BigShinyThing

Much of the rise is off the back of keyword search advertising revenues as marketers shift their budgets from offline to online.

It’s hard to believe that Google has only been around for seven years - it seems like forever. It’s certainly catching up with Microsoft which veritably middle aged by comparison (it was founded in 1975). Google also reported a 127 percent increase in general and administrative costs, due largely to an increase in hiring. The company said it had nearly 5000 employees at the end of September, up from about 4200 at the end of June.

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Women in Johannesburg have been staging a miniskirted protest

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Stop the clock!! We saw another ad on the internet!