The Scarlet Pimp
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- Apr 2, 2008
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now this is funny, cuz it all worked out in the end.
12-year-old Gets €100,000. Google Bill After Confusing AdWords and AdSense
The kid had a plan: put up some music videos of his band on YouTube, plug into Google’s AdSense program to run ads alongside, make enough money to buy instruments, play music, get rich and go buy a mansion.
A great plan!
One little hitch: he got AdSense confused with AdWords.
From that little hitch came a big surprise: it's how the parents of José Javier, 12, from the Alicante town of Torrevieja, in Spain, wound up staring at a bill of €100,000 ($111,000 USD, £90,000 GBP) from Google, according to a report from the Spanish daily El País .
Google, fortunately, has written off the amount and let José off the hook. ( whew!
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The company's Spanish offices sent a statement to El País saying that after analyzing the case, and after not having received any money from José, it was canceling the outstanding AdWords balance.
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/20...gle-bill-after-confusing-adwords-and-adsense/
12-year-old Gets €100,000. Google Bill After Confusing AdWords and AdSense
The kid had a plan: put up some music videos of his band on YouTube, plug into Google’s AdSense program to run ads alongside, make enough money to buy instruments, play music, get rich and go buy a mansion.
A great plan!
One little hitch: he got AdSense confused with AdWords.
From that little hitch came a big surprise: it's how the parents of José Javier, 12, from the Alicante town of Torrevieja, in Spain, wound up staring at a bill of €100,000 ($111,000 USD, £90,000 GBP) from Google, according to a report from the Spanish daily El País .
Google, fortunately, has written off the amount and let José off the hook. ( whew!
The company's Spanish offices sent a statement to El País saying that after analyzing the case, and after not having received any money from José, it was canceling the outstanding AdWords balance.
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/20...gle-bill-after-confusing-adwords-and-adsense/