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arius · 06-09-2004, 01:47 PM

Hi all,
There was some coverage of Google on National Public Radio in the Spring this year (2004) and one of the SEO experts related that he was losing money for his budget to advertise because his competitors were wasting his money by clicking on his Adsense ads intentionally with no intent to buy.

Google deducted funds from his account anyway. Has Google taken steps to protect Adsense clients from this kind of abuse?
Obviously this is a big deterrent to using PPC services if they can be easily abused by your competitors and at your expense.

Has this already been discussed?

Best regards

06-09-2004, 01:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
arius Inactive Join Date: 06-09-04 Location: Toronto Area Posts: 182 iTrader: 0 / 0% Latest Blog: None	Google Adsense Fraud Hi all, There was some coverage of Google on National Public Radio in the Spring this year (2004) and one of the SEO experts related that he was losing money for his budget to advertise because his competitors were wasting his money by clicking on his Adsense ads intentionally with no intent to buy. Google deducted funds from his account anyway. Has Google taken steps to protect Adsense clients from this kind of abuse? Obviously this is a big deterrent to using PPC services if they can be easily abused by your competitors and at your expense. Has this already been discussed? Best regards