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Originally Posted by GTS Mark
Really interesting article here asking if Livingsocial utilized adware/malware installers to surpass Groupon in traffic? It would not surprise me in the slightest considering how hot this vertical is in mainstream and how everyone is throwing money around like the old days.
http://industrypace.com/frontpage/20...le-adware.html |
the article isn;t making much sense though.
That being said, I am mainly concerned about one thing that I’m sure you noticed. 7% of all traffic coming to LivingSocial.com is from Groupon. Is Groupon really sending traffic to competition? Highly unlikely, and not really happening (I checked with Groupon and looked myself.) Instead there is something going on here that I’m sure Groupon would love to take note legally and otherwise — the use of adware.
The clickstream chart is really not saying a whole lot. A good amount is perhaps coming from people on Groupon going to LS to and check both sides for deals so showing us as precending?
PS I wouldnt be surprised if they (or affiliates) used adware though lol