Comment: Will anyone mourn RealNames?

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Thanks to search sites like Google, there really is no reason for Internet users to get upset about the recent demise of RealNames' keyword system, argues Arif Mohamed

My experience of typing keywords into a browser address bar is that it's a waste of time, so last week's demise of RealNames, a firm that offered a keywords system in a tie-up with Microsoft, did n...

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