Nobody is a happier loser than Google when it lost the auction to win the highly coveted premium wireless spectrum to Verizon.

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Google Analytics finally provided the long asked for feature. While daily graphs are useful, summarized weekly and monthly graphs are much better in displaying trends.

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The "do no evil" mantra of Google is slowly fading into oblivion as Google, like any other large corporation, plans to axe 300 jobs from newly acquired DoubleClick Inc. This is the first time that Google has made significant job cuts.

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I never thought I would have to give such a weird disclaimer but recently I have been getting way too many emails like this:
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It was well known that there is a significant amount of Java development in Bangalore these days. However it took me by surprise to find that it may actually be a world leader in terms of amount of Java and India too as a country. What was even more surprising is that USA doesn't figure in top 10.

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UnrulyMedia is a new UK based entrant in price-per-view (viewing the video not page) video advertising on the web sites and blogs.

UnrulyMedia is different from traditional campaigns in that it pays only when a view is registered in the targeted area. For example, if a video ad is targeted for US audience, only views from US will be counted towards payment. UnrulyMedia defines a view as when someone in the targeted area views the video.
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Simple Thoughts blog now boasts a new and improved search facility, thanks to Google customized search. Now you can get the search results on our site with our look and feel, without having to go to Google. Take it for a spin and let me know if you like it.

I recently came across an instance of Google Proxy hacking with one of my clients, which removed his index page and other pages from SERP (Search Engine Ranking & Positioning) and he lost the page ranks (went down to zero). We were asked to protect his site against Google Proxy hacking, a really dangerous technique which can not only cause you to loose page rank but also remove your pages from SERP, all because Google cannot properly identify original pages from duplicates.

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Every time I have to find the Google Analytics tracking code again for an existing website (rather profile) , I go through the same pain of hunting it down as it is definitely not obvious. Google Analytics tracking code is unique for each profile. To find your personalized tracking code:
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Google had a well known proxy facility. You could use
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