RedWine.com, one of those ads-only websites potentially profiting through Google.
Google pays domain parkers by allowing them to run a special AdSense program. Titled "Google AdSense for domains", this program now reportedly triggered a class-action lawsuit which alleges "that Google committed fraud, business code violations, and unjust enrichment by selling ads that were unlikely to generate conversions". As Information Week continues to write:
According to the complaint, the "Levitte International" online ad campaign ran from June 1, 2007, through August 18, 2007, a ...
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Google Blogoscoped>>Publish Date: 7/19/2008 7:09:26 AM
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