March 9th, 2006 by James Omdahl
One of the big questions today: how and where do I get a piece of the Google $90 million
- “Is anyone eligible to claim part of the $90M?“
- “What does one need to do to prove and collect for click fraud?“
According to the official Google blog, the “agreement covers all advertisers who claim to have been charged but not reimbursed for invalid clicks dating from 2002 when we launched our “cost per click” advertising program through the date the settlement is approved by the judge.”
The current process will remain in effect for reporting suspected click fraud. You will need to contact the click quality team and submit your case.
The reimbursement will be in the form of a credit that will be applied to your current campaign(s). However, the total amount of all credits & expenses from this settlement (i.e. lawyer fees) will not exceed $90 million.
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March 10th, 2006 at 2:51 am
This will be nice for advertisers.
My opinion is that also the publishers must have a program like this to protect their accounts againt fraud.
March 13th, 2006 at 10:26 pm
Guru, thanks for the comment! Is this a concern you would share openly with a publisher? Would you feel more comfortable with specific reporting tools that focus on certain concerns? If yes, what do you have in mind? I look forward to your response Guru. Thanks!