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advertising

The dirty little secret behind Google’s business model

April 29, 2010

Marco.org – The ad delusion: “You can’t really blame them. A portion of Google’s business depends on the delusion that their “AdSense for Content” ads the ones you see on blogs, not Google’s search results are good most of the time. The rest of the internet knows that they’re usually crap, but at least Google’s [...]

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This is what is killing newspapers

March 29, 2010

From the comments on The Times’ Q&A about it’s pay-model: “£2 a week is too rich for my blood even considering the quality reporting but this depends on what the annual rate will be.” If people genuinely believe that news isn’t worth £2 per week – less than the price of a latte at Starbucks [...]

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Sandwiches

March 14, 2010

If I’d have been one of the residents of Sandwich, I think I’d have found this terrifying. Particularly Button cabs.

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