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Crypterium converts bitcoin arcana and cryptocurrency confusion into practical magic

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since 2009 when I played miner. The price of a CRPT Token has been set at 0.0001 Bitcoin in order to make the initial buy in affordable and accessible in these times of $16,037 Bitcoins. That’s even before buying your very first Litecoin, Namecoin , Dogecoin , PotCoin , Ethereum , and especially, Bitcoin.

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Holiday Spending Delivers Q4 Gifts to E-commerce Sellers

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For example, in 2009, online sales equaled $129 billion, increasing to $143 billion in 2010, with a projected increase in 2011 to $197 billion. billion in sales during the 4th quarter as compared to $39 billion in 2009. These results continue the wonderful annual growth trend for e-commerce. For example, 2010 generated $43.4

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B2B Marketers Should Take Another Look at E-Commerce

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A worthy example is Dow Corning, which found itself under huge price pressure, as the silicone category grew commoditized. Xiameter sales grew so successfully that in 2009, Dow Corning moved as much as 2500 of its 7000 products to the site. Today, Xiameter represents 40% of Dow Corning’s $6 billion in sales.

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Why Zagat might be a smarter purchase for Google than Yelp

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Google famously flamed out in its bid to buy Yelp in 2009, and has finally added the restaurant reviews it has craved. Then, there is the question of the price. That same TechCrunch article linked above pegs the price at somewhere below $66 million, because there is no government review needed for acquisitions under that price.

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Can social media be the new white hat SEO technique?

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Besides, back in late 2006 (and as late as 2009), Search Engine Optimization was considered to be snake oil, especially since Google was obviously omnipresent and had compensated for silly things such as ALT, Description, and Meta tags, right?

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Enterprise Social Networking Platforms: Think Amazon, Not Facebook

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Inc.com profiled Bezos in its Great Leader Series back in 2009, and the excerpt below gives us a glimpse of that strategy and its results: After inviting 300 friends and acquaintances to test his creation, Bezos took the site live and, within a month, the company had sold books in all 50 states and in 45 countries.

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50 amazing facts about Amazon.com to inspire your company

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Instead, Amazon focuses on selection, price, and convenience to make customers’ lives easier and better. In 2009, Amazon acquired Zappos for $1.2 It focuses on selection, price, and convenience ( Forbes ). And every transaction occurs through a website. Forbes estimates the company’s net worth sits at $175.1 billion, (MSN).