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Petre, Caitlin. "“Traffic whoring” or simply optimizing? Finding the boundaries between clean and dirty metrics." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 6 Jan. 2022. Web. 30 Jan. 2025.
APA
Petre, C. (2022, Jan. 6). “Traffic whoring” or simply optimizing? Finding the boundaries between clean and dirty metrics. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved January 30, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/01/traffic-whoring-or-simply-optimizing-finding-the-boundaries-between-clean-and-dirty-metrics/
Chicago
Petre, Caitlin. "“Traffic whoring” or simply optimizing? Finding the boundaries between clean and dirty metrics." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified January 6, 2022. Accessed January 30, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/01/traffic-whoring-or-simply-optimizing-finding-the-boundaries-between-clean-and-dirty-metrics/.
Wikipedia
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