[PLUG] Re: Sorry if this is OT but... Google Steals!

[Tom Diehl <tdiehl@rogueind.com>]

On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, Toby DiPasquale wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 01:57:11PM -0400, John Von Essen wrote:
> > So a few things can occur, you click the link, hit google, then hit the
> > stop button in your browser. This can happen, and I accept it, but there
> > is no way that 50% of the people that click ads are hitting STOP in that
> > millesecond windows to stop the redurect.
>
> Or... the "clicker" is a piece of software that's not following 302
> redirects.
>
> If you're going to do business with Google, the unforunate truth is that
> you must be prepared for weirdness. They are notoriously close-mouthed
> about the calculation process and don't seem to have a handle on the real
> issue, click fraud. This doesn't mean they are "stealing", it just means
> that their algorithms aren't perfect. I am not defending them (indeed, it
> would seem to me as if they haven't done enough to combat click fraud as
> it clearly increases their bottom line), but from their perspective,
> what's the difference between 6 and 14 clicks at $0.05 per click?

And more importantly, you are complaining to the wrong people. :-)

Regards,

Tom
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