Google Adwords Tampering on the Net

At midnight May 9, 2007, The Initiative posted the opening of a new series called Lawyers and Disorder. By the evening of the May 10, examination of the Google Adwords campaign found that every major keyword to every and all articles posted at the residence had been suddenly rendered inactive. In effect canceling out an ad campaign initiated May 3, 2007 and curtailing profits.

How was this feat performed?

Google Analytics show that complete Initiative station had been explored within the prior twenty-four hours. Google Adwords revealed every keyword associated with any article on the site had been rendered indolent with $5 and $10 bids. This attack was a blatant action taken by exploiting the flaws in the Google system. Since the site sells itself items this also restricts the ability of the site to do business. In carry out, parameters of this action possibly could fall under the jurisdiction of the RICO Act used in prosecution of the mafia and terrorist.

Why was this action performed?

I can only assume since the events took location the same day the Lawyers and Disorder series was published, somebody does not want you the public viewing of the articles of the multipart series. Exploration into lawyer misconduct not only provides details but online documentation verifying the facts detailed. I would assume a fictitiously grounded legal action to follow.

Parties indicted by inclusion

Upon further investigation several people, a trusted community high profile company and a lawyer are all strangely among the words that have suddenly been rendered inactive by the $5 and $10 bids. I didn’t bother to check how many others and I don’t care. The point of the Lawyers and Disorder series is to illustrate misconduct by those cowering under the label of officers of the law. Instead, they have over reacted, which in my eyes is a clear admission of guilt.

Now that the flaw is exposed, we see the problem

The Google Adwords system is ripe for exploitation. Anyone can sneak up on a competitor and freeze their ad campaign while not actively using the keywords selected. They are taking keywords hostage to prevent free commerce on the internet. That makes every entrepreneur ripe for having their Google advertising hijacked much like mine.

What you should do?

If you have an Adwords account, I would email Google and ask how they will prevent this jam in the future. In my case, the scratch on the surface came to 38 keywords without going indepth. Imagine your commerce coming to a wearisome halt for 24-48 hours. It could put some people out of business.

What else can you do?

Look into the events leading up to the incident. I am reporting the keyword heist to Google. You can read the story that led to the keyword heist at http://rncin.com. Educate yourself in two ways at once you are left unprotected. One by the legal system and the other by the Google system will cost you down the line. However, if I know Google they will patch their flaw rather quickly. The legal system unfortunately is not so quick.