Comments on: Click Fraud Clocks Google: Eyeing the Impending Litigations Facing the Online Giant http://www.adotas.com/2006/05/click-fraud-clocks-google-eyeing-the-impending-litigations-facing-the-online-giant/ Where Interactive Advertising Begins Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:07:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Douglas Weare http://www.adotas.com/2006/05/click-fraud-clocks-google-eyeing-the-impending-litigations-facing-the-online-giant/#comment-115742 Douglas Weare Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:02:28 +0000 http://www.adotas.com/2006/05/click-fraud-clocks-google-eyeing-the-impending-litigations-facing-the-online-giant/#comment-115742 I have attempted to use adwords on several occasions and when it came to the bid section it would show the minimum accepted bid of lets say $0.01 so I would raise that amount to $0.03. Google accepted my bid but within hours my keywords were inactive for a larger bid amount. They were increased to $0.05 a click so I went into each of them and again raised my bid to what they claimed was the accepted bid amount they wanted. The next day I would check out how my key words are doing only to find all my keywords again were inactive and now Google wanted a minimum bid of $0.25 a click to as much as $10 a click. Isn't this clearly a bait and switch fraud? Google first agrees to one price, then they change the price once you begin, and continue to raise your price right out of the market place by the majority of small business owners? Yet they keep your money for so called clicks where you can not find any clicks to your site? Google needs to be sued big time, not a measly $90 Million either, but for $3+ Billion. They are like any other scam artist out here, if they make millions and only have to pay pennies on the dollar, do you really think that con artist is going to stop their scam. Why would they stop? It is to profitable for them to stop ripping people off. I feel Google, Yahoo should all be prosecuted like a common person and their officers thrown in jail and all their assets seized with minimum fines of Billions will be the only way to stop them from ripping people off. I have attempted to use adwords on several occasions and when it came to the bid section it would show the minimum accepted bid of lets say $0.01 so I would raise that amount to $0.03.

Google accepted my bid but within hours my keywords were inactive for a larger bid amount. They were increased to $0.05 a click so I went into each of them and again raised my bid to what they claimed was the accepted bid amount they wanted. The next day I would check out how my key words are doing only to find all my keywords again were inactive and now Google wanted a minimum bid of $0.25 a click to as much as $10 a click.

Isn’t this clearly a bait and switch fraud? Google first agrees to one price, then they change the price once you begin, and continue to raise your price right out of the market place by the majority of small business owners? Yet they keep your money for so called clicks where you can not find any clicks to your site?

Google needs to be sued big time, not a measly $90 Million either, but for $3+ Billion. They are like any other scam artist out here, if they make millions and only have to pay pennies on the dollar, do you really think that con artist is going to stop their scam. Why would they stop? It is to profitable for them to stop ripping people off.

I feel Google, Yahoo should all be prosecuted like a common person and their officers thrown in jail and all their assets seized with minimum fines of Billions will be the only way to stop them from ripping people off.

]]> By: bob2001 http://www.adotas.com/2006/05/click-fraud-clocks-google-eyeing-the-impending-litigations-facing-the-online-giant/#comment-12715 bob2001 Sat, 17 Jun 2006 03:52:55 +0000 http://www.adotas.com/2006/05/click-fraud-clocks-google-eyeing-the-impending-litigations-facing-the-online-giant/#comment-12715 FuckedGoogle.com I found and interesting blog about FuckedGoogle.com. It made me laugh out loud. Try the link below: http://www.light-speed-web-graphics.com/fuckedgoogle/fuckedgoogle_review.htm FuckedGoogle.com

I found and interesting blog about FuckedGoogle.com. It made me laugh out loud. Try the link below:

http://www.light-speed-web-graphics.com/fuckedgoogle/fuckedgoogle_review.htm

]]> By: Kevin T. http://www.adotas.com/2006/05/click-fraud-clocks-google-eyeing-the-impending-litigations-facing-the-online-giant/#comment-8294 Kevin T. Wed, 24 May 2006 17:53:32 +0000 http://www.adotas.com/2006/05/click-fraud-clocks-google-eyeing-the-impending-litigations-facing-the-online-giant/#comment-8294 Our law firm spends over 100k per year at Google, and we DO NOT think the settlement is a good deal. We are opting out, and will likely sue Google on an individual basis. We are also investigating whether we want to also represent other advertisers who wish to opt out. If your company has spent a substantial sum at Google.com (over USD $100k), we would like to speak with you if you are interested in suing Google. We take no fees until and if we win your case, or settle. Please email me at seamless.com@gmail.com. k Our law firm spends over 100k per year at Google, and we DO NOT think the settlement is a good deal. We are opting out, and will likely sue Google on an individual basis. We are also investigating whether we want to also represent other advertisers who wish to opt out.

If your company has spent a substantial sum at Google.com (over USD $100k), we would like to speak with you if you are interested in suing Google. We take no fees until and if we win your case, or settle.

Please email me at seamless.com@gmail.com.

k

]]> By: CPCcurmudgeon http://www.adotas.com/2006/05/click-fraud-clocks-google-eyeing-the-impending-litigations-facing-the-online-giant/#comment-8187 CPCcurmudgeon Tue, 23 May 2006 22:12:44 +0000 http://www.adotas.com/2006/05/click-fraud-clocks-google-eyeing-the-impending-litigations-facing-the-online-giant/#comment-8187 I hope the Congressional hearings take place, and I want to see/hear what the Google execs say when questions are put to them such as why they didn't understand the threat of click fraud when AdWords and AdSense were launched. It isn't as if click fraud was new; there were ad fraud schemes dating back into the mid-1990's. More to the point, there is a body of knowledge known to all Internet protocol engineers and architects regarding the ability to easily fake and manufacture traffic sent in IP packets. I hope the Congressional hearings take place, and I want to see/hear
what the Google execs say when questions are put to them such as why
they didn’t understand the threat of click fraud when AdWords and
AdSense were launched. It isn’t as if click fraud was new; there were
ad fraud schemes dating back into the mid-1990′s. More to the point,
there is a body of knowledge known to all Internet protocol engineers
and architects regarding the ability to easily fake and manufacture
traffic sent in IP packets.

]]>