Google Click-to-Call - Free Calls to Businesses
By in News on 17th December 2007Heres something interesting i found today its called Google Click-to-Call, this feature will let you place a free call to a business that you find on a result page at google, here is a screen shot:
This is pretty sweet to be honest, i found that while going through my serps, the ad generated from this page
I thought this would be a good way to prank call people around the world for free with just a click on the mouse and cause the adwords advertisers to lose their money, but its not so, google will treat this the same as “Invalid Clicks” and won’t charge advertisers for this.
I’m not sure what would happen to the phone numbers involved in the “spamming” but i think they are going to be banned from their call-able numbers..
What if someone enters my phone number instead of theirs as a prank call? Google takes fraud and spamming very seriously. We use technical methods to prevent future prank calls from the same user within a reasonable period of time. You won’t be charged for any such calls. Please contact adwords-support@google.com if you believe someone is entering your phone number without your permission or knowledge.
December 20th, 2007 at 3:59 pm
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December 22nd, 2007 at 3:43 pm
This is just sweet. Calling feature introduced by google. I tried my number but it did not work. Maybe it’s not for my country.
December 22nd, 2007 at 6:40 pm
That is such a cool concept introduced by Goggle but I guess most of the calls are intended for US customers.
December 22nd, 2007 at 6:56 pm
This is undoubtedly just another innovative idea from Google. It’s also nice to know that Google has put appropriate measures in place to protect & safeguard the interests of the advertisers.
December 23rd, 2007 at 11:04 pm
Yeah, I could see the prank calling getting bad. But if google only lets logged in users call, then it should be fine.
December 24th, 2007 at 1:17 am
Definitely cool. It was only a natural addition to the service; see something you like? Have your phone called to be connected. Makes the whole process seamless and easy.
December 24th, 2007 at 2:01 am
Wow nice free calls
I’ll try this
December 24th, 2007 at 3:44 am
It’s good that they have a protection system built in so that people can’t prank call a number, but as it stands, it seems like an excellent system for businesses to get customers.
December 24th, 2007 at 10:19 pm
Erm, Google is giving us some great Christmas gifts . I think it`s an excellent way for Google to stay on top .
December 26th, 2007 at 11:41 pm
Very good idea. I’m gonna to use this in future. Google is best engine in internet for me.
December 27th, 2007 at 3:34 am
What a great idea! Google is doing everything it can to keep hold of its lead in the Search Engine industry, and it’s doing a really good job of it.
December 27th, 2007 at 4:43 am
This has been out for a while now. It’s a good service, all I need to do is click and input my phone #, instead of having to dial the businesses’ phone # on my own.
December 27th, 2007 at 6:15 am
Anyone want a number to be called and massacred? I do I think i’ll call it. they said they might of had this on the gPhone
December 27th, 2007 at 9:20 am
Sure google is being “extra” careful about spam. How could they possible know whether the phone number you enter is yours? This is just another tool for telemarketers.
December 30th, 2007 at 3:53 pm
I tried but not working in India..
But i think this is a good plan introduced by google
this is still beta version after developing i think it will defenitely make this problem solved
January 1st, 2008 at 3:05 am
omg free calls i will recomed it to all my friends
January 13th, 2008 at 12:20 am
Google is doing a lot of good work.Im going to try this.