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Google Agrees to Pay $90mln on Click Fraud Lawsuit

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the pay-the-man dept.

Hitokiri writes "Google has agreed to pay up to $90 million to settle a class action lawsuit 'Lane's Gifts v. Google'. The settlement stems from a lawsuit filed by Lane's Gifts earlier this year in an Arkansas state court and is designed to settle all outstanding claims against Google for fraud committed using its pay-per-click ad system back to 2002Google has made a statement on their blog."

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  1. Re:Tip of the iceberg by AuMatar · · Score: 0, Troll

    Welcome to advertising. How many people really bought your product after seeing the ad? How many wouldn't have bought it without the ad? How can you even measure these numbers? Advertising is for the most part a giant scam. Are you going to buy RC cola instead of coke or pepsi if you don't see their ads this week?

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    I still have more fans than freaks. WTF is wrong with you people?
  2. frost pi5t by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  3. I simply cannot believe... by rice_burners_suck · · Score: -1, Troll

    ... that a world-class company like Google would commit any kind of fraud, and in fact, I firmly believe that if anything occured which appeared to be fraud, it must have been an error on Google's part. It's probably just cheaper for them to settle with this company than to drag this through an endless lawsuit.