Over the last several years we have hosted all our forums with www.castlecops.com   It has been a great partnership for us, we’ve made a lot of friends, and myself especially have enjoyed watching CastleCops grow over the years into a massive community.  The commitment and drive behind CastleCops really made it a benchmark for other security related websites, and the community built has been absolutely tremendous in assisting not only each other, but to help us better understand our customers.

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Google Insights (Beta) is a new tool from Google allowing you to compare search volume patterns across specific regions, categories and time frames.


The flexibility and functionality it gives will draw significant increases in deployment of marketing strategies, further understanding of target demographics, and give analysts a comparative view on user search patterns.  
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I do enjoy the benefits of contextual advertising.   Read an article about laptops, see advertising on laptops and their associated products.  It has its limits of course, as I don't want my privacy being invaded to serve these adverts either.

Perhaps though, in this case, things have been taken too far.   Taken from the Sydney Morning Herald today.