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Google Click-to-Call - Free Calls to Businesses

By Ahson Rafiq in News on 17th December 2007

Heres 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:

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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.



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17 Responses to “Google Click-to-Call - Free Calls to Businesses”

  1. More New Adsense Ads Seen! - BlueVerse Says:

    [...] New Adsense Ads Seen! Posted on December 20th I posted earlier about the Click to Call ads and today while reading my feed reader, there was a post by copy blogger New Interactive AdSense [...]

  2. Wolvie Says:

    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.

  3. mikego Says:

    That is such a cool concept introduced by Goggle but I guess most of the calls are intended for US customers.

  4. darkhorse4 Says:

    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.

  5. MBS Says:

    Yeah, I could see the prank calling getting bad. But if google only lets logged in users call, then it should be fine.

  6. Matthew Says:

    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.

  7. zbigis Says:

    Wow nice free calls :D I’ll try this

  8. sunken Says:

    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.

  9. iulianh Says:

    Erm, Google is giving us some great Christmas gifts . I think it`s an excellent way for Google to stay on top .

  10. Sarunasas Says:

    Very good idea. I’m gonna to use this in future. Google is best engine in internet for me. :)

  11. Mylore Says:

    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.

  12. Shan Says:

    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.

  13. Brandong Says:

    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

  14. J0ker Says:

    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.

  15. Vishnu Says:

    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

  16. arnis164 Says:

    omg free calls i will recomed it to all my friends

  17. Jok3ris Says:

    Google is doing a lot of good work.Im going to try this.

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