Article: Little guys seek sales in Web world.

Byline: Alan Wechsler

Jan. 28--Terra Stratton wants to have the first word when it comes to toffee crunch. Really. Type "toffee crunch" into Google, and Stratton's store, The Chocolate Gecko, will come up at the top. At least it will when Stratton finishes updating the company's Web site. She just bought the store last week. Stratton is paying into a service offered by Google, and also by Yahoo. For a fee -- based on the number of times computer users click on her link -- she will ensure that anyone searching for toffee crunch on the Internet will know about her store, on Delaware Avenue in Albany. And if they want to order it, a box of Komodo Crunch is only ...

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