer." BusinessWeek. July 17, 2006.
• "Be Careful Where You Point and Click." CBS News. May 20, 2006.
• "Study: You’re at Risk When You Use Search Engines." Central Valley Business Times. May 12, 2006.
• "Search Engines Lax in Stopping Spyware." China Daily. May 16, 2006.
• "Ben Edelman on the Spyware Money Trail." The Chris Pirillo Show. May 21, 2006.
• "Spyware: Down but Not Out." Consumer Reports. September 2006.
• "SiteAdvisor: Search Engines Expose Users to Malware, Viruses." CIO News Alerts. May 12, 2006.
• "Report Highlights Risky Search Phrases." Digital Trends. May 12, 2006.
• "McAfee SiteAdvisor." eBay Shape. July 11, 2006.
• "Search Engines Need to Take Responsibility for Sponsored Links." eWeek. May 18, 2006.
• "The Dark Side of the Search Engine Business." eWeek. May 12, 2006.
• "Berlin Search Engine Workshop." Google Blogoscoped. June 27, 2006.
• "Search Engines Point to Malicious Web Sites." IDG News. May 12, 2006.
• "The Eight Most Dangerous Search Terms." Impact Lab. May 24, 2006.
• "Killer Phrase Will Fill Your PC with Spam." The Inquirer. May 12, 2006.
• "Search Results Can Lead to Malicious Pages." Internet Broadcasting. May 15, 2006.
• "Searchers Beware, Report Says." Internet News. May 12, 2006.
• "Search Engines Put Users at Risk." IT Observer. May 12, 2006.
• "Power of Search Engines: Some Highlights of Berlin Workshop." Law and Information. June 27, 2006.
• "SiteAdvisor Study." Matt Cutts: Gadgets, Google, and SEO. May 12, 2006.
• "Where Internet Users Go, Attackers Follow." McAfee Avert Labs Blog. May 15, 2006.
• "Strider Search Defender: Automatic and Systematic Discovery of Search Spammers through Non-Content Analysis." Microsoft Research. July 12, 2006.
• "Search Engines' Sordid Side." Motley Fool. May 15, 2006.
• "Search." Motz. June 26, 2006.
• "Risky Web Search." Net Family News. May 19, 2006.
• "White Paper: The Safety of Search Engines." NetImperative. May 12, 2006.
• "McAfee Warns of Risk of Using Search Engines." New Straits Times. June 1, 2006.
• "It's Here; It's There; It's Spyware." New York Times. May 20, 2006.
• "Security Risks when Using Search Engines." Pandia Search Engine News. May 22, 2006.
• "Search Engines 'Point to Malicious Sites'." PC Advisor. May 15, 2006.
• "Internet Searches May Yield Risky Results." PC Magazine. May 13, 2006.
• "Surf Safety Survey." PC Pro. July 26, 2006.
• "Malware Using Search Engines to Spread." PC Welt.
• "Net Watchdog: Beware of Auto Loan Scams." PC World. October 27, 2006.
• "The Dangerous Side of Search Engines." PC World. May 26, 2006.
• "Rogue Ads Plague Search Results." Platinax. May 26, 2006.
• "Users Are at Risk When Using Internet Search Engines, Says McAfee." Playfuls. May 14, 2006.
• "Beware of Terminal Search Terms." SearchNewz. May 25, 2006.
• "9% of Search Ads Lead to Dangerous Sites." SearchNewz. May 12, 2006.
• "Search Engines' Hidden Dangers." SecurityProNews. May 26, 2006.
• "Should Search Engines Help Searchers Avoid Malicious Sites?." SEO by the Sea. June 24, 2006.
• "The Dark Side of Paid Search." Slashdot. May 12, 2006.
• "Study Reveals Search Engine Risks." The Street. May 12, 2006.
• "The Safety of Searches." Sunbelt Blog. May 12, 2006.
• "Looking for Software Online? Be Careful of Installing Harmful Applications." Sunday Times (Singapore). June 25, 2006.
• "Dicey Links Drop Big Cash Into Search Coffers." TechSearch. May 12, 2006.
• "Search Biz Makes $1.1 Billion Off Risky Links." TechWeb. May 12, 2006.
• "Malware Using Search Engines to Spread." TechWorld. May 12, 2006.
• "Common Internet Searches May Spell Danger." The Star. May 29, 2006.
• "Is Your Search Safe Enough?." Thomson Dialog NewsEdge. May 16, 2006.
• "Search at Your Own Risk." Twin Cities Pioneer Press. May 13, 2006.
• "Wow, What a Boring Week... Let's Liven It Up with Ninjas and Pirates." VitalSecurity. May 12, 2006.
• "Search Sites Tied to Viruses, Spyware." Wall Street Journal. May 12, 2006.
• "Sponsored Links More 'Risky' Than Organic." WebProNews. May 24, 2006.
• "Search Engines Could Deliver Risky Sites." WebProNews. May 12, 2006.
• Coverage also available in Dutch, French, German (1, 2), Japanese, and Swedish.

Crafts by Veronica vs. Yahoo Overture et al. (May 2006)

• "Yahoo Sued for Spyware, Typosquatting." Adotas. May 3, 2006.
• "Yahoo! Sued for Alleged ‘Typosquatting’ and Click Fraud." Advertising Industry Newswire. May 4, 2006.
• "Yahoo Serves Paid Listings Through Adware." Adware Monitor. May 4, 2006.
• "This One Ain't No Typo." Affiliate Blog. May 4, 2006.
• "Yahoo! Syndication Fraud Class Action." Apogee Weblog. March 16, 2007.
• "Does Yahoo Like Spyware?" Ars Tecnica. May 3, 2006.
• "Company Files Fraud Lawsuit Against Yahoo." Associated Press. May 3, 2006.
• "Defame! Defame!" Between Lawyers. May 15, 2006.
• "Spyware Researcher Sues Yahoo." Broadband Reports. May 5, 2006.
• "Yahoo Sued Over Alleged Pay-Per-Click Fraud." c|net News.com. May 3, 2006.
• "Ben Edelman on the Spyware Money Trail." The Chris Pirillo Show. May 21, 2006.
• "Yahoo Sued for 'Syndication Fraud'." CIO News Alerts. May 3, 2006.
• "Spyware: Still a Threat." Consumer Reports. September 2007.
• "News Summary During TRAFFIC Week." Domain Editorial Frontpage. May 4, 2006.
• "Yahoo Is Wrong Target for Typo-Squatting." Domain Name Wire. May 3, 2006.
• "Yahoo Sued for Click Fraud." E-Commerce Law. May 4, 2006.
• "How Billions of Bogus Pages Undermine Search Engines, Advertisers and The Web." Email Battles. June 19, 2006.
• "Legal Wolf Pack Nips Yahoo with Second Click Fraud Suit." Email Battles. May 5, 2006.
• "Meet The Legal Team Stalking Yahoo-Overture." Email Battles. May 4, 2006.
• "Did a Law Professor Publish a Libelous Post?" Evan Schaeffer's Legal Underground. May 17, 2006.
• "Yahoo Slapped with Spyware Syndication Fraud Suit." eWeek. May 3, 2006.
• "Yahoo Faces Class-Action Spyware, Ad Sales Suit." IDG News. May 4, 2006.
• "Yahoo Sued for Spyware-Driven Cilck Fraud." Information Week. May 4, 2006.
• "Yahoo Faces Class-Action Spyware Suit." InfoWorld. May 4, 2006.
• "Microsoft: Noise Improves Search Results." Internet News. August 7, 2006.
• "Yahoo Called Spyware Pusher in Lawsuit." Internet News. May 4, 2006.
• "Click Fraud's Evil Twin." Jellyfish. May 3, 2006.
• "Yahoo Sued for Click Fraud." Marketing Shift. May 5, 2006.
• "Suit Alleges Yahoo Spyware Fraud, Earning Conspiracy." Marketing Vox. May 3, 2006.
• "Suit Alleges Yahoo Spyware Fraud, Earnings Conspiracy." Media Buyer Planner. May 4, 2006.
• "Eliot Spitzer: High-Tech Felt His Impact." Network World. March 11, 2008.
• "More Blogging Off the Cliff ... Lawyer-Style." Network World. May 12, 2006.
• "Spyware Solutions." New York Law Journal. October 3, 2006.
• "More Yahoo Fun with Spyware Click Fraud." Pardon My French. May 4, 2006.
• "Malware Money Tough to Trace." PC Magazine. September 17, 2006.
• "Yahoo! Faces Class-Action Lawsuit." Processor. May 12, 2006.
• "MS Throws Hat Into Paid-Search Engine Ring." The Register. May 4, 2006.
• "Lawsuits Say Yahoo Violated Ad Deals." San Francisco Chronicle. May 9, 2006.
• "Yahoo Class Action Lawsuit: Spyware & Typos." Search Engine Journal. May 3, 2006.
• "Class Action Law Suit Against Yahoo! for Click Fraud & Spyware." Search Engine Roundtable. May 3, 2006.
• "Class Action Fraud Suit Filed Against Yahoo Over Adware & Domain Distribution." Search Engine Watch. May 3, 2006.
• "Yahoo Sued for Deceptive Advertising Schemes, Spyware Connection." SearchSecurity. May 8, 2006.
• "Yahoo Sued for Role in Spyware Click Fraud." Security Focus. May 5, 2006.
• "Yahoo Sued for Spyware, Typosquatting-Based Ads." Slashdot. May 3, 2006.
• "Law Prof Characterizes Yahoo Suit as Extortion." Slashdot. May 12, 2006.
• "Newark Firm Sues Yahoo Over Ads." Star Ledger. May 4, 2006.
• "Yahoo Hit with Second Spyware Click Fraud Suit." TechWeb. May 5, 2006.
• "Yahoo 'Syndication Fraud' Lawsuits -- Crafts by Veronic v. Yahoo and Draucker Development v. Yahoo." Technology & Marketing Law Blog. May 8, 2006.
• "Checkmate: Yahoo Closes Door on Click Fraud." Thought Shapers. November 8, 2006.
• "Google Updates Terms: Too Late?." ThoughtShapesr. October 17, 2006.
• "Yahoo! PPC Fraud on Trial." Threadwatch. May 2, 2006.
• "Suit Levels Spyware, Typosquatting Allegations at Yahoo." Washington Post Security Fix. May 2, 2006.
• "Class Action Suit Filed Against YSM." Webmaster World. May 3, 2006.
• "Yahoo Sued for Alleged Spyware Ties." WebProNews. May 8, 2006.
• "Yahoo! Sued Over PPC Ad Placement." WebProNews. May 4, 2006.
• Coverage also available in German.

People of the State of New York v. Direct Revenue, LLC. (April 2006)

• "Adware Maker Direct Revenue in Suit with New York AG." Adware Be Gone. April 12, 2006.
• "This Will Make Your Blood Boil." Anonymous Law Student. July 10, 2006.
• "Direct Revenue Wasn't a Better Internet." Bits from Bill. October 24, 2007.
• "Death Threats for A Better Internet." Bits from Bill. April 6, 2006.
• "Direct Revenue Exposed." Broadband Reports. April 7, 2006.
• "Direct Revenue Exposed." Broadband Reports. April 7, 2006.
• "The Plot to Hijack Your Computer." BusinessWeek. July 17, 2006.
• "Behind the Spyware Scenes." c|net Download.com Spyware Hunt. July 10, 2006.
• "NYAG Spitzer Crushing Direct Revenue." CastleCops. April 7, 2006.
• "New York Attorney General Sues Major Adware Distributor." Center for Democracy & Technology. April 2006.
• "Exhibit 5 - A Better Internet?" F-Secure Weblog. April 7, 2006.
• "Adware Firm Facing NY Lawsuit Denies Wrongdoing." Information Week. April 7, 2006.
• "Court Records Reveal Adware Firm's Hardball Tactics." Internet Week. April 10, 2006.
• "A Spwyare Prosecution - All the Details." Legal Aspects of Information Assurance. September 8, 2006.
• "Direct Revenue Adware Shenanigans, Indirect Yahoo Funding Revealed." MarketingVOX. April 13, 2006.
• "Documents Detail Direct Revenue Strategies." MediaPost Media Daily. April 13, 2006.
• "Court Exhibit Shows Yahoo, Direct Revenue Connection." MediaPost Media Daily. April 13, 2006.
• "Eliot Spitzer: High-Tech Felt His Impact." Network World. March 11, 2008.
• "Direct Revenue: Greed Triumphs Over Decency." PC Pitstop. April 14, 2006.
• "Carrying Coals to Newcastle." RealTechNews. April 7, 2006.
• "More Direct Revenue Documents Emerge With Names." ReveNews. April 6, 2006.
• "Direct Revenue's Dirty Laundry." Spyware Warrior. April 6, 2006.
• "On Spitzer." Sunbelt Blog. March 12, 2008.
• "Direct Revenue Is Dead and Gone." Sunbelt Blog. October 24, 2007.
• "Is the Direct Revenue Settlement Fair?" Sunbelt Blog. March 9, 2007.
• "Money Money Money." Sunbelt Blog. April 8, 2006.
• "Direct Revenue Uses a PI to Hunt Down Antispyware Researcher." Sunbelt Blog. April 7, 2006.
• "Patrick Jordan - Direct Revenue's Stalker." Sunbelt Blog. April 6, 2006.
• "The Death Threat Archive." Sunbelt Blog. April 6, 2006.
• "So Much Smoke, the Gun Is Beyong Smoking." Sunbelt Blog. April 6, 2006.
• "More than a Nuisance: Complaints Lead to Crackdown on Spyware Company." The Post-Standard. April 30, 2006.
• "How Does Direct Revenue Like Transparency Now?" TechDirt. April 7, 2006.
• "Zango Claims Spyware Doctor SE Surreptitiously Deletes Its Software." Technology & Marketing Law Blog. May 29, 2007.
• "How Low Can They Go?" CMP TechSearch Security and Privacy Blog. April 7, 2006.
• "Adware/Spyware Direct Revenue Exposed." Threadwatch. April 7, 2006.
• "Direct Revenue: "A Bug, Not a Feature"." Vital Security. January 15, 2009.
• "Direct Revenue: A Twisting History." Vital Security. January 15, 2009.
• "Battle without Honour or Humanity: The Fourth Wall Is Live!" Vital Security. November 14, 2006.
• "Calling Your Userbase Idiots for Fun and Profit." Vital Security. April 7, 2006.
• "West-Side for Life, Dawg." Vital Security. April 7, 2006.
• "The Art of Stealth, Using a Pair of Lollerskates" Vital Security. April 7, 2006.
• "Comedy Genius! Irony, I Love Thee!" Vital Security. April 7, 2006.
• "Document 75." Vital Security. April 7, 2006.
• "Dave Methvin vs. Direct Revenue, LLC." Vital Security. April 7, 2006.
• "Quick! Let's Exploit Microsoft." Vital Security. April 6, 2006.
• "CosmicVillage/Sssh.com and the Transponder Gang: Exhibit 76." Webhelper. April 16, 2006.
• "Changing Their Stripes." ZDNet Spyware Hunt. April 24, 2006.
• "DirectRevenue's Dirty Money." ZDNet Spyware Confidential. April 12, 2006.
• "Direct Revenue's Dirty Laundry Is Out of the Closet and Does It Ever Stink." ZDNet Spyware Confidential. April 6, 2006.
• Coverage also available in German (1, 2).

The Spyware - Click-Fraud Connection -- and Yahoo's Role Revisited. (April 2006)

• "Yahoo Sued for Spyware, Typosquatting." Adotas. May 3, 2006.
• "Edelman Reports: Yahoo Beset by Click Fraud." Adotas. April 5, 2006.
• "Yahoo, Spyware, and Click Fraud." Affiliate Blog. April 4, 2006.
• "Yahoo Linked to Spyware Click Fraud." Ask Kalena. April 7, 2006.
• "Questions for Ben Edelman." Bazac Search Engine Weblog. April 22, 2006.
• "The Real Yahoo Story: Spyware Summer Cleaning." Bronte Media. July 20, 2006.
• "Your Ad Here. And Here. And Here." BusinessWeek. April 24, 2006.
• "The Pass-It-On Click Scam." BusinessWeek. April 6, 2006.
• "Google Settlement or Not, Click Fraud Won't Go Away." c|net news.com. April 10, 2006.
• "Interview: Ben Edelman on Spyware and Click Fraud." Cherry Hill Research. April 2006.
• "Click Fraud." Internet Monitor - Tracking Trends That Could Blow You Up. Cherry Hill Research. April 11, 2006.
• "Questions for Ben Edelman." ClickZ News. April 12, 2006.
• "Click Fraud Network Update." Click Fraud Blog. April 11, 2006.
• "A New Twist on Yahoo Click Fraud." CNN Money. April 6, 2006.
• "Yahoo Click Fraud Analyzed." Confessions of a Geek. April 6, 2006.
• "Yahoo Implicated in Spyware 'Click Fraud'." Consumer Affairs. April 6, 2006.
• "Student Doubts Clicks." Detroit Free Press. April 6, 2006.
• "The Lowdown." DN Journal. April 6, 2006.
• "News Summary During TRAFFIC Week." Domain Editorial Frontpage. May 4, 2006.
• "Not Just Google: Expert Says Yahoo May Be Profiting from Click Fraud." E-Commerce Law. April 13, 2006.
• "How Billions of Bogus Pages Undermine Search Engines, Advertisers and The Web." Email Battles. June 19, 2006.
• "Spyware-Powered Click Fraud Traced to Yahoo." eWeek. April 4, 2006.
• "Yahoo Accused of Click Fraud. Google Too?" eWeek Google Watch. April 5, 2006.
• "Yahoo Search Marketing In Bed with Spyware Click Fraudsters." 5 Star Affiliate Programs. April 4, 2006.
• "Yahoo! Partner Problems Shouldn't Affect Revenue." Forbes. April 5, 2006.
• "Does Ben Edelman Live Under a Rock?" A Go To Guy's Marketing Blog. April 6, 2006.
• "Student: Yahoo! Profits from Fraud." Harvard Crimson. April 7, 2006.
• "Yahoo Sued for Spyware-Driven Cilck Fraud." Information Week. May 4, 2006.
• "Edelman on Click Fraud: Snarky, Real, and Hard to Control." Internet Outsider. April 7, 2006.
• "Yahoo Used in Spyware Click Fraud Scheme." Internet Search Engine Database. April 4, 2006.
• "Yahoo Gains from Adware Click Fraud, Claim." The Inquirer. April 6, 2006.
• "Questions for Ben Edelman, Spyware Expert." IT Observer. April 14, 2006.
• "Pay Per Lie." itWeb. April 13, 2006.
• "Yahoo Click Fraud." JoatBlog. April 4, 2006.
• "Yahoo! Search Advertisers Face New Click-Less Fraud." Linux Electrons. April 5, 2006.
• "Click Fraud without the Clicks." Marketing Experiments Blog." April 10, 2006.
• "Yahoo Addresses Quality, Click Fraud." Marketing Pilgrim. October 8, 2007.
• "Yahoo Search Network? No. Yahoo Content Network? Nope. It's the Yahoo Spyware Network!" Marketing Shift. April 5, 2006.
• "Yahoo Search Advertisers Face New Click-Less Fraud." Marketwatch. April 5, 2006. Nle Media
• "International Search War Crimes." MediaPost. April 24, 2006.
• "Sub-Distributors Place Marketers' Ads on Spyware Programs." MediaPost. April 17, 2006.
• "Yahoo! Settles Click Fraud Lawsuit" Merchant Anywhere Newsletter. August 26, 2006.
• "Yahoo / Overture Click Fraud?" Merchant Anywhere Newsletter. April 15, 2006.
• "What Is Your PPC Campaign Really Delivering?" Morrison: Search Matters. April 6, 2006.
• "Why Do We Pay Internet Bad Guys?" News & Notes from the OpenDNS Team. September 13, 2006.
• "Small Business Forum - September 2006." NLE Media. October 1, 2006.
• "Ben Edelman's Report on Syndicated Click Fraud." No Click Fraud. April 29, 2006.
• "The Pay-Per-Click Mole." Pandora Squared. April 7, 2006.
• "The Week in Security." Pareto Logic Spyware Daily. April 10, 2006.
• "Click Fraud Articles." PC Safe World. April 17, 2006.
• "Harvard University Researcher Accuses Yahoo Of Click Fraud." Playfuls Science & Technology. April 5, 2006.
• "Spyware Click-Fraud Scheme." ProxyNation. April 18, 2006.
• "MS Throws Hat Into Paid-Search Engine Ring." The Register. May 4, 2006.
• "Miva, the 2nd Tier Search Engines and Click Fraud." ReveNews. November 15, 2006.
• "Yahoo Charged with Syndication Fraud." ReveNews. May 2, 2006.
• "Ad:tech Notes: Part I." ReveNews. April 27, 2006.
• "Ben Edelman - 'Yahoo's Role Revisited'." ReveNews. April 5, 2006.
• "A Challenge Verifying Online Advertising." San Francisco Examiner. April 24, 2006.
• "Langberg: Click Fraud Looms over Google, Yahoo." San Jose Mercury News. April 17, 2006.
• "Catchup Tuesday in Silicon Valley - Yahoo Might Have a Serious Problem." San Jose Mercury News Silicon Beat. April 4, 2006.
• "April 4." Scripting News. April 4, 2006.
• "Class Action Fraud Suit Filed Against Yahoo Over Adware & Domain Distribution." SearchEngineWatch. May 3, 2006.
• "Yahoo's Click-Fraud Problem." SearchSecurity. April 7, 2006.
• "Yahoo! In: The Case of the Phantom Ad Clicks." SearchViews. April 4, 2006.
• "Yahoo Used in Spyware Click Fraud Scheme." Search Engine Guide. April 5, 2006.
• "Yahoo, Spyware & Clickless Click Fraud." Search Engine Journal. April 4, 2006.
• "Yahoo Search Marketing PPC Ads Found in Spyware with Auto Click Fraud." Searching Engine Roundtable. April 5, 2006.
• "Adware Said to Generate Fake Clicks on Yahoo Search Marketing Ads." SearchEngineWatch. April 4, 2006.
• "Spyware and Clickfraud." Search Engine War. April 5, 2006.
• "Yahoo Sued for Role in Spyware Click Fraud." Security Focus. May 5, 2006.
• "Yahoo Used in Spyware Click Fraud Scheme." The SEO Blog. April 4, 2006.
• "Yahoo PPC Click Fraud Syndicated in Spyware?" SEO Web Guide. April 6, 2006.
• "Yahoo, Spyware, and Click Fraud." Shareware Promotions. April 6, 2006.
• "Oh That? It's Our New PPPP (Pay Per Pop-up Program)." SiliconValley.com's Good Morning SIlicon Valley. April 4, 2006.
• "Yahoo Used in Spyware Click Fraud Scheme." SiteProNews. April 17, 2006.
• "When Ads Go Wandering." Slashdot. April 6, 2006.
• "Yahoo! and Click Fraud." The Spam Diaries. April 6, 2006.
• "Syndication Fraud." Stanley Wong. April 5, 2006.
• "Yahoo Used in Spyware Click Fraud Scheme." Step Forth and Be Found. April 4, 2006.
• "Ben Edelman Interviewed on ClickZ." Sunbelt Blog. April 13, 2006.
• "Does Yahoo Have an Adware Clickfraud Problem?" Techdirt. April 4, 2006.
• "Yahoo Hit with Second Spyware Click Fraud Suit." TechWeb. May 5, 2006.
• "Yahoo May Gain from Adware Click Fraud." TechWeb. April 5, 2006.
• "Google Also In on PPC Syndication Fraud." Threadwatch. April 5, 2006.
• "Click Fraud on Yahoo: No Click Required." Threadwatch. April 4, 2006.
• "Beating a Silent Drum." Thundercloud & Eightball's Rants and Essays. August 11, 2006.
• "Spyware Stalker Claims 180solutions and Others are Used for Yahoo Click Fraud." Trim Mail's Email Battles. April 4, 2006.
• "Yahoo Inc.: More Questions about the Quality of the Partner Network." UBS Investment Research. April 5, 2006.
• "Why Do We Pay Internet Bad Guys?" VentureBeat. September 13, 2006.
• "Yahoo PPC Displayed Through Known Parasites." Visual Intensity. April 18, 2006.
• "Yahoo Again Linked to Partner Click Fraud." Webpronews. September 25, 2006.
• "Yahoo Implicated in Spyware Click Fraud." Webpronews. April 4, 2006.
• Coverage also available in Danish, German (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7), Hebrew, Italian (1, 2), Japanese (1, 2), Swedish, and Taiwanese.

Advertisers Funding Direct Revenue. (March 2006)

• "The Plot to Hijack Your Computer." BusinessWeek. July 17, 2006.
• "Chase and Citi - Shady Advertising?" Credit Card Grrl. June 9, 2006.
• "A Closer Look at the Pop-Up Advertising Model." The Green Room. April 4, 2009.
• "In the Company of Spyware." InfoWorld. April 4, 2006.
• "Stopping Spies at the PC Gate." NewsFactor. April 4, 2006.
• "Shaming More Adware Funders." Silicon Valley Sleuth. March 31, 2006.
• "Beating a Silent Drum." Thundercloud & Eightball's Rants and Essays. August 11, 2006.
• "Web Advertisers Settle N.Y. Spyware Lawsuit." Washington Post Security Fix. January 29, 2007.

Advertisers Funding 180solutions. (March 2006)

• "Adware 'Fuelled by Big Companies.'" BBC News. March 23, 2006.
• "Advertisers Funding Spyware." Bits from Bill. March 20, 2006.
• "Naming, Shaming Adware Advertisers." Computerworld Blogwatch. March 21, 2006.
• "Spyware: Down but Not Out." Consumer Reports. September 2006.
• "Spyware Trail Leads to Kazaa, Big Advertisers." eWeek. March 21, 2006.
• "A Closer Look at the Pop-Up Advertising Model." The Green Room. April 4, 2009.
• "Potential Solution Strategies for Spyware." iMediaConnection. April 3, 2006.
• "In the Company of Spyware." InfoWorld. April 4, 2006.
• "Panel Explores Roots of Spyware, Adware." InfoWorld. March 20, 2006.
• "Big Ads Add to Adware, Spyware." Internet News. March 20, 2006.
• "Public Policy Group Accuses Companies of Funding Adware." InternetWeek. March 20, 2006.
• "Public Shaming Aims to Discourage Pop-Up Ad Firm's Big Customers." Seattle Post-Intelligencer. March 22, 2006.
• "180solutions in the Hot Seat." Seattle Post-Intelligencer - John Cook's Venture Blog. March 22, 2006.
• "Hitting Adware Makers Where It Hurts." Silicon Valley Sleuth. March 23, 2006.
• "Mainstream Advertisers Financing Adware." Spam Daily News. March 20, 2006.
• "CDT Report on Adware Advertising." Technology & Marketing Law Blog. March 22, 2006.
• "Beating a Silent Drum." Thundercloud & Eightball's Rants and Essays. August 11, 2006.
• "Shamed Advertisers Cut Adware Ties." Vnunet. March 24, 2006.
• "Adware Opponents Expose Offending Advertisers." Vnunet. March 21, 2006.
• "Major Online Brands Tied to Troublesome Web Ads, CDT Says." Washington Internet Daily. March 21, 2006.
• "Big Firms Fail to Police Adware, Report Says." Washington Post. March 20, 2006.
• "Turning Adware into Shameware." Washington Post Security Fix. March 20, 2006.
• "Advertisers Using Badware: Who Are They?" ZDNet Spyware Confidential. March 20, 2006.
• Coverage also available in German.

Nonconsensual 180 Installations Continue, Despite 180's "S3" Screen. (February 2006)

• "180 Reasons why Ben Edelman is Irresponsible." Affiliate Tip. February 24, 2006.
• "180solutions Pays FTC $3 Million." Broadband Reports. November 3, 2006.
• "180solutions Still At It - Ben Edelman Shows How." Broadband Reports. February 20, 2006.
• "Kids Thank Warner Brothers for the Ads and Porn." Do Not Reply. May 11, 2006.
• "Expert: 180solutions Update Permits Drive-By Installs." eWeek. February 21, 2006.
• "180solutions and Ben Edelman Square Off." 5 Star Affiliate Programs. February 25, 2006.
• "Spyware and Adware Continue to Plague PCs." Information Week. March 27, 2006.
• "Confessions of an Adware Purveyor." Information Week. March 27, 2006.
• "Just An Online Minute... Another Drive-By Saga." MediaPost. February 21, 2006.
• "180solutions in Trouble Again." PC Doctor. February 20, 2006.
• "Security Watch: Haxoor: One Scary Bit of Malware." PC Magazine. February 27, 2006.
• "Reformed Adware Vendor Still Under Fire." PC World. July 18, 2006.
• "180solutions Blows More Smoke Up…" RealTechNews. February 22, 2006.
• "180Solutions Still Allowing Nonconsensual Installs." RealTechNews. February 21, 2006.
• "180 from the Inside Out." ReveNews. March 31, 2006.
• "Send In The Alchemist for Begg-Smith and Deliver Us From S3." ReveNews. February 21, 2006.
• "Zango Accused of Deceiving MySpace Users." SecurityProNews. July 9, 2006.
• "Evolving the Antimalware Technology Model." Sunbelt Blog. January 3, 2007.
• "180solutions Issues Mea Culpa." Sunbelt Blog. February 24, 2006.
• "180's S3 Notice Prompt Bypassed." Sunbelt Blog. February 20, 2006.
• "What Responsibility Do Anti-Spyware Researchers Have?" Techdirt. February 23, 2006.
• "180solutions Promised Non-Sneaky Solution Fails to Be Non-Sneaky." Techdirt. February 19, 2006.
• "Warner Bros. Makes Deals with Devils." TechSearch Blog. May 10, 2006.
• "Adware Firm 180solutions Says Sorry." Techweb. February 28, 2006.
• "Adware Firm Blasts Critics as 'Irresponsible'." Techweb. February 23, 2006.
• "Researchers Say Adware Firm Still Duping Consumers." Techweb. February 22, 2006.
• "Zango Settles with the FTC." Tips Doctor. November 4, 2006.
• "The Dark Side of Internet Advertising." UnitStep. July 18, 2006.
• "A History of Revision Part 4." Vital Security. April 9, 2007.
• "A History of Revision Part 3." Vital Security. April 7, 2007.
• "J'Accuse!" Vital Security. February 21, 2006.
• "This Just Leaps off the Page." Vital Security. February 21, 2006.
• "180solutions S3 Security Technology Punk'd." Vital Security. February 20, 2006.
• "Security - 180solutions " Washington Internet Daily. February 22, 2006.
• "180solutions Issues 'Mea Culpa'." Washington Post Security Fix. February 24, 2006.
• "More 'Rogue' Trouble for 180solutions." Washington Post Security Fix. February 20, 2006.
• "180solutions Wrap Up." ZDNet Spyware Confidential. February 27, 2006.
• "180solutions Responds - Questions Need Answers." ZDNet Spyware Confidential. February 21, 2006.
• "180solutions' S3 Technology Broken?" ZDNet Spyware Confidential. February 20, 2006.
• Coverage also available in German (1, 2, 3).

Pushing Spyware through Search. (January 2006)

• "Spyware: Down but Not Out." Consumer Reports. September 2006.
• "The Search for Spyware." HardNews - Hard OCP. February 12, 2006.
• "Potential Solution Strategies for Spyware." iMediaConnection. April 3, 2006.
• "Paid Search Results Often Not Worth the Click." InfoWorld. February 6, 2006.
• "How Much Do Search Engines Make From Adware/Spyware?" Internet Stock Blog. January 30, 2006.
• "An Open Letter to Online Ad Networks." Jatin Mahindra. July 28, 2009.
• "Pushing Spyware through Search." The Lippard Blog. January 28, 2006.
• "Spyware Via Google Searches." Malware Advisor. January 26, 2006.
• "ICT eNews 47." Penn State Information and Communication Technologies. February 3, 2006.
• "Paid Search Results Rife with Spyware." Techdirt. February 6, 2006.
• "Staying Safe in the Digital Age: Spyware." University of Maine.
• Coverage also available in Czech, German (1, 2, 3), Japanese, and Slovak.

Affiliate Hall of Shame. (January 2006)

• "The Worst Affiliate Program." Affiliate Blog. April 5, 2006.
• "MyPoints Violates Affiliate Network Rules." CompareRewards. January 20, 2006.
• "'Good Cause' Web sites installing Adware software?." LilBambi's Blog. March 16, 2006.
• "FreestyleRewards/Coolsavings Still Using Adware: 180Solutions." ReveNews. January 31, 2006.
• "Edelman: MyPoints & CoolSavings Using Direct Revenue." ReveNews. January 16, 2006.

180's Newest Installation Practices. (January 2006)

• "180solutions - Adware Company At It Again." Addict3d. January 13, 2006.
• "FTC Fines Zango $3 Million." Castle Cops. November 4, 2006.
• "180solutions and Children." Clif Notes Newsletter. January 15, 2006.
• "CDT Goes for 180solutions' Throat after Edelman Does the Homework." Email Battles. January 23, 2006.
• "Spyware Researcher Claims Zango Hasn't Mended Its Ways." Information Week. November 6, 2006.
• "180Solutions - Adware Company At It Again." Mistek. January 11, 2006.
• "Responding to 180solutions." Spyware Informer. January 18, 2006.
• "Ben Edelman Thinks about 180solutions." Spyware Informer. January 10, 2006.
• "Security Expert Ben Edelman Dissects 180Solutions New Practices." Sunbelt Blog. January 9, 2006.
• "Ben Edelman Replies To 180Solutions." Malware Advisor. January 16, 2006.
• "Zango Gets a Late Spanking." RealTechNews. November 3, 2006.
• "New Keylogger Threat Targeting Banks." RealTechNews. March 10, 2006.
• "Pirated Movie Downloads Offered as Zango Sweetener." The Register. August 18, 2008.
• "FTC Fines Zango $3 Million." Slashdot. November 4, 206.
• "More Zango WeirdnessSunbelt Blog. August 15, 2008.
• "Adware Vendor in Fake YouTube Fracas." TechWeb. November 8, 2006.
• "Zango Settles with the FTC." Tips Doctor. November 4, 2006.
• "CDT Goes for 180solutions' Throat after Edelman Does the Homework." Trim Mail's Email Battles. January 23, 2006.
• "Zango, the FTC, and ... Licat." Vital Security. November 3, 2006.
• "Avatar Site Pushes Zango Installs and Gambling Adverts to Kids." Vital Security. July 24, 2006.
• "These Dollies Are Not for Kids, Honest." Vital Security. January 15, 2006.
• "Ben Edelman's Latest Writeup." Vital Security. January 10, 2006.
• "Invasion of the Computer Snatchers." Washington Post. February 19, 2006.
• "In Message to Industry, Government Fines Adware Purveyor $3 Million." Wired Blogs - 27B Stroke 6. November 3, 2006.
• "Zango, the FTC and You Tube." ZDNet Spyware Confidential. November 6, 2006.
• "Reactions to CDT's Action Against 180solutions and CJB.net." ZDNet Spyware Confidential. January 24, 2006.
• "Ben Edelman Responds to 180solutions." ZDNet Spyware Confidential. January 16, 2006.
• "180solutions Installation Practices Under Fire." ZDNet Spyware Confidential. January 9, 2006.
• Coverage also available in French.

Deciding Who To Trust. (December 2005)

• "SiteAdvisor Rocks - And McAfee Buys." AskWoody. April 10, 2006.
• "SiteAdvisor Acquired by McAfee." Boston WebTechnologyForum. April 7, 2006.
• "McAfee SiteAdvisor." eBay Shape. July 11, 2006.
• "Articles: SiteAdvisor." Ecademy. January 25, 2006.
• "McAfee Gobbles Up Web Ratings Security Startup." eWeek. April 5, 2006.
• "SiteAdvisor Finds Billions of Unsafe Web Sites." eWeek. March 3, 2006.
• "Ganging Up on Badware." Internet News. January 25, 2006.
• "SiteAdvisor - Flagging the Danger Zones." Joho The Blog. December 19, 2005.
• "New Internet Consumer Protection Tool -- SiteAdvisor." The Lippard Blog. January 25, 2006.
• "Academics at Harvard and Oxford Take Aim at Spyware." Newsfactor. January 25, 2006.
• "McAfee's Deal with Yahoo." Sunbelt Blog. May 6, 2008.
• "New Safety Net for Web Surfers." Sydney Morning Herald. March 6, 2006.
• "'X' Marks the Spyware." Technology Review. March 1, 2006.
• "Ben Edelman." Think Exist Quotations.
• "Finding Trustworthy Sites with SiteAdvisor." TimeAtlas Productivity Portfolio. January 10, 2006.
• "SiteAdvisor." Tree Speaker. December 19, 2005.
• "Web Safety Program Prepares for 2006 Launch." Washington Internet Daily. December 29, 2005.
• "SiteAdvisor Adds Search Safety." Washington Post Security Fix. February 28, 2006.
• "A New Approach to Desktop Security." Who Has Time For This? December 19, 2005.
• "How to Check That Sites Are Safe." Windows Secrets. April 2006.
• "Take the Spyware Quiz." ZDNet Spyware Confidential. March 14, 2006.
• Coverage also available in Italian.

Cleaning Up Sony's Rootkit Mess. (November 2005)

• "Cleaning Up After the Sony Rootkit." Avery Parker. November 21, 2005.
• "Sony Rootkit DRM Roundup Part III." Boing Boing. November 21, 2005.
• "Why Not Update Sony's Rootkit with a Warning Message?" Boing Boing. November 21, 2005.
• "How Sony Could Clean Up Their DRM Mess." Digg. November 22, 2005.
• "Sony Could Use XCP to Protect Its Customers, but Won't." Download Squad. November 23, 2005.
• "Listen Up, Sony!" Ed Bott's Windows Expertise. November 22, 2005.
• "SonyBMG's Secret Recall." EFF Deep Links. November 28, 2005.
• "A Great Idea Whose Time Has Come." Emergent Chaos. November 21, 2005.
• "Using Sony Spyware to Spread Word of the Recall." Lot 49. November 21, 2005.
• "Muzzy's Research about Sony's XCP DRM System." Muzzy.net. November 17, 2005.
• "Premature Victory Declaration." On Computer Tips. December 3, 2005.
• "Cleaning Up Sony's Rootkit Mess." On Computer Tips. November 22, 2005.
• "Ben Edelman has a Suggestion for Sony." PC Doctor. November 22, 2005.
• "How Sony Could Help Itself." RC3. November 22, 2005.
• "The Sony Rootkit Saga Continues." Schneier on Security. November 21, 2005.
• "Bugging Sony." Slate. November 22, 2005.
• "All the Sony BMG News That's Fit to Print." Stereophile. November 27, 2005.
• "One Good Idea as to How Sony Can Clean up the Rootkits." Sunbelt Blog. November 21, 2005.
• "Premature Victory Declaration?" Sysinternals Blog. November 30, 2005.
• "The Edelman Solution: Use XCP To Notify Customers." The Digital Music Weblog. November 24, 2005.
• "Sony's Rootkit Mess: The Story Continues." ZDNet Spyware Confidential. November 21, 2005.
• Coverage also available in French, German, Italian, and Japanese.

What Claria Doesn't Disclose (Any More). (November 2005)

• "Claria's Latest Modus Operandi." Larry Seltzer's Security Weblog. November 15, 2005.
• "Claria Borrows Inspiration from George Carlin?" ReveNews. November 15, 2005.
• "Curious and Curiouser." Sunbelt Blog. November 15, 2005.
• "Claria Decides That Calling Its Pop-Ups Pop-Ups Is A Bit Too Descriptive." TechDirt. November 15, 2005.
• "Claria Strikes Deal with Yahoo." TechWeb. April 3, 2006.
• "Security." Washington Internet Daily. November 21, 2005.
• "Claria Doesn't Want You to Know They Do Pop-Ups." ZDNet Spyware Confidential. November 15, 2005.

Claria Shows Ads Through Exploit-Delivered Popups. (October 2005)

• "Claria Pop-Up Ads Will Cease July 1." Associated Press. June 22, 2006.
• "Claria Up To Its Old Tricks: Showing Ads Through Exploit-Delivered Popups." Fergie's Tech Blog. May 1, 2006.
• "Godwin's Law." Spyware Weekly. October 27, 2005.
• "Oh Lovely, Now I'm a Nazi." SpywareInfo. October 21, 2005.
• "Adware Community Cackles with Glee." Sunbelt Blog. October 20, 2005.
• "Claria's New Non-Adware Offering... Delivered Through Adware." TechDirt. October 18, 2005.
• "Claria Strikes Deal with Yahoo." TechWeb. April 3, 2006.
• "Chaos in Paradise." VitalSecurity. October 20, 2005.
• "Claria Doesn't Want You to Know They Do Pop-Ups." ZDNet Spyware Confidential. November 15, 2005.
• "ShopAtHomeSelect Strikes Again." ZDNet Spyware Confidential. October 27, 2005.
• "Adware Drama." ZDNet Spyware Confidential. October 23, 2005.

Video: New.net Installed through Security Holes. (October 2005)

• "From Proxies to Zombies." Spam Huntress. October 23, 2005.
• "New.net Installs Via Security Holes." Spyware Informer. October 8, 2005.
• "New.net Installation through Security Exploit." Spyware Warrior. October 7, 2005.
• "New.net Bins Rogue Distributor." Spyware Info. October 13, 2005.
• "And Whatcha' Gonna Do, When They Run Wild on You?" VitalSecurity. October 12, 2005.
• Coverage also available in German (1, 2).

Strategic Bidder Behavior in Sponsored Search Auctions and Internet Advertising and the Generalized Second Price Auction: Selling Billions of Dollars Worth of Keywords. (September 2005)

• "The Secret to Google's Success." Business Week. March 6, 2006.
• "Search Ad Auction Models Flawed, Economists Say." ClickZ News. January 20, 2006.
• "Auction Advertisers Pay through the Nose." Electric News Net. February 3, 2006.
• "Is the Auction Model of Paid Search Flawed?" Hotel Marketing. January 24, 2006.
• "Technology behind Online Advertising." Junling's Blog. April 12, 2010.
• "Search Auctions Flawed, Researchers Say." MediaBuyerPlanner. January 20, 2006.
• "News from the Online Search World." MIT Innovation Club. May 9, 2006.
• "Moe, Larry, Curly & Google's Quality Score Calculation." ReveNews. November 30, 2006.
• "Are Search Advertisers Paying More than they Need To?" SearchEngineWatch. January 20, 2006.
• "Stanford: SEMs Are Getting Screwed." WebProNews. January 19, 2006.

How Expedia Funds Spyware. (September 2005)

• "Disgusting Spyware - and Other News." Associate Programs Newsletter. September 22, 2005.
• "Internet News / Analysis In Brief" Internet Stock Blog. September 12, 2005.
• "The Greatest Spammers Around?" SecuriTeam Blogs. September 11, 2005.
• "Spyware Tricks Part II: Follow the Money Trail." ZDNet Spyware Confidential. September 20, 2005.

How Affiliate Programs Fund Spyware. (September 2005)

• "Ben Edelman Discusses Dangers of Affiliates Using Adware in Candid Podcast Interview." Affiliate Tip. January 4, 2006.
• "Disgusting Spyware - and Other News." Associate Programs Newsletter. September 22, 2005.
• "FTC May Shame Adware Advertisers." Betanews. February 10, 2006.
• "A Software Hall of Mirrors." BusinessWeek. June 17, 2006.
• "Questions for Ben Edelman." ClickZ News. April 12, 2006.
• "What Are Botnet Herds Up To?" Dancho Danchev. January 17, 2006.
• "Direct Revenue to Dump Affiliate Networks." eWeek. September 27, 2005.
• "Ben Edelman Audio Blog on Affiliates Using Spyware and Adware." 5 Star Affiliate Programs. January 5, 2006.
• "'Good Cause' Web sites installing Adware software?." LilBambi's Blog. March 16, 2006.
• "Spyware Defined - The Money Train." Lockergnome. January 26, 2006.
• "Edelman on Affiliate Marketing, Spyware/Adware." Marketing Vox. January 5, 2006.
• "Affiliate Summit Recap." Revenue Magazine. January 13, 2006.
• "Affiliate Summit Recap." Revenews. January 17, 2006.
• "Complete Ben Edelman Podcast Series." Revenews. January 12, 2006.
• "Ben Edelman Podcast: Part II." Revenews. January 3, 2006.
• "Edelman Discusses Spyware/Adware in 5 Part Audio Series." Revenews. January 3, 2006.
• "FTC Fines Marketers Over Actions of Affiliates." Revenews. November 18, 2005.
• "Affiliate Contests Can Hurt Merchants." Revenews. October 3, 2005.
• "Google Checkout Plus CPA Ads: Valueclick Killer Indeed." SeekingAlpha. July 3, 2006.
• "Spyware." SEO Radio. January 24, 2006.
• "Why Bigger Isn't Always Better." Shawn Kerr Blog. February 20, 2007.
• "Botnet Attack Shuts Down Hospital Network." Slashdot. February 12, 2006.
• "The Edelman Podcasts Rock!" Spyware Informer. January 6, 2006.
• "Catch Affiliate Program Abuse: Pay a Bounty to Your Affiliates and Advertisers." Stop Scum. September 20, 2005.
• "The Ben Edelman Interviews." Sunbelt Blog. January 6, 2006.
• "The Complete Edelman Collection." Sunbelt Blog. February 21, 2006.
• "The Evolution of Affiliate Marketing." Target Marketing Magazine. October 2005.
• "Ben Edelman Discusses Adware, Spyware, and Affiliate Programs." ThoughtShapers. January 2006
• "Google Checkout: An Affiliate Network Industry Trojan Horse?" ThoughtShapers. June 29, 2006.
• Coverage also available in German (1, 2).

How Yahoo Funds Spyware. (August 2005)

• "Yahoo's Dirty Little Secret." Andy Sweet - Legal Marketing and Other Goodies. September 21, 2005.
• "Disgusting Spyware - and Other News." Associate Programs Newsletter. September 22, 2005.
• "Plan Certifies Consumer-Friendly Downloads." Associated Press. November 15, 2005.
• "Yahoo's Love of Adware." Broadband Reports. September 20, 2005.
• "Yahoo's Pop-Up Connection." BusinessWeek. July 17, 2006.
• "The Plot to Hijack Your Computer." BusinessWeek. July 17, 2006.
• "Yahoo's Adware Counterattack." BusinessWeek. November 16, 2005.
• "Yahoo: Mistrust Is Popping Up." BusinessWeek. September 15, 2005.
• "Debate Surrounds Claims Against Yahoo." c|net News.com. September 6, 2005.
• "Yahoo!: Syndicating Ads to the Desktop." ClickZ News. September 1, 2005.
• "How Spyware Is Funded and Spread By..." Earthlink Protection Blog. September 26, 2005.
• "Yahoo & Spyware & 3721." The Hitchhiker's Guide to 650. September 3, 2005.
• "Yahoo Sued for Spyware-Driven Cilck Fraud." Information Week. May 4, 2006.
• "Ganging Up on Badware." Internet News. January 25, 2006.
• "Yahoo Funding Spyware?" Internet News. September 1, 2005.
• "What is Yahoo's Financial Exposure to Adware and Spyware?" Internet Stock Blog. September 1, 2005.
• "Spyware Plagues Online Ad Networks." Internet Week. September 23, 2005.
• "Is There Such a Thing as Safe Surfing?" Lavasoft Research. September 15, 2005.
• "Yahoo Acused of Spyware." Marketing Shift. July 10, 2006.
• "Yahoo in Bed with Spyware Pop-Up Distributors." MediaPost. July 10, 2006.
• "Malware Money Tough to Trace." PC Magazine. September 17, 2006.
• "Click Fraud Articles." PC Safe World. April 17, 2006.
• "Yahoo! Criticized for Supporting Spyware." Platinax Internet. September 1, 2005.
• "Bradley Horowitz Podcast." PodLeaders. January 19, 2006.
• "The Long Friday Recap." Revenews. September 9, 2005.
• "Yahoo Funds Adware, Advertisers Unkowingly Lap It Up." Revenews. August 31, 2005.
• "Yahoo Rapped Over Funding Spyware -- Isn't It Overdue For Source Selection To Be Allowed?" SearchEngineWatch. September 1, 2005.
• "Yahoo Sued for Role in Spyware Click Fraud." Security Focus. May 5, 2006.
• "Spyware." SEO Radio. January 24, 2006.
• "Yahoo Venturing into Spyware/Malware. Stay Away from Yahoo Instant Messenger." Simple Thoughts. September 7, 2005.
• "Is Yahoo Actvely Supporting Adware?" Slashdot. September 20, 2005.
• "A Yahoo! Double Whammy." Spyware Daily. September 6, 2005.
• "Yahoo Funds Spyware?" Dr. Subrahmanyam Karuturi. September 1, 2005.
• "How Yahoo Funds Spyware." Teris Security Central. September 5, 2005.
• "Yahoo's Spyware Shame." Threadwatch. September 1, 2005.
• "Conflicts." Threat Chaos. November 4, 2005.
• "Fluffy Business Week Article on Yahoo!" Ultramookie. September 15, 2005.
• "Yahoo PPC Displayed Through Known Parasites." Visual Intensity. April 18, 2006.
• "Yahoo Implicated in Spyware Click Fraud." Webpronews. April 4, 2006.
• "Yahoo, AOL Rejecting Adware." WebProNews. November 16, 2005.
• "Adware and Affiliate Marketing by Ben Edelman." ZDNet Spyware Confidential. January 10, 2006..
• "Spyware Tricks Part II: Follow the Money Trail." ZDNet Spyware Confidential. September 20, 2005.
• "Yahoo and Spyware." ZDNet Spyware Confidential. September 6, 2005.
• Coverage also available in Japanese.

Debunking ShopAtHomeSelect. (August 2005)

• "ShopAtHomeSelect Exposed by Ben Edelman." 5 Star Affiliate Programs. August 11, 2005.
• "Adware: On Its Last Leg." AdBumb. September 7, 2005.
• "ShopAtHome.com or How Affiliate Marketing Gets Hurt." Affiliate Marketing BLog. January 28, 2009.
• "ShopAtHomeSelect Banned from Commission Junction." Alex Morganis. October 18, 2005.
• "CJ Kicks Out ShopAtHomeSelect." ReveNews. October 14, 2005.
• "Commission Junction Bans Major 'Loyalty' Affiliate." Datamation. October 17, 2005.
• "'Loyalty' Sites Push E-Commerce Affiliate Limits." Datamation. September 13, 2005.
• "ShopAtHomeSelect Jekyl & Hyde." Jangro Affiliate Marketing & SEO. October 18, 2005.
• "Y! Mail & YPN Face-Off Against Gmail & AdSense." Minority Rapport. August 16, 2005.
• "CJ Cleaning House." Revenue Magazine Blog. October 18, 2005.
• "Commission Junction Continues Adware Crackdown." Rogerd's Notebook. October 18, 2005.
• "Self-Promotion, Legalese, and Dilbert." Spyware Daily. August 12, 2005.
• "Shop At Home Select: Our Report." Sunbelt Blog. March 16, 2006.
• "A Deeper Look at Commission Junction's Network." ThoughtShapers. October 16, 2005.
• "Adware Company Gets the Boot from Affiliate Network." ZDnet Spyware Confidential. October 17, 2005.

What Passes for Consent at 180solutions. (June 2005)

• "Ohhh, How Nice of 180search Assistant." annoyances.org. June 29, 2005.
• "Adware Maker Seeks to Thwart Rogue Installs." c|net News.com. September 7, 2005.
• "Adware Maker Tries Image Makeover." c|net News.com. June 27, 2005.
• "Adware Purveyors Tackle Drive-By Installations." MediaPost. September 7, 2005.
• "180 Floundering for Suit Solution." NewMedia Report. September 15, 2005.
• "180 Fights Illegal Installs, for Real." NewMedia Report. September 8, 2005.
• "180Solutions: The Surprise Friends in Your Closet." ReveNews. June 28, 2005.
• "180Solutions AdWare Pretends to Clean up Act." Search Engine Journal. September 9, 2005.
• "180solutions Changes Faces." Spyware Warrior. June 28, 2005.
• "180 Solutions Will Try to Clean Up Its Distribution Channels." Sunbelt Blog. September 7, 2005.
• "180 Proposes, Edelman Disposes." Sunbelt Blog. June 28, 2005.
• WhenU Convinces VCs That It Has Reformed -- Everyone Else Isn't So Certain." TechDirt. July 6, 2005.
• "180Solutions Latest Attempt At Cleaning Up Its Adware Act Seems To Fall Short." Techdirt. September 7, 2005.
• "180Solutions Definition Of 'Consent' Leaves Much Desired." TeMerc Internet Countermeasures. June 28, 2005.
• "And Whatcha' Gonna Do, When They Run Wild on You?" VitalSecurity. October 12, 2005.
• "Ben Edelman Chews the Program Up and Spits It Out." Vital Security. June 28, 2005.
• "Adware Maker Sues Naughty Affiliates." Vnunet. August 18, 2005.
• "Adware Firm Accuses 7 Distributors of Using 'Botnets'." Washington Post. August 16, 2005.
• "They Should Have Pulled the Trigger." Spyware Warrior. October 12, 2005.
• Coverage also available in Chinese and German.

Microsoft to Buy Claria? (June 2005)

• "Microsoft Loves Adware?" 925|M. July 8, 2005.
• "Microsoft and Claria: Match Made (Not) in Heaven." Bayosphere. June 30, 2005.
• "Who Killed Gator?" Bits from Bill. July 2, 2006.
• "Would Microsoft Buy an Adware Firm?" Computer Business Review. July 1, 2005.
• "Alice in Spyware Land." Consumer Inq. July 11, 2005.
• "Microsoft Flirts with Adware to Get Personal." Dow Jones Newswire. June 30, 2005.
• "Dear Microsoft: Why Should We Trust You to Detect Spyware?" Ed Bott. July 10, 2005.
• "Why Microsoft AntiSpyware Is Untrustworthy." eWeek. July 12, 2005.
• "Microsoft Irks Watchdogs with Claria Downgrade Explanation." eWeek. July 11, 2005.
• "Microsoft-Claria Rumors Could Be an Inside Job." eWeek. July 6, 2005.
• "Microsoft Draws Criticism For Changing AntiSpyware Definitions." Information Week. July 8, 2005.
• "Microsoft's Antispyware Turns Neutral on Claria?" Loose Wire. July 5, 2005.
• "Microsoft Calls Off Claria Deal." Marketing Vox. July 13, 2005.
• "Momentum for MS AntiSpyware Rethink." Microsoft Windows Security. July 11, 2005.
• "Microsoft Downgrades Claria Adware Detection." The PC Doctor's Technoblog. July 2005.
• "Microsoft to Buy Gator Maker?" PC World. June 30, 2005.
• "Microsoft Buying Claria?" Privacy Clue. June 30, 2005.
• "Microsoft + Claria: More Evidence of a Partnership." Revenews. July 7, 2005.
• "Microsoft, Claria Deal?" Revenue. June 30, 2005.
• "Microsoft and Claria, Together at Last?" Security Focus. July 13, 2005.
• "Looks Like There's a Mac In My Future." Senkwe Chanda's Blog. July 2, 2005.
• "Microsoft-Warms-UpTo-Claria, Continued." Silicon Beat. July 1, 2005.
• "Microsoft Antispyware 'Ignores' Claria." Spyware Warrior. July 1, 2005.
• Coverage also available in Finnish, French (1, 2, 3), and Swedish.

More on Google's Role: Syndicated Ads Shown Through Ill-Gotten Third-Party Toolbars. (June 2005)

• "Big Brands Starting to Back Off Adware?" Affiliate Cluetrain. June 28, 2005.
• "Why Google Isn't Innocent." Alex Morganis. June 15, 2005.
• "Why Google Isn't Innocent (Part II)." Alex Morganis. June 16, 2005.
• "Major Advertisers Caught in Spyware Net." Associated Press. June 24, 2005.
• "Study: Spyware Profiting Off Google Ads." BetaNews. June 9, 2005.
• "Google Supports Spyware." Broadband Reports. June 9, 2005.
• "How Spyware Is Funded and Spread By..." Earthlink Protection Blog. September 26, 2005.
• "Do Google Ads Help Fund Spyware?" eWeek. June 9, 2005.
• "Google Needs to Step Up in Spyware Fight." eWeek. June 9, 2005.
• "Things We'd Like To Ask Jeeves." Eightball & Thundercloud's Rant. June 17, 2005.
• "Millions." Gewgaw. June 11, 2005.
• "Ganging Up on Badware." Internet News. January 25, 2006.
• "Ask Jeeves on 'Convenience Search'." Internet Stock Blog. May 2, 2005.
• "Will Google End Its Relationship with Ask Jeeves?" Internet Stock Blog. June 7, 2005.
• "How Deep Does Adware Go?" IT Diaries. July 8, 2005.
• "Do Google Ads Help Fund Spyware?" PhysOrg. June 9, 2005.
• "Chasing Links to Jewels." Plain Package. June 25, 2005.
• "Syndicated Ads Shown Through Ill-Gotten Third-Party Toolbars." Richard's Search Engine Blog. June 6, 2005.
• "Ask Jeeves Gets in More Trouble with MySearch." Search Engine Journal. June 7, 2005.
• "More Questions On Adware & Search Ad Distribution." Search Engine Watch. June 6, 2005.
• "Calling on Google to Help Stop Spyware." Spyware Warrior. June 9, 2005.
• "Jeeves in Spyware Trouble Again." Threadwatch. June 7, 2005.
• "Fluffy Business Week Article on Yahoo!" Ultramookie. September 15, 2005.
• Coverage also available in Dutch.

Hotbar Installs via Banner Ads at Kids Sites. (May 2005)

• "Adware Vendor Hotbar Worried About Image." Broadband Reports. May 16, 2005.
• "Symantec Turns Tables On Adware Vendor, Files Suit." CMP Techweb. June 8, 2005.
• "Symantec Settles Adware Dispute with Hotbar." Computerworld. February 24, 2006.
• "Hotbar - The Saga Continues." Eightball & Thundercloud. June 10, 2005.
• "Hotbar Scalded by Anti-Spyware Researcher." Eightball & Thundercloud. May 20, 2005.
• "Hotbar in Hot Water with Online Privacy Group." eWeek. June 8, 2005.
• "There Oughta Be A Law." Houston Law Review. 2006.
• "Symantec Sues Hotbar." I Am Not A Geek. June 8, 2005.
• "Symantec Takes Heat for Changing Adware Advice." Information Week. March 3, 2006.
• "Spyware Targets Children." Internet Insecurity. June 5, 2005.
• "Symantec Sues Hotbar." The Inquirer. June 8, 2005.
• Response to Hotbar Cease and Desist Letter. Javacool Software. June 6, 2005.
• "Malware.. Virus, Spyware, Trojans and a Lot More!" Martha's Web. May 2005.
• "Symantec and Hotbar Love Fest." SecurityProNews. March 6, 2006.
• Complaint in Symantec Corp. v. Hotbar.com. Symantec Corporation. June 7, 2005.
• "Hotbar - Software Review." Sunbelt Software. June 4, 2005.
• "Hotbar - Sleazy Low Risk Adware?" Spyware Warrior. May 27, 2005.
• "More on Hotbar." Sunbeltblog. May 16, 2005.
• "Symantec Sues Adware Company For The Right To Call It Adware." Techdirt. June 8, 2005.
• Coverage also available in Dutch, Hebrew, and Italian.

Intermediaries' Role in the Spyware Mess. (May 2005)

• "Advertisers Suffer As Well." Alex Morganis. May 30, 2005.
• "Google Supports Spyware." Broadband Reports. June 9, 2005.
• "Your Ad Here. And Here. And Here." BusinessWeek. April 24, 2006.
• "Banner Ads Launch Security Attacks." Freedom to Tinker. July 20, 2006.
• "Edelman on Adware/Spyware Intermediaries." The Importance Of... - Corante. May 26, 2005.
• "The Spitzer Internet Danger List - An Update." The Internet Stock Blog. May 24, 2005.
• "Microsoft Serving More than Just Advertisements." Monsters & Critics. February 28, 2007.
• "Is Google to Blame for Spyware?" O'Reilly Developer Weblogs. May 23, 2005.
• "Google: Is Good Going Bad?" PC Pitstop. June 12, 2005.
• "Edelman Reports on Google's Role as 'Advertising Intermediary'." Search Engine Watch. June 1, 2005.
• "Spam Bots, Keyloggers, Porn, Adware, Direct Revenue, 180solutions." Spyware Confidential - c|net download.com. March 14, 2005.
• "No Good for Advertisers, Either." Spyware Confidential - c|net download.com. May 23, 2005.
• "Calling on Google to Help Stop Spyware." Spyware Warrior. June 9, 2005.
• "Azoogle Cans 180solutions, Direct Revenue." Sunbelt Blog. February 26, 2006.
• "Edelman on 'Intermediaries' Role in the Spyware Mess'." Technology & Marketing Law Blog. May 26, 2005.
• "Stopping Today's PC Spies at the Gate." Top Tech News. November 4, 2006.
• "Letter From the Anti-Spyware Coalition Conference." Security Fix - Washington Post. February 10, 2006.
• "Spyware Tricks Part II: Follow the Money Trail." ZDNet Spyware Confidential. September 20, 2005.
• "Ben Edelman Is Now Taking On Google." Where's Esther. June 2005.

Netscape 8's "Trust Rating" System. (May 2005)

• "Can 'Truste' Be Trusted?" Broadband Reports. July 27, 2005.
• "Direct Revenue's Aurora: Plague of the Internet?" Broadband Reports. June 7, 2005.
• "Netscape's Feeble 'Trust' System." Broadband Reports. June 3, 2005.
• "Hotbar in Hot Water with Online Privacy Group." eWeek. June 8, 2005.
• "Netscape 8 May Give Green Light to Spyware Sites." eWeek. June 1, 2005.
• "Spyware Protection? Says Who?" Monkeys In My Pants. June 2, 2005.
• "Netscape Again - Are They Nuts?" Spyware Sucks. June 1, 2005.
• "More on Netscape and Spyware." Spyware Warrior. June 2, 2005.
• "More on Netscape Trust Rating." Sunbeltblog. May 31, 2005.
• "Spyware Protection? Says Who?" Wagner's Weblog. June 2, 2005.
• Coverage also available in Dutch, French, German (1, 2, 3, 4), Norwegian, Spanish (1, 2), and Swedish.

Does Jeeves Ask for Permission? and Ask Jeeves Toolbar Installs via Banner Ads at Kids Sites. (May 2005)

• "Does Jeves Ask for Permission?" Anti-Spyware Blog. May 4, 2005.
• "Who's Serving Up Your Ads?" Bambi Francisco. May 3, 2005.
• "Spying on the Spyware Makers." c|net news.com. May 5, 2005.
• "How to Fight Spyware (Effectively)." Corante Copyfight. May 3, 2005.
• "Dell Peer Support Groups Shut Down." Craig Stuntz's Weblog. July 15, 2005.
• "Do You Have Spyware on Your PC?" Dave's IPAQ. May 4, 2005.
• "Wider Fallout Seen as Intermix Spyware Probe Continues." E-Commerce News. May 3, 2005.
• "The Pharmer In The Dell." Eightball & Thundercloud's Rant. July 22, 2005.
• "Things We'd Like To Ask Jeeves." Eightball & Thundercloud's Rant. June 17, 2005.
• "The Software Practices Police Squad." eWeek. September 14, 2005.
• "Ask Jeeves Disputes Anti-Spyware Flaggings." eWeek. September 12, 2005.
• "There Oughta Be A Law." Houston Law Review. 2006.
• "Don't Short Junk - Implications of News Corp's Purchase of Intermix." Internet Stock Blog. July 19, 2005.
• "Ask Jeeves on 'Convenience Search'." Internet Stock Blog. May 2, 2005.
• "Will Google End Its Relationship with Ask Jeeves?" Internet Stock Blog. June 7, 2005.
• "Ask Jeeves' Exposure to Spitzer's Attack on Adware/Spyware." Internet Stock Blog. May 2, 2005.
• "Market Assigns Higher Risk to IAC and Ask Jeeves Deal." Investor's Business Daily. May 6, 2005.
• "Adware Question Haunts Ask Jeeves Acquisition." Law.com. May 6, 2005.
• "Market Has Questions on Ask Jeeves." Marketwatch. May 6, 2005.
• "Intermix is Just the Start: Ramification of Adware Suit Are Broad." Marketwatch. May 3, 2005.
• "MSNBC Article About Ask Jeeves Doing Something Horrible." Misc Teris Projects. June 6, 2005.
• "Spyware/Adware Targeting Kids." My Game Company. May 5, 2005.
• "Uneasy Rider." Newsweek. June 3, 2005.
• "Spyware, Click Fraud and the PPC Engines." Pay Per Click Analyst. September 6, 2005.
• "On Second Thought, Don't Ask Jeeves." Quantum Moronics. June 6, 2005.
• "Adware, Affiliates, and Ask.com." Revenews. April 10, 2006.
• "The Long Friday Recap." Revenews. September 9, 2005.
• "Ask Jeeves Gets in More Trouble with MySearch." Search Engine Journal. June 7, 2005.
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