Man Tries To Extort Google...

[digitalpoint]

This one is pretty funny... but even funnier because I saw the guy in a forum bragging about it. :)

http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5176670.html



Google even called me to thier office, I flew up, met with them, and lets just say, they are scared and don't want this software to get out, bottom line, I don't care anymore.

Gee, maybe they called you there to get your extortion attempt on tape, not because they they are shaking in their boots... did that ever cross your mind?

Of course, now he will probably try to sue me for defamation of character. :)

- Shawn

[GuyFromChicago]

I read this earlier today and couldn't stop laughing. He's got to be one of the biggest morons out there.

[awall19]

he probably could have done ok with that software using it here or there and selling small quanities of it, but he was openly advertising it in google groups AND actually went to their office...what was he thinking

[hulkster]

Ya, I remember reading his post a while back and thinking, what an IDIOT, he's going to get slammed ... now looks like he is going to the slammer! ;-)

alek

[compar]

The strange thing about all this and the press coverage is that nobody seems to understand how AdSense works. Google really didn't stand to lose anything. All the false click that this guy would have generated would have been charged back to the advertisers.

Now you can argue that if it was carried to an extreme It would have cost Google business, but essentially the guy was trying to extort the wrong victim.

If all the people in this forum setup a system of random reciprocal AdSense clicking -- I click your sites, you click mine -- the only person(s) who will be hurt financially are the advertisers. Google will simply invoice the advertisers for each click. At least until somebody figures out the scam and catches us.

[ViciousSummer]

Isn't it funny how so many "smart" people have no common sense?!

[OnSpec]

It still amazes me that people can be so naive to believe that they can get away with this stuff.

[GuyFromChicago]

If all the people in this forum setup a system of random reciprocal AdSense clicking -- I click your sites, you click mine -- the only person(s) who will be hurt financially are the advertisers. Google will simply invoice the advertisers for each click. At least until somebody figures out the scam and catches us.

Yep, and ultimately this would be bad for Google too. No one will continue to pay for clicks for very long that aren't generating any business or leads.

[demmy07]

Doesn't CTR take care of cases like reciprocal clicking

[anjanesh]

but even funnier because I saw the guy in a forum bragging about it - digitalpoint - can you share the link to that thread ?

[fryman]

Dammit, the thread is 2 years old, can't you look at the date????

[anjanesh]

Oh....demmy07 made a post today and it came up in the list - thought it was started today.

[fryman]

Yeah, I know, stupid newbies always bump up old threads

[netprophet]

Yeah, I know, stupid newbies always bump up old threads

Why r u interested in this thread? This is two years old. :D

If resource is good then there is no matter how old the thread is.....