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OCTOBER 8, 2014

So much so that if you read Ken Auletta’s wonderful book “ Googled ” you’ll see that Larry and Sergey had for years stated they would never do paid search results. The patents Overture held became known in small circles as Google’s ’361 problem as outlined here. Yes, Google won.

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APRIL 15, 2010

It was the first company to do “paid search&# back when Larry & Sergey were saying they would never do it. plus a large settlement on patent disputes paid from Google) so Bill did well on it. Google had huge destination traffic. Google monetized this with AdWords (ads on their home page).

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MARCH 11, 2011

So he launched a company with exclusively paid search. Users would know exactly how much was paid for each click. Google was clear that they WOULD NOT go into this business. He came up to Bill after the event and said, “clever idea, we should do that with you.&# But obviously Google won the war.

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

The tagline for the event was actually "Starting a company is easier than you think." Some of the traffic-tactics we use involve good old fashioned payola: paid search, banner ads, affiliate programs, etc. Google, and Facebook. Baptiste , a new writer at OnStartups and local Boston entrepreneur. He's awesome.

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