Comments on: Asbestos: Part Deux

By: Lawyer

Lawyer — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:09:58 +0000

Paul –

No; a human clicking on a link without the intent to buy a product is not a crime, anywhere. There have been prosecutions for fraud where marketing-servers created robots/automated machines to click on ads, but that was in order to generate revenue for themselves. And that’s fraud.

Note that “Yong” above CANNOT be legally educated because anyone who writes “The Securities and Exchange Commission has determined click fraud to be a federal crime” has neither understanding of the SEC, nor has ever taken Administrative Law.

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:44:55 +0000

Wait, it’s a crime to click on an advertisement unless you’re actually interested in the product?

By: JJ

JJ — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:54:59 +0000

Melissa and Yong – You are part of the entire hypocricy. Do you have any idea how silly you sound with your whining? You are part of a system that is defrauding the entire country. Billions of dollars extracted from the productive segments of the economy based on outright lies. And yet you can get indignant about a feeble attempt at protest that costs these legal pirates chump change. Amazing…… I say click away.

By: Lawyer

Lawyer — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:19:21 +0000

“[W]hen you are clicking on a term with the intent to cost someone money (AKA “click fraud”), you aren’t hurting a lawyer– you are hurting the little guys.”

True, but indirectly, if enough non-revenue producing clicks occur, the “little guys” will pass-on these higher costs to their plaintiff-lawyer customers.

It’s almost like, dare I say, the way that the higher costs of litigation are passed to consumers in the absence of binding arbitration agreements.

By: Griffin3

Griffin3 — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:26:09 +0000

And yet, somehow, they keep on advertising that way. Imagine what the profit margin must be, if it’s still worth doing in the face of so much incidental loss …

By: Like the idea

Like the idea — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:51:17 +0000

I just spend a half hour researching the terms mesothelioma and asbestos on google. I clicked on most of the links on the pages because I know that they are providing information about these deadly diseases. I was very surprised to see that most of the available information is from law firms. I think that I’ll inform my many friends about this great new source of medical information. I’m going to do research every day from now on. Thanks for the idea Mr Yong!

By: Yong

Yong — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:22:41 +0000

I would also like to make a statement regarding the second comment. What you are doing is called click fraud. The Securities and Exchange Commission has determined click fraud to be a federal crime. It is my hope that you are caught, and that you face the consequences for your morally reprehensible behavior. The act you are knowingly committing is no different than stealing money directly from the advertisers you are clicking on. You’re not transferring wealth. You are not Robin Hood. You are simply a ‘hood- a criminal- a lowlife. Also- I have personally seen a single click cost $100 on Google, and over $750 on Yahoo!- so try to get your facts straight before committing theft. Theft- the act of intentionally depriving an individual or organization of there rightful property without their freely-given consent.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:08:03 +0000

In regards to the 2nd comment. I work for a small company that provides website marketing for some of these lawyers. We charge a flat rate, so when you are clicking on a term with the intent to cost someone money (AKA “click fraud”), you aren’t hurting a lawyer– you are hurting the little guys. Thanks!

By: AMcA

AMcA — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:53:35 +0000

Speaking of “mesothelioma” websites: following the news on this site that “mesothelioma” was the single most expensive search term on Google (something like $67, as I recall), I have adopted the practice of occasionally putting the term into Google, then clicking on all of the “sponsored links” on the page.

It’s my way of transferring wealth from the non-productive, purely redistributive lawyer sector into the wealth-creating folks at Google.

That, and it feels good to know I’m costing the plaintiff’s bar some cash. It’s easy to move $500 with just a few clicks of the mouse.

Try it sometime!

By: Asbestos: Production — the great screening scam

Asbestos: Production — the great screening scam — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:19:00 +0000

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