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Re:Google said it had successfully ‘slowed down’ European pr... by Un1corn on Saturday October 23, 2021 @09:34AM (#28968255)
Just like before there were targeted ads?
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Re:Google said it had successfully ‘slowed down’ European pr... by hownottowrite on Saturday October 23, 2021 @09:35AM (#28968269)
Well, before targeted ads there were blogs and they were well read. Not so much anymore since Google decimated that channel.
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Re:Google said it had successfully ‘slowed down’ European pr... by pgeorgi on Saturday October 23, 2021 @09:47AM (#28968415)
Think "before blogs". Windows 3.1 rose to dominance when the Internet wasn't a factor for the vast majority of computer users (and even less for everybody else).

How could they possibly have acquired customers back then?!?

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Re:Google said it had successfully ‘slowed down’ European pr... by hownottowrite on Saturday October 23, 2021 @10:44AM (#28969006)
With money… lots and lots of it spent on brand level marketing in print media as well as with direct sales reps.
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