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Ryanair wins injunction against German travel site
The budget airline said the decision was a vindication of its policy banning so-called “screen scraper” websites. Ryanair, which this week went to the Commercial Court to have a Dublin-based travel site shut down, said it expected the German court’s decis
(tags: travel web search)

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78 Essential Search Engine Marketing & SEO Resources! | SEOptimise
A nice collection of quality articles and blog posts over the last three or four years about pretty much anything to do with search engine marketing.
(tags: seo list)

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Cut and paste one line of code to make any website editable
Have you ever wanted to edit the web pages of another website? This simple line of code makes it possible. Of course you can’t actually edit the actual web page but you can edit the page as you see it on your screen.
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SEOmoz | Reddit, Stumbleupon, Del.icio.us and Hacker News Algorithms Exposed!
Although humans power social media, it is algorithms that provide the frameworks that make user input useful. As proven by the countless social sites online, finding the correct mix of participation and rules can be extremely difficult. Below are some of
(tags: programming web2.0 social-networks delicious seo [...]

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PHP Automation Coding
Helping you put more money in your pocket faster through PHP coding
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CURL PHP Forum
(tags: curl php)

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The End of Theory: The Data Deluge Makes the Scientific Method Obsolete
Faced with massive data, this approach to science — hypothesize, model, test — is becoming obsolete
(tags: science methodology computing information innovation knowledge thinking)

George Carlin’s Last Interview | Psychology Today Blogs
…write down every idea I get even if I can’t use it at the time, [...]

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Stevey’s Blog Rants: Done, and Gets Things Smart
All too often I find myself on interview loops where the candidate knows a seemingly astounding amount about coding, computer science, software engineering, and general industry topics, but we find out at the last minute that they can’t code Hello, World
(tags: hiring philosophy psychology humour)

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Google’s Peter Norvig on Why (Some) Humans Do it Better! : SEO Book.com
Exposure from top rankings already creates a self-reinforcing effect because of the power of defaults. Further tying in search usage data directly into relevancy might not add much benefit to searchers, especially as more people click on the first search
(tags: seo google search)

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Robin Blandford [ ByteSurgery.com - Digital Media Engineering ] » Blog Archive » Learning How To Price Your Web App
Unlike many traditional models, it seems web app prices are not pay as much as you eat. You do not get charged per item, rather you buy a bundle that has limits. Prices have to be [...]

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http://mashable.com/2008/06/12/web-design-tutorials/
10 video tutorials that show you the basics of web design, from some basic PHP to creating your first website to creating WordPress themes.
(tags: video tutorial webdesign web design css wordpress themes)

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