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by cantrevealname 247 days ago
> "Everyone knows. But if we filtered it all out properly, our revenue would drop 40% overnight, and investors would have a meltdown."

The word "revenue" above doesn't sound right. Did you mean "ad impressions", "clicks", "visits", or something else?

If the bot traffic is giving you 40% more revenue, well that's excellent news, right? If it's revenue, then keep doing it.

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It's revenue for the ad platforms, not for the clients