Archive for January, 2008

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Thursday, January 31st, 2008


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IT PRO, UK -18 minutes ago
monitor domain names that are repeatedly registered and dropped within the current five-day grace period, and exclude them from their AdSense program.

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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Chicago Tribune - Google won’t allow “personal attacks” in political ads it accepts on its Adsense network, according to its newly articulated policy. So how about, “My esteemed opponent’s policies are consistent with the philosophy of a philandering, dog-beating …

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the Rubicon Project Raises $21 Million With New Financing Led by Mayfield Fund (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Monday, January 28th, 2008

AlwaysOn OnMedia — the Rubicon Project, a company with a mission to automate the large, yet highly inefficient Internet advertising industry, has raised $21 million in total capital with a $15 million follow-on to the $6 million financing the company announced four months ago on October 8.

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Google Combats Domain Name Loophole - Rapid City Journal

Sunday, January 27th, 2008


Google Combats Domain Name Loophole
Rapid City Journal, SD -8 hours ago
Google's AdSense program would exclude those names so no one can generate advertising revenue from claiming them temporarily, a practice known as domain

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Web shop offers discount to Firefox users (Computer Active)

Monday, January 7th, 2008

An Australian PC retailer has come up with a novel way of supporting the ‘alternative’ software movement. Tekfix Computing Solutions is offering a discount on products purchased online using Firefox rather than Internet Explorer.

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