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2006/5/21

Important Legal Notice Regarding Your Google AdWords Account

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@ 09:18 AM (24 months, 1 day ago)

It seems that there's a new lawsuit regarding Adwords clickfraud, and I am a class member. It was probably just a matter of time until the whole secrecy would develop into a $xx million settlement fund trial.


This court-ordered notice may affect your legal rights. Please read it carefully. If you purchased online advertising from Google between January 1, 2002 and the present, you are a class member in a class-action lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Miller County, Arkansas. This notice is to inform you of the Court’s certification of a class; the nature of the claims alleged; ....

 

You can get more information at: www.clicksettlement.com.



If this some sort of new and more elaborated spam, it's weird how well they targetted the niche. Target website does exist and it's hosted in the US; plus it seems like a real attorney behind it.


Update:  There are a few active discussions on this topic on WmW and digitalPoint. So far it seems like a mixture of legitimacy and spam; quite interesting overall.

2005/11/24

google's click to call

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@ 11:11 AM (29 months, 29 days ago)
http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/898/google28qf.jpg here's some fresh news for adwords users. Google started testing their new application, called click to call (screenshots, FAQ, slashdot). It's basically an extension to Adwords, by which advertisers can reach web users by phone. The search for certain keywords brings a small telephone icon, and when it is clicked, one can enter his phone number. Then Google calls both parties, via some VoIP protocols it seems, and connects them. The billing is done on the advertiser side; via adwords, therefore the call is free for the user. Google invested a lot into VoIP protocols, and will probably loose money at first by investing them into infrastructure, but will soon recover them via adwords. Most adwords advertisers already have up to date phone numbers in their accounts, therefore just one approval away, we'll see massive scale phone advertisement real.

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