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Posted on 07/11/08

Google conquers the ad world one plain-text blurb at a time

jwells@globeandmail.com

Here we are in the spanking new offices of Google Canada. There's the flat-screen image of a rotating globe up on the wall of the reception area, appropriate for a company seeking near global domination. There's the predictable crayon box of Google colours scattered about, in both accessories and the Google logo itself. And there is a sign-in process for visitors that involves a touch-screen nondisclosure agreement certifying, in part, that I am not a citizen of Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan or Syria.

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