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> Google, the Web search engine which attracted a loyal following in part
> because its simple Web site is uncluttered by obtrusive graphical banner
> ads, has now decided to sell the sort of ads it once scorned.
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Via Michael Duff [1], “Google to Sell Type of Ad It Once Shunned [2]”

Say it ain't so! Say it ain't soooooooooooo! [3]

[1] http://www.livejournal.com/users/michaelduff/173470.html
[2] http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/13/technology/13goog.html?pagewanted=pri
[3] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2004/04/30.1

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