martinibuster - 4:18 am on Sep 19, 2004 (gmt 0)

This whole concept appears to be a violation of the no incentivized click rules Google advertises.

Good point. Incentivicing the clicks, at no expense to the clicker, smells bad.

It's one thing to go out and encourage people to "shop for change" and having them buy something from your favorite affiliate and donating the proceeds. That's been going on longer than girl scouts have been selling cookies.

Incentivizing clicks is taking this into a whole different area. Did Ask Jeeves clear this with Google?

And if they did, did Google realize the potentially negative aspects?