Additionally, the chance of a random search term correlating with the ILInet data in all ten regions is considerably less than the chance that a random search term can correlate with the data for single location.

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If you type "fun facts" into the Google.com search box, you get a random piece of information using a wide variety of sources.

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Its officers began to search people, pretty much at random and often with little cause, on the streets, in housing estates and in apartment blocks.

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They read random data faster than disks and are therefore helpful in search applications.

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The process seems random and difficult to view as a methodical process of search.

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In late December of 2011, while browsing the Internet, I came across an article about a random reporter who obtained the email address of a famous billionaire by conducting a simple Google search.

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