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Re:The Time Has Come To Regulate Search Engine Marketing And... by eru on Monday July 13, 2009 @10:25AM (#701734)
> What about foreign based search engines?

Tariffs. Especially if they do not respect our labour and/or environmental protection laws.

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Re:The Time Has Come To Regulate Search Engine Marketing And... by trickjarrett on Monday July 13, 2009 @10:41AM (#701766)
I do not want to seem snarky, but I can't tell if this is a joke or not. If not, can you elaborate on what you mean? Would the government tariff foreign search engines on a per search basis?
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Re:The Time Has Come To Regulate Search Engine Marketing And... by Xichekolas on Monday July 13, 2009 @11:06AM (#701828)
If that wasn't a joke, then it was depressing.

I'm choosing to be optimistic.

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Re:The Time Has Come To Regulate Search Engine Marketing And... by eru on Monday July 13, 2009 @01:29PM (#702107)
A joke. But too close to reality to be comfortable, I guess.
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Re:The Time Has Come To Regulate Search Engine Marketing And... by trickjarrett on Monday July 13, 2009 @03:30PM (#702319)
Ah good. I was 75% sure it was a joke, but thought I would double check. And indeed, the fact that some of us weren't sure shows that it is something that we could see the US government doing. Very sad.
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Re:The Time Has Come To Regulate Search Engine Marketing And... by joshu on Monday July 13, 2009 @02:43PM (#702248)
The best kind of joke.
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