The best laid plans...

Friday, August 26, 2005 -- "Zach, tell all your band geek buddies to click on the Google ads in the Skidmore Signal website. I get a nickel or so every time someone clicks on one of the links." About an hour later Zach returns from his bedroom. "Dad! Check your account. I just clicked on the ads about 300 times!" Apparently, he had opened the Signal website in about 10 different windows and repeatedly hit the "back" button after clicking on the links. This would have been an excellent idea if Google didn't keep logs to filter out this kind of thing. He did manage to defraud Google advertisers out of about 75 cents on my behalf. Not bad for an hour's work!