Comments on: Google Settles $20 Million Adwords Class Action Lawsuit

By: Reuben D. Rock

Reuben D. Rock — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:41:25 +0000

Sounds good to me! I guess I should check my inbox for that email. I only spend a few hundred per month with Adwords, so I’m curious what my cut would be? Even if it’s all Adwords credit, that’s fine. I’ll take it!

By: A.I.

A.I. — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:24:06 +0000

Very nice. I wonder if Shoemoney will have similar success in his action against Google.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:31:56 +0000

@Reuben - It doesn’t look like it’s going to be very much for average Adwords customers but it’s worth checking out how much is available.

By: Adam Alfia

Adam Alfia — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:03:32 +0000

This is the first I had heard of the settlement on Google’s part. In fact, I didn’t realize there were Adword underpayments. I personally am not affected by this, however, it is interesting to see Google’s willingness to settle - an admittance of guilt, perhaps?

In any event, at least they did make a payout for those who were wronged, but the question is whether or not that figure is an accurate representation of the actual dollar amount in error.

By: HSA

HSA — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:50:47 +0000

Isn’t it amazing what turn of events can take place? Appreciate you letting your readers know about this.

By: Ken

Ken — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 03:21:07 +0000

I wonder how they are getting around letting resellers get a piece of the pie. I know that many resellers have had problems for themselves as well as have had problems with their clients surrounding the issue.

That might open the door for later action.

By: Single Maria

Single Maria — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:50:31 +0000

Thanks for the post. Wow, I was a customer between these same dates, that means thatI can be eligible for piece of class action. Thats cool!!! I have never thought about it!!! Thanks for sharing it with me, I really appreciate it.

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:49:12 +0000

Nice article. I was a customer during those dates. I’ll definitely be checking into this! Maybe adsense will finally pay me more than $3.47…ha ha. Thanks.

By: Chris Jensen

Chris Jensen — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 08:13:04 +0000

Thanks for this great info. I used adwords a while back, and I have not checked with it since I ran out of money! I better go see if I have anything coming from this!

Thank you!

By: marl

marl — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:34:07 +0000

it is just rightful to give back if they have charged more than the usual.

$20 million is a lot to distribute, LOL..

By: britannia

britannia — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:37:19 +0000

I used adwords a while back and to be honest havent checked my email account for quite sometime, best check it to see if got message from google. Thanks for letting me know about this.

By: Will Hall

Will Hall — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:09:53 +0000

I will for sure be looking into this. If only now they could do something about closing Adsense accounts without letting you know why or having to prove it. Thanks for the info!

By: Roshi

Roshi — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 06:43:05 +0000

It takes a pretty hard time and it is very tough to do it. Google is setting new records and according to the stats of 2008 Google spent around 500$ billion on ads.

By: Corey

Corey — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:14:17 +0000

We just received our notice in the mail today.

By: Harry S

Harry S — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:02:11 +0000

Wow it is really a fantastic news to hear about !did google publish the name of the lucky guys getting the bucks !wow i wish if i were there then i would have also got some of them!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:29:44 +0000

Google seem to be getting caught up in a fair few legal disputes these days. Hopefully they’ll wake up and spend some time working on a worthwhile support team for the Adsense and Adwords programs. Cheers.:D