Spam, spamdexing and regulation of internet advertising

International Journal of Intellectual Property Management

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 139-152

  Polanski, Paul Przemysław ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Commercial communication; Internet advertising; Spam; Spamdexing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951886825     PISSN: 14789647     EISSN: 14789655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJIPM.2008.019337     Document Type: Article

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