I was reading an article today about how GoDaddy removed a customer's domain name from their registry at the request of MySpace.com. You can view it here:
GoDaddy Pulls Security Site After MySpace Complaints
Apparently someone had posted usernames and passwords of MySpace users to SecLists.org, and MySpace wanted the offending material to be removed immediately. Instead of contacting the website owner, MySpace contact GoDaddy and requested the domain deletion. This effectively took the entire site offline, not just the offending material. I think there are going to be more than a few people who are a bit miffed at GoDaddy for going along with the request, but what can you do?
And that's when I saw something interesting. Immediately following the article was a "Sponsored Links" section containing Google ads. And guess who was right at the top of the list? GoDaddy. Check out the article and scroll to the bottom, it will probably be there for you as well.
This got me thinking. Google Ads, from what I understand, work on a per-click basis. You click on an ad, and Google charges the company for that click. So you can exact some menial form of personal vengeance on companies that you feel deserve your wraith by clicking on their Google Ads with no intention of buying anything.
Or you employ your friends, family, coworkers, and people on the web to wage an all out vengeance ad click war to broadside the advertising efforts of a company.
I'm sure the day is comming.