12歲西班牙小號手差點幫谷歌交10萬歐元廣告費

In August, Jose Javier - from the city of Torrevieja - created an account with AdWords, a Google pay-per-click service.

今年8月，來自託雷維耶哈的喬斯·哈維爾創建了一個AdWords賬戶，這是谷歌旗下的一項點擊付費服務。

He was under the impression people clicking on the adverts would earn him money. But instead he was charged every time someone clicked on the link.

他原以爲只要有人點擊這個廣告，就會給他捐獻一點錢。但是實際上，每當有人點擊這個鏈接的時候，他都需要付費。

Google has now said it won't make him pay the fee.

好在谷歌公司已於日前表示，他們不會讓哈維爾支付這筆費用。

The company realised that "it was all a mistake and that he did it without thinking," a Google spokeswoman said last Wednesday.

谷歌公司一名發言人在上週三時表示，該公司意識到“這是一個錯誤，哈維爾是無心之失”。

"A 12-year-old boy doesn't want to start spending 100,000 euros."

“一個12歲的小男孩可不想在自己事業剛剛開始的時候就揹負10萬歐元的賬單。”

Jose's mother Inma Quesada told the El Pais daily that her son "wanted to buy instruments" for his band Los Salerosos (loosely translated as "The Salties"), in which he plays the trumpet.

喬斯的母親因瑪·克薩達在接受《西班牙日報》採訪時表示，她的兒子想要給自己的樂隊“Los Salerosos”（大意爲“冒失鬼”）購買樂器。他在樂隊裏擔任小號手。

A savings account had been opened in the boy's name and he used those details when signing up for AdWords.

哈維爾以自己的名字開了一個儲蓄賬戶，並且用這些信息註冊了AdWords賬戶。

His parents only realised what was going on when the bank called them to let them know about the charges.

當銀行打電話給哈維爾的父母，告訴他們有關收費的事情的時候，他們才知道發生了這樣的事情。

AdWords puts advertising higher up Google's search results and on other websites. The advertiser only pays when someone clicks on one of these links.

AdWords事實上是一個競價排名系統，在支付費用之後，它會把客戶的廣告列在谷歌搜索結果和其他網站的靠前位置。只有當有人點擊這些廣告鏈接的時候，客戶才需要支付費用。