On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:43:07 +0100, Bert Freudenberg wrote:

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> On 21.11.2008, at 11:30, Klaus D. Witzel wrote:
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>> On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:55:24 +0100, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
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>>> Where did you hear that?
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>> Yes, interesting question :)
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>> FWIW in 2006 I found that Google advertises that using their own system
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>> - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=smalltalk&gl=US
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>> It' still there, refresh you browser until you can see one of their  
>> Smalltalk ads like this one
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>> Smalltalk at Google?
>> Dig SmallTalk & object oriented
>> design? Get a Java XP job at Google
>> www.google.com/jobs/
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> Ah great.
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> Heh, interestingly "One Laptop per Child" is one of the sponsored ads  
> when you google for "Smalltalk" but not for "Python".

Yes, this is quite tricky with the AdWords system. I stumbled upon  
Google's Smalltalk ad when I attempted to donate some money for  
advertising the Squeak Smalltalk keywords with the AdWords system.

Unfortunately I had to give up coming into the ranks when "suddenly"  
"somebody" put in bids for the Smalltalk keyword with a US$ 4  
price-per-click tag on them (reminds me to check the current bids once in  
a while).

I can only speculate that price tag has something to do with what you  
observed for Python+OLPC.

/Klaus

> - Bert -
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