Comments on: Microsoft Bings Click Fraud Crew with Lawsuit

By: Camera Accessories

Camera Accessories — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:31:44 +0000

Microsoft lost 1.5M dollars to this before acting. Odd. I suppose, though, that forces them into a pretty large budget to develop anti-clickfraud technology. Losing millions frees up the purse strings to fight it.

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By: Gift Ideas UK

Gift Ideas UK — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:35:09 +0000

Click fraud is a huge problem and hopefully this case will help clear things up a bit meaning better results for advertisers and online shoppers. Gift Ideas UK's last blog post..Silver Plated Train Money Box Tooth & Curl ? Baby Christening Gift

By: Settlement Loans

Settlement Loans — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:33:48 +0000

As an active advertiser with Adwords and Live Center I’m glad “someone” is doing something in regards to click fraud, it’s just a joke these days that conversion rates go down while the click costs go up. A+ Microsoft!

By: Wil

Wil — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:57:34 +0000

Yeah,so what does it all mean?The internet is internet,search engines are search engines and they don’t make the law but have influence.
Everyone is pulling their way and protect their business,including you and all the IT industry.
How is it that these small marketers are being charged and not the big companies that do the same thing?
A crook is a crook until he,she,they get caught.And they’re everywhere and in different levels of technology with big corporations as well.
If you remember Microsoft lost the case about the software monopoly issue.Were they prosecuted and put in jail?
Biggest spammers that I know of,AOL and Yahoo.Are they being prosecuted?
Nowadays you have social networks,Facebook,Twitter and others trying to run your life.How dare they?Making their own rules as they go.
So,in general,if you can buy an army of lawyers,you can do pretty much what you want and infuence the lawmakers too.
What ethics,what morals,what honesty?

By: Aditya SEO

Aditya SEO — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:23:12 +0000

The amount of money microsoft is asking for is massive. I don't know what will be settlement money but if they are serious it will be huge. Aditya SEO's last blog post..How to check for No-Follow and Do-Follow blog

By: mikeok

mikeok — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:33:40 +0000

Hi Frank

I would love to give my 2 cents on the issue. Being one of the first to highlight potential problems with PPC on this very blog. I find it very interesting that the big three have turned a blind eye to this behavior until now.

Now is where they (the big 3) are finding out that it is costing them money, not making it. When I first wrote about it, they were getting revenue from PPC and therefore, didn’t care. No one could really “prove” click fraud and the CREDITS they gave was a very small percentage of gross.

That was then. Now, Microsoft has lost $1.25M and they are pissed. I don’t understand how money over ethics makes cents As long as everyone was getting “free” money from advertisers, no problem. As soon as the situation changes, they call for the lawyers.

It’s like closing up the hen house after the fox is already inside.

Perhaps if Microsoft would have thought about click fraud before now, they could still have the 1.25M in the bank.

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:26:51 +0000

I think they should go after them and take them down if they can prove the wrong doing. Too many people work hard to grow their businesses online to have this type of activity ruin it. Nick Stamoulis's last blog post..How To Change Your Address (For Google's Sake)