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Click fraud can take many shapes, but is most egregious when unscrupulous types create programs to systematically click on paid listings in order to profit from the revenue created by participating in publisher programs like Google's Adsense and Yahoo's YPN.<br/> While […] </p> </div> <small><span class="metadata"> <span class="emaillink"> </span></span></small> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="post-396" class="item entry"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0px 10px 0px 15px"> <div class="itemhead"> <h3><a href="/web/20090325115201/http://blog.snap.com/2006/07/18/add-snap-as-a-firefox-keyword-search-trigger/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to "Add Snap as a Firefox 'Keyword' Search Trigger"">Add Snap as a Firefox 'Keyword' Search Trigger</a></h3> <small><span class="metadata"> <a href="/web/20090325115201/http://blog.snap.com/2006/07/18/add-snap-as-a-firefox-keyword-search-trigger/#respond" class="commentslink" title="Comment on Add Snap as a Firefox 'Keyword' Search Trigger">0 <span>Comments</span></a> <span class="chronodata"> <span class="posting_link"><a href="/web/20090325115201/http://blog.snap.com/author/snapstaff/" title="Posts by Snap Staff">Snap Staff</a></span> July 18th, 2006 in <span class="posting_link"> <a href="/web/20090325115201/http://blog.snap.com/category/misc/" title="View all posts in Miscellaneous" rel="category tag">Miscellaneous</a>, <a href="/web/20090325115201/http://blog.snap.com/category/product-announcement/" title="View all posts in Product Announcement" rel="category tag">Product Announcement</a> </span> </span> </small> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 15px"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 15px 0px 0px"> <div class="itemtext"> <p>This one is for all the Firefox browser enhancers out there…<br/> Firefox has this neat feature to enable you to add terms that trigger searches. In this case you can create one for Snap that is accessible from anywhere in your browsing experience all from within the location bar of your Firefox browser.<br/> Here is how…<br/> 1. Go […] </p> </div> <small><span class="metadata"> <span class="emaillink"> </span></span></small> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="post-387" class="item entry"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0px 10px 0px 15px"> <div class="itemhead"> <h3><a href="/web/20090325115201/http://blog.snap.com/2006/07/18/an-introduction-mike-agostino-cto-of-snap/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to "An Introduction: Mike Agostino, CTO of Snap"">An Introduction: Mike Agostino, CTO of Snap</a></h3> <small><span class="metadata"> <a href="/web/20090325115201/http://blog.snap.com/2006/07/18/an-introduction-mike-agostino-cto-of-snap/#comments" class="commentslink" title="Comment on An Introduction: Mike Agostino, CTO of Snap">1 <span>Comment</span></a> <span class="chronodata"> <span class="posting_link"><a href="/web/20090325115201/http://blog.snap.com/author/agostino/" title="Posts by Michael Agostino">Michael Agostino</a></span> July 18th, 2006 in <span class="posting_link"> <a href="/web/20090325115201/http://blog.snap.com/category/snap-speaks/" title="View all posts in Snap Speaks" rel="category tag">Snap Speaks</a> </span> </span> </small> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 15px"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 15px 0px 0px"> <div class="itemtext"> <p>Thats my desk (the 'empty' one in the middle)… I am always out and about in the offices…<br/> Hello, my name is Mike Agostino and I recently joined Snap as Chief Technology Officer (CTO).<br/> First, what’s a CTO do? Typically a big-company CTO drives technology and product strategy by combining an in-depth understanding of technology trends […] </p> </div> <small><span class="metadata"> <span class="emaillink"> </span></span></small> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="post-390" class="item entry"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0px 10px 0px 15px"> <div class="itemhead"> <h3><a href="/web/20090325115201/http://blog.snap.com/2006/07/17/camping-dating-and-car-sales/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to "Camping, Dating and Car Sales…"">Camping, Dating and Car Sales…</a></h3> <small><span class="metadata"> <a href="/web/20090325115201/http://blog.snap.com/2006/07/17/camping-dating-and-car-sales/#comments" class="commentslink" title="Comment on Camping, Dating and Car Sales...">1 <span>Comment</span></a> <span class="chronodata"> <span class="posting_link"><a href="/web/20090325115201/http://blog.snap.com/author/snapstaff/" title="Posts by Snap Staff">Snap Staff</a></span> July 17th, 2006 in <span class="posting_link"> <a href="/web/20090325115201/http://blog.snap.com/category/misc/" title="View all posts in Miscellaneous" rel="category tag">Miscellaneous</a> </span> </span> </small> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 15px"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 15px 0px 0px"> <div class="itemtext"> <p>…though not necessarily in that order.<br/> This is going to be my first post on our new blog so I'll keep it short…also because I just got back from vacation and I'm a bit swamped.<br/> One of the fun things to do in life since Al Gore invented the internet (or did he?) is to see what […] </p> </div> <small><span class="metadata"> <span class="emaillink"> </span></span></small> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="post-393" class="item entry"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0px 10px 0px 15px"> <div class="itemhead"> <h3><a href="/web/20090325115201/http://blog.snap.com/2006/07/17/snap-web-site-release-71706/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to "Snap Web Site Release - 7/17/06"">Snap Web Site Release - 7/17/06</a></h3> <small><span class="metadata"> <a href="/web/20090325115201/http://blog.snap.com/2006/07/17/snap-web-site-release-71706/#respond" class="commentslink" title="Comment on Snap Web Site Release - 7/17/06">0 <span>Comments</span></a> <span class="chronodata"> <span class="posting_link"><a href="/web/20090325115201/http://blog.snap.com/author/brian/" title="Posts by brian">brian</a></span> July 17th, 2006 in <span class="posting_link"> <a href="/web/20090325115201/http://blog.snap.com/category/product-announcement/" title="View all posts in Product Announcement" rel="category tag">Product Announcement</a> </span> </span> </small> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 15px"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 15px 0px 0px"> <div class="itemtext"> <p>This morning we released an updated version of Snap.com which included the following new or changed features:</p> <p>Some small performance improvements on the backend (more to come later this week);<br/> Added a new open position for a Web Developer on our Careers page;<br/> New version of Snap's Internet Explorer Plugin with new features - Download it here (IE […] </p> </div> <small><span class="metadata"> <span class="emaillink"> </span></span></small> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div class="feedback_post"> <div id="post-392" class="item entry"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0px 10px 0px 15px"> <div class="itemhead"> <h3><a href="/web/20090325115201/http://blog.snap.com/2006/07/16/launch-idea/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to "Launch idea"">Launch idea</a></h3> <div class="listing_label"><img src="/web/20090325115201im_/http://blog.snap.com/wp-content/themes/k2/images/feedback_label.gif"></div> <small><span class="metadata"> <a href="/web/20090325115201/http://blog.snap.com/2006/07/16/launch-idea/#comments" class="commentslink" title="Comment on Launch idea">1 <span>Comment</span></a> <span class="chronodata"> <span class="posting_link"><a href="/web/20090325115201/http://blog.snap.com/author/itsjoker/" title="Posts by itsjoker">itsjoker</a></span> July 16th, 2006 in <span class="posting_link"> <a href="/web/20090325115201/http://blog.snap.com/category/feedback/" title="View all posts in User Feedback" rel="category tag">User Feedback</a> </span> </span> </small> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 15px"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 15px 0px 0px"> <div class="itemtext"> <p>Do you still take ideas for launch or is it all done? I am too late?</p> </div> <small><span class="metadata"> <span class="emaillink"> </span></span></small> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <div id="post-453" class="item entry"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0px 10px 0px 15px"> <div class="itemhead"> <h3><a href="/web/20090325115201/http://blog.snap.com/2006/07/06/snapcom-announces-winners-of-the-other-way-to-launch-contest/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to "Snap.com Announces Winners of "The Other Way to Launch" Contest"">Snap.com Announces Winners of "The Other Way to Launch" Contest</a></h3> <small><span class="metadata"> <a href="/web/20090325115201/http://blog.snap.com/2006/07/06/snapcom-announces-winners-of-the-other-way-to-launch-contest/#respond" class="commentslink" title="Comment on Snap.com Announces Winners of " the other way to launch" contest">0 <span>Comments</span></a> <span class="chronodata"> <span class="posting_link"><a href="/web/20090325115201/http://blog.snap.com/author/snapstaff/" title="Posts by Snap Staff">Snap Staff</a></span> July 6th, 2006 in <span class="posting_link"> <a href="/web/20090325115201/http://blog.snap.com/category/in-the-news/press-release/" title="View all posts in Press Release" rel="category tag">Press Release</a> </span> </span> </small> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 15px"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 15px 0px 0px"> <div class="itemtext"> <p>SNAP.COM ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF<br/> “THE OTHER WAY TO LAUNCH” CONTEST<br/> PASADENA, CA – July 6, 2006 – Snap.com, a new search engine that provides users with a unique and more efficient way to view and interact with search results, today announced GeekWorks Unlimited as the winners of its “The Other Way to Launch” contest and will receive […] </p> </div> <small><span class="metadata"> <span class="emaillink"> </span></span></small> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div class="vote_post"> <div id="post-376" class="item entry"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0px 10px 0px 15px"> <div class="itemhead"> <h3><a href="/web/20090325115201/http://blog.snap.com/2006/07/05/the-other-way-to-launch-contest-webcast/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to ""The other way to Launch" Contest Webcast"">"The other way to Launch" Contest Webcast</a></h3> <div class="listing_label"><img src="/web/20090325115201im_/http://blog.snap.com/wp-content/themes/k2/images/contest_idea_label.gif"></div> <small><span class="metadata"> <a href="/web/20090325115201/http://blog.snap.com/2006/07/05/the-other-way-to-launch-contest-webcast/#comments" class="commentslink" title="Comment on " the other way to launch" contest webcast">22 <span>Comments</span></a> <span class="chronodata"> <span class="posting_link"><a href="/web/20090325115201/http://blog.snap.com/author/snapstaff/" title="Posts by Snap Staff">Snap Staff</a></span> July 5th, 2006 in <span class="posting_link"> <a href="/web/20090325115201/http://blog.snap.com/category/launch-contest/" title="View all posts in Launch Contest {Closed}" rel="category tag">Launch Contest {Closed}</a>, <a href="/web/20090325115201/http://blog.snap.com/category/in-the-news/" title="View all posts in In the News" rel="category tag">In the News</a> </span> </span> </small> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 15px"> <div class="vote_box_closed" onclick="location.href='/2006/07/05/the-other-way-to-launch-contest-webcast/'" title="Voting is closed."> <span class="votes">0</span> </div> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 15px 0px 0px"> <div class="itemtext"> <p>This is the post you all have been waiting for: “The other way to Launch” contest winner has been selected and the $5000 prize has been awarded! Before we announce the winner, we wanted to share a bit about the great response and how we selected a winner.<br/> The response was awe-inspiring: over 30,000 of you […] </p> </div> <small><span class="metadata"> <span class="emaillink"> </span></span></small> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <div id="post-382" class="item entry"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0px 10px 0px 15px"> <div class="itemhead"> <h3><a href="/web/20090325115201/http://blog.snap.com/2006/07/05/seven-things-i-learned-doing-this/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to "Seven Things I Learned Doing This…"">Seven Things I Learned Doing This…</a></h3> <small><span class="metadata"> <a href="/web/20090325115201/http://blog.snap.com/2006/07/05/seven-things-i-learned-doing-this/#comments" class="commentslink" title="Comment on Seven Things I Learned Doing This...">1 <span>Comment</span></a> <span class="chronodata"> <span class="posting_link"><a href="/web/20090325115201/http://blog.snap.com/author/snapstaff/" title="Posts by Snap Staff">Snap Staff</a></span> July 5th, 2006 in <span class="posting_link"> <a href="/web/20090325115201/http://blog.snap.com/category/snap-speaks/" title="View all posts in Snap Speaks" rel="category tag">Snap Speaks</a> </span> </span> </small> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 15px"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 15px 0px 0px"> <div class="itemtext"> <p>When we came up with the “Snap Other Way to Launch Contest” two months ago, it was new territory for me in many ways: I’d never actively participated in the Blogosphere, I’d never asked my potential customers to help solve one of my key business problems, and I had never “abdicated” control to […] </p> </div> <small><span class="metadata"> <span class="emaillink"> </span></span></small> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="post-381" class="item entry"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0px 10px 0px 15px"> <div class="itemhead"> <h3><a href="/web/20090325115201/http://blog.snap.com/2006/07/05/snap-web-site-release-752006/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to "Snap Web Site Release - 7/5/2006"">Snap Web Site Release - 7/5/2006</a></h3> <small><span class="metadata"> <a href="/web/20090325115201/http://blog.snap.com/2006/07/05/snap-web-site-release-752006/#comments" class="commentslink" title="Comment on Snap Web Site Release - 7/5/2006">5 <span>Comments</span></a> <span class="chronodata"> <span class="posting_link"><a href="/web/20090325115201/http://blog.snap.com/author/brian/" title="Posts by brian">brian</a></span> July 5th, 2006 in <span class="posting_link"> <a href="/web/20090325115201/http://blog.snap.com/category/product-announcement/" title="View all posts in Product Announcement" rel="category tag">Product Announcement</a> </span> </span> </small> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 15px"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 15px 0px 0px"> <div class="itemtext"> <p>Today we released an updated version of Snap which included the following new or changed features:<br/> Added graphics and text to promote our IE and Firefox plugins. 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