Google Widgets Fly The Coop

Spyware Cheating Affiliate Merchants

Researcher Ben Edelman cited a half-dozen examples of affiliate merchants being cheated by spyware, particularly by claiming commissions on organic traffic coming to those merchants.

Redfin Fined For Real Estate Blog

For an outfit like Google, $50,000 isn’t much - this is, after all, the corporation that bought a full-size SpaceShipOne replica for no apparent reason.  But for Redfin, a $50,000 loss is a show-stopper, and the real estate company shut down part of its “Sweet Digs” blog after being fined that amount.