Sunday, 11 September 2011

Suit Levels Spyware, Typosquatting Allegations at Yahoo


A class-action lawsuit filed Monday against YAHOO.INC  an unnamed group access unauthorized to     accuses the company of engaging in "syndication fraud" against advertisers who pay Yahoo to display their adventurists on search results and on the Web pages of partner Web sites. The suit claims that Yahoo displayed these advertisers' online ads via spyware and ad ware products and on so-called "typo-squatter" Web sites that capitalize on misspellings of popular trademarks or company names
the plaintiff argue that  Yahoo regularly uses its relationship with ad ware and typosquatting sites to gain up more revenue around earnings time, alleging that the company is conspiring to boost revenue by partnering with some of the Internet's seamier characters.

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