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Beware of Spammers in Capitalist’s Clothing

Time for a little rant.
I’ve been researching Google’s initiative to crack-down on websites selling and buying paid links. I’ve let myself get a bit riled-up as I’ve re-discovered the following:

Too many people still think Capitalism is somehow inherently evil
Some usually bright people have an amazingly hard time distinguishing between spam and good content

I’m not […]

2007 Holiday Shopping Season over $29 Billion

Comscore just announced that holiday spending topped $29, up 19 percent over 2006 numbers. The biggest single day of spending according to Comscore was Dec. 10 (Green Monday) - with $881 million in sales. Video games went berserk with 129% growth in sales over the previous year. Furniture grew 67% over 2006 and most other […]