Ultimately the pricing is a function of the demand and value that customers have for that service.

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The ability for content to rank high on searches becomes a function of relevance, value and impact.

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But the deeper question is how much does the abuse of the Like function undermine their value, and by extension the value of the search results based on them?

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But the the position statement also said that hospital departments must be adequately staffed and that the public and policy makers needed to value "the unique function of the nurse and nursing".

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As computers hollow out, value migrates to the search and sort function.

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In its function as a medium of exchange, medium of payment and store of value, gold is thus, in a sense, a timeless classic.

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They continue to function based on the same old same old: Maximizing shareholder value and giving executives compensation packages with bonuses that are not strictly tied to performance remain higher priorities than hiring and paying their employees fairly at home and abroad.

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