What Is Google Payday?
Google Payday was a kit offered over the Internet that purported to teach people how to make money off the text ads that Google displays on its website and feeds to other sites. The kit is no longer available under that name, and debate continues over whether the product was legitimate.
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Affiliation
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In a response to a Google AdWords user's question in March 2009, a Google customer service representative stated that Google Payday was not affiliated with Google--and that the representative had never heard of it.
Kit
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Google Payday was offered for a teaser price of $1.95, for which the buyer was supposed to receive a CD with information about how to profit from Google's AdSense and AdWords programs.
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Fees
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Purchasing the kit automatically enrolled a buyer in a web-hosting program with an upfront fee and monthly fees charged to the credit card used to order the kit.
Cancellation
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Buyers had to cancel the service within 14 days or the additional fees would be charged.
Status
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As of January 2010, the website googlepayday.com was an inactive, or "parked," domain registered under a nonexistent Newport Beach, California, address and phone number.
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