Is google now fixing their prices based on my *conversion* rates? It smacks of price fixing to me!
Is google now fixing their prices based on my *conversion* rates?
Do you use their tracking? How do they know your conversion rate?
JAG
it was illegal to engage in "price fixing"
IF they are fiddling things for you, how do you see this as price fixing in terms of its legal meaning?
(I assume you know what price fixing means, yes?)
Price fixing is one thing they are not doing as that requires someone else to be involved. Smart pricing is something they can indeed do.
JAG
Ok - I'm not a lawyer, so I don't know about the legal definition. My understanding of price fixing is a conspiracy to affect the price of something that the open market would otherwise dictate. Usually this is two or more parties acting to articially inflate a price above what the market would otherwise bare such as what gas stations are often accused of.
In this case there is no second party I suppose since I am giving Google my data .. but the end result is the same - it would be as if my accountant was sharing my data with my supplier about what prices I could bare based on my internal performance - in order to maximize their profits from me and fix the price at a higher level. So, perhaps this is actually more shady than just price fixing if the conversion calculator is really a trojan horse spy used for this purpose.
Perhaps rbacal is right - I just need to stop sharing this data.
Whatever the case (legal or not) - this just seems really shady to me! Definitely in an ethincal gray area, if I am correct about this occuring. And actually - it is pretty darn clear that *something* happened...I guess the only question is - am I right that they are adjusting based on my conversion rates? The timing is very suspicious.
this just seems really shady to me!
That's why I never use their tracking nor have I installed on any client sites...why take the chance when tracking is a commodity :-)
JAG
