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Web searches hit 1200 in one day - up from 900 in January
Apr 23 2009
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The Weekly Source

On this Monday, 21st of April, the number of individual people searching on villages.com.au past 1200 for the first time, reaching 1232. This is a 25% increase from January. Promotional listings (costing $520pa) received the most searches. It is interesting to see where the searches across Australia are concentrated. See the following reports.

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