Inside the Internet.

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• Measuring the Palin Effect Is the Alaska governor responsible for record Web traffic in September?
  Chris Wilson Oct. 9, 2008
  
• Why Is the Internet So Infuriatingly Slow? Plus, two horrible things your Internet service provider wants to do to make it speedier.
  Chris Wilson Sept. 5, 2008
  
• The Lazy Man's Guide to Web 2.0 FriendFeed crawls Twitter, Flickr, and YouTube so you don't have to.
  Paul Boutin Aug. 6, 2008
  
• How To Talk to a Search Engine Three queries to help decide if Google or Cuil or Ask is right for you.
  Chris Wilson Aug. 4, 2008
  
• The Search Engine Litmus Test How do we know if a Google competitor is any good? A Slate reader contest.
  Chris Wilson July 29, 2008