On Friday, October 7, 2006 an odd message appeared on the official Google Blog that read:

“Google Click-to-Call project cancelled

10/07/2006 05:07:34 PM After concientiously considering, Google has decided not to continue with Google Click-to-call project. The project has been in the media on last days because of the notice of Google agreement with e-Bay. We finally consider click-to-call agreement with e-Bay a monopolistic aproach that would damage small companies in the CRM area.

This message has been translated using Google language tools.”

The post which was quickly deleted, lead to suspicion that an exploit may have been found in Blogger.

Google has now confirmed the bug responding with this follow-up post:

“A bug in Blogger enabled an unauthorized user to make a fake post on the Google Blog last night, claiming that we’ve discontinued our AdWords click-to-call test. The bug was fixed quickly and the post removed. As for the click-to-call test, it is progressing on schedule, and we’re pleased with the results thus far.”

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