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It's difficult to go after someone's assets in that way, even if it's their
own stock that they bought. Vaporizing a shareholder's holdings is really
really illegal, probably even more illegal than violating the AdSense ToS.
ToS says about this:
"In addition to our other rights and remedies, we may (a) withhold and offset any payments owed to you under the Agreement against any fees you owe us under the Agreement or any other agreement, or (b) require you to refund us within 30 days of any invoice, any amounts we may have overpaid to you in prior periods."
So really their only recourse is to annul the payments that were made based on the click farm, and in the likely case that it puts their account into arrears, send the account holder to collection if they don't refund the money.
This particular account holder owns Google shares, so coincidentally those shares could be sold to raise the money to pay their debt, but Google can't go after the shares directly.
Presumably the advertisers would then receive a refund for that ad traffic.
ToS says about this:
"In addition to our other rights and remedies, we may (a) withhold and offset any payments owed to you under the Agreement against any fees you owe us under the Agreement or any other agreement, or (b) require you to refund us within 30 days of any invoice, any amounts we may have overpaid to you in prior periods."
So really their only recourse is to annul the payments that were made based on the click farm, and in the likely case that it puts their account into arrears, send the account holder to collection if they don't refund the money.
This particular account holder owns Google shares, so coincidentally those shares could be sold to raise the money to pay their debt, but Google can't go after the shares directly.
Presumably the advertisers would then receive a refund for that ad traffic.
Google Voice to merge with Google Hangouts.
http://9to5google.com/2014/03/18/google-plans-kill-google-voice-in-months-integrate-features-into-hangouts/
http://9to5google.com/2014/03/18/google-plans-kill-google-voice-in-months-integrate-features-into-hangouts/
Aside from the whole 1984 spying thing, this is one of the most annoying things about Google.
They're constantly introducing a product, pushing you to adopt it...in some cases even forcing the issue - and then discontinuing the product or merging it into something else. Business or consumer, other than geeks, who are always looking for the new shiny toy, most people are not a fan of change....especially change that they did not choose.
Even for an expired geek like me that still enjoys the new shiny toy - I have hesitated to use Google Docs over MikeySoft or Google+ over LiveJournal simply because I consider it likely that in 6 months they'll decide they don't want to support it anymore and go after something else instead.
I was disapointed when they discontinued Google Reader. It was the only google product I actually liked and
miss.
I used google docs/google for your domain for years, it was okay and it was nice to be able to share documents
but it wasn't up to speed yet. I use google drive for a publicly viewable embeded into a webpage
spreadsheet but it lacks some features that are important to me.
feh
miss.
I used google docs/google for your domain for years, it was okay and it was nice to be able to share documents
but it wasn't up to speed yet. I use google drive for a publicly viewable embeded into a webpage
spreadsheet but it lacks some features that are important to me.
feh
Actually you'd have to go http://uncensored.citadel.org/mimepart/3682485/2/hagoogle.png?go=google%20overlords
When I got my current Android phone, one of the first things that I did was to install a text messaging app. I didn't really dig having the carrier's SMS merged with Google Hangouts because it was unclear which one I was in at any given time.
That having been said, I don't mind having Voice and Hangouts merged together since they're both tied in to my Google account anyway.
Presumably the advertisers would then receive a refund for that ad
traffic.
The cynic in me is laughing at this all the way to the bank.
My phone came with a text messaging app and I have a google voice app. Google voice has the option of
forwarding messages to my phone, which I have turned on. What I don't like about Google voice is I don't see a
way of sending a photo message.
forwarding messages to my phone, which I have turned on. What I don't like about Google voice is I don't see a
way of sending a photo message.
ATTENTION: Please do not feed the cynic. 300 hundred deaths last year alone were caused by cynic maulings. A cynic that has lost its fear of humans, is a dead cynic.
Google also keeps me supplied with large amounts of absinthe. It makes the
work I do for them somewhat absinthe-minded.
In fact, I'm so blasted right now I forgot that I don't work for Google and don't want to.
In fact, I'm so blasted right now I forgot that I don't work for Google and don't want to.