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Old 12-04-2006, 02:20 PM The Vanishing Click-Fraud Case
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PreacherTom writes "In March of 2004, a computer programmer arrived at Google's offices with one goal in mind: blackmail. He had invented a program called "Google Clique", which could generate millions of fake clicks to Google's ads. The price to avoid disaster: $150,000. At the time, it didn't end well for the programmer; Google had the police in the next room. However, a few days ago the U.S. Attorney quietly dropped the case. The reason: apparently Google was unwilling to cooperate with prosecutors. Why the odd behavior?" </img>


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Old 12-04-2006, 05:20 PM Re: The Vanishing Click-Fraud Case
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Maybe they hired him since all those fake clicks would lead to a lot of advertising money for Google.

I guess they might have just felt sorry for the guy or maybe even going to court would require them to release certain information about the AdWords/AdSense algorithm than they want to let out.
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