在西班牙，一個12歲的小男孩，犯下了一個代價高昂的錯誤。

這位名叫荷西·賈維爾的小男孩是Los Salerosos樂隊的小號手。他希望通過谷歌的廣告平臺AdSense宣傳自己的樂隊，結果收到了一份高達11.2萬美元的賬單。據CNBC報道，產生這份賬單的原因是，他把AdSense和谷歌另一個廣告平臺AdWords混為一談。

賈維爾顯然沒有意識到，AdWords會按照廣告點擊次數，向賬戶持有人收費。而他本打算使用的平臺AdSense則允許人們通過自己的廣告賺錢。

據《問詢報》報道，為了拒絕這份賬單，小男孩的家人甚至提起了訴訟。幸運的是，谷歌原諒了賈維爾的錯誤： 這家科技公司雖然有一個頁面專門解釋AdWords和AdSense的區別，但它還是取消了該賬單。

谷歌通過一份預先準備的聲明對《財富》雜志表示：“我們對這件事進行了調查，沒有向用戶收取任何費用。我們取消了未結清的AdWords余額。許多在線服務，包括谷歌的AdWords在內，對用戶的年齡都有限制。”（財富中文網）

譯者：劉進龍/汪皓

審校：任文科

A 12-year-old boy in Spain just made a very expensive mistake.

José Javier, a trumpet player in a band called Los Salerosos, racked up a $112,000 (€100,000) bill when he was trying to promote his band via Google’s advertising platform AdSense. But he confused it with Google’s other advertising platform, AdWords, according to CNBC.

Javier apparently didn’t realize that AdWords charges the account holder each time someone clicks on their advertisement. AdSense, the platform he intended to use, allows people to make money from their advertisements.

The boy’s family reportedly sought legal action to combat the bill, The Inquirer reports. But fortunately for Javier, Google let the mistake slide: The tech company cancelled the bill, despite having a page that explains the difference between AdWords and AdSense.

“We have looked into this case and we haven’t received any money from the user. We are canceling the outstanding AdWords balance. Many online services, including Google GOOGL -0.57% AdWords, have age limits,” Google told Fortune in a prepared statement.