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		eusman on Sept 4, 2007 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Marissa Mayer Almost Killed AdSense (and she n... hey, anyone at that time that wanted to keep something free was against advertisments, and many were trying to find a way to do just that. obviously you are too young to remember that, and obviously Google did it first with Paul and AdSense. A lot of ad skepticals changed their view of ads when adSense came. So, I would say its good that she recognizes that

far33d on Sept 4, 2007 [–]

This was my impression after reading a valleywag article. Probably bad form on my part, but whatever.

Also, I doubt I'm "too young" to remember much about google, since I remember when it didn't exist.

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