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Here’s how you create a website that self-destructs when Google indexes it

Mar09
by on March 9, 2015 at 9:36 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, How-To's, Insider, Matthew Rothberg, Shareables, Unindexed

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You know we’re dealing with something unusual when we write about a site that we can’t actually link to anymore. Unindexed was an experiment by Matthew Rothberg that created a website which continuously searched Google for itself. When the site finally discovered itself in the search results, it was permanently deleted. That happened on February 24. Rotherberg describes Unindexed as “an experiment in the nature of ephemerality and persistence on the Web.” The link to the Uninvited site was shared by word of mouth and postal mail initially. Visitors were encouraged to contribute posts to the site and share the link with…

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UK may levy 25% ‘Google Tax’ on tech giants’ profits

Mar09
by on March 9, 2015 at 6:09 am
Posted In: Around the Web, UK

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Ahead of the national election in the UK this May, Chancellor George Osborne has proposed a ‘Google Tax’, a 25 percent tax on tech companies’ profits earned from their UK operations, reports The Sunday Times. The proposal is an attempt to curb these companies’ tactics to avoid taxes, usually accomplished by diverting profits offshore. The ‘diverted profits’ tax may be included in the UK Budget, and is slated to come into force next month. At 25 percent, the new tax is significantly higher than the standard 20 percent corporation tax rate — but it will be applied only to companies with annual…

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