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		DaniFong on Jan 12, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook Prepares To Launch FriendFeed “Like” Feat... In overture, you could buy the search results, though. Apparently, the founders looked at that and said "don't be evil."

catch23 on Jan 12, 2009 [–]

you can do that in yahoo if you're in the know... yahoo owns the famous overture patent so that may be why.

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