Yahoo! Click Fraud Settlement

Yahoo! Inc. announced it has reached a settlement agreement with Checkmate Strategic Group, will consider refunding money to advertisers dating back to January 2004 and plans pay $4.95 million in attorney fees to settle a class action.

Checkmate Strategic Group filed a lawsuit alleging that Yahoo has been profiting from bogus sales referrals generated through click fraud.
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Yahoo's ad revenue totaled $9.1 billion from January 2004 through March of this year, the Associated Press reported.

The AP also noted that some studies have estimated that Yahoo's click fraud rate is 30 percent, a number which Yahoo has disputed.

To address the click fraud concern, Yahoo has initiated a claims system.
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/ |, M& H( T" C7 b6 A"Yahoo will offer advertisers a one-time extended claims period during which advertisers can submit click fraud claims for clicks dating back through January 2004. If our investigation determines that a credit is due that was not given previously, we will issue a 100 percent credit, which can be used however the advertiser wishes to use it. This claims process will be overseen by a retired Federal judge," according to a Yahoo company statement.
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) g- v( e0 n, W+ ^In March 2006, Yahoo competitor Google agreed to pay $90 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the company, along with other web search companies, billed advertisers for false customer leads.

今天中午新聞播了，從2004～2006廣告收入9.1億！
退回不知道是這麼個退回法。

又沒說全退。不是9。1億，是91億

billion  很少看有公司拿這個詞來算錢數的，比EBAY還收入高太多了