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Firefox turns to grassroots marketing
Created: 10/30/2007
Video description: Corporations are looking to consumers for video advertisements. CNET News.com's Philip Siu investigates how companies such as Mozilla are jumping on the viral bandwagon to breathe new life into their advertising.

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