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Re:Microsoft attributes $80-$100 million dollars in revenue ... by teamonkey on Thursday March 18, 2010 @01:10PM (#1201827)
The point isn't that there's a magic colour, it's that they A/B split tested the new colour against the old one and saw an increase in the number of people clicking. It doesn't mean the process stops right there.
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Re:Microsoft attributes $80-$100 million dollars in revenue ... by jefarmstrong on Thursday March 18, 2010 @01:14PM (#1201840)
Yes, I was being sarcastic. :-)
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Re:Microsoft attributes $80-$100 million dollars in revenue ... by teamonkey on Thursday March 18, 2010 @01:50PM (#1201970)
I know, but I was being pedantic :)
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Re:Microsoft attributes $80-$100 million dollars in revenue ... by OmarIsmail on Thursday March 18, 2010 @02:31PM (#1202081)
and I'm being tautalogical :)
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