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Wanted to post part of the message I received back from Google regarding payments for those interested:
<Woz> Apparently there are slight delays for October payments as a result of the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday.</Woz>
So hopefully we'll all have our checks soon and in time for the holidays :-)
[edited by: Woz at 12:09 am (utc) on Dec. 2, 2003]
[edit reason] Paraphrased Email Quotation, see TOS. [/edit]
I'm sure Google will pay
Just for the record: if Google finds out that somebody (doesn't matter who) caused fraudulant clicks on your website then it cancels your account and is not paying anything it owed you by the time of cancelation. In other words: if somebody would cause fradulant clicks on your website today, you will not get paid for October (and not for November and not for December for that matter).
"will pay" is therefore quite relative term...
"Google may change its pricing and/or payment structure at any time."
Of course, it has always been open ended, a modern one sided contract.
You could in fact be receiving 0.01% of gross revenue and never know, I personally don't think that is the case.
I've always "assumed" the old 70/30 split where you receive the 70%, but then who knows? Why secrecy?
The sad fact is that ultimately these "secretive" provisions will ultimately be challenged in courts of competent jurisdiction and perhaps damages will ensue.
Why do younger people think they can re-write law? Modern commercial law evolved over hundreds, perhaps thousands of years. Old law still holds great sway in courts. It's called the "Law of Precendence". It's since been improved by Statute Law.
Just for the record: if Google finds out that somebody (doesn't matter who) caused fraudulant clicks on your website then it cancels your account and is not paying anything it owed you by the time of cancelation.
All very true. However, I'm sure that this "bad faith" policy will be challenged legally at some point in the future, if or when Google decides to unfairly cancel payments to someone large enough or owed enough.
Maybe we'll all get a Google Bonus for Christmas :)
or
Let's really worry if there is no check by Christmas...
No.
That is well outside the stated terms.
I assume Google has the integrity to follow their stated terms.
- nope - 5! a couple = 2.
Hungry class action lawyers out there have a way of nudging companies with deep pockets to operate with integrity.
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My bets.... someone lost the checkbook during the move.
[edited to point out that I'm not calling GG the PR side of Google... was pointing in the random direction of the 'plex]
i heard google's delaying payment due to massive click fraud
Did you hear that from people at Teoma? :P
Well mine updated on the 29th! - 7 days earlier!
whats next...G is broke?
Yeah, after "Google is broken", "Google is broke". ;-)
