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Location, Search and Google’s Patent

March 9, 2010Google
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Google’s patent awarded last week for using location in advertising is interesting news (patent details here via VentureBeat). Not because of the dramatic effect (dun, dun, dah) it might have on the industry . No, the key point here is they submitted the patent for consideration back in September 2003.
This is significant because it [...]

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How to explain SEO to cynical developers

November 6, 2009Search
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Have you ever been involved in the hiring process for your company or team?
If you have, then perhaps you’ve been astounded at how terrible the CVs of many highly intelligent candidates you interviewed were. Senior developers who excelled at their craft, were recognised as brilliant by their peers, and yet, couldn’t seem to put [...]

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Why does Microsoft bother with Internet Explorer?

July 4, 2009Microsoft
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For a while* now I’ve been wondering what value there is in having web browser market share?
Or more specifically, why does Microsoft continue to invest in building their browser. And further, why do they spend money promoting it? You’ll see here in GP’s post that IE8 is a significant strategy for the company (in Australia [...]

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