When that argument failed, the search firm put diplomacy aside and stopped the automatic flow of data in the other direction.

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As to the exclusivity argument, it revolves around the AdWords API and AdWords for Search.

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Manne thinks the foreclosure argument is very difficult to maintain in terms of the alleged search bias.

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These same in-built search functions recently allowed me to find the string of emails that defended an argument I made in support of an assessment I presented.

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But is this a valid argument in the internet age where much of the world is only separated by the keystrokes a facebook search requires?

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Unfortunately for the conceptual clarity of this argument, the same can be said for why some things show up on the first page of search results rather than the fifth.

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