Nov 11

Swallows the World?

http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/11/ad-share-shift-update-google-swallows-world

I think the title here is  a bit over the top.  So print and other traditional channels are losing.  Is this Google's fault?  Would this not be declining if it were only Yahoo, MSN, and AOL taking a bit out of traditional media?  My guess is yes.  In my eyes, online is merely playing catch up with it's traditional media sisters.  If online ad spending matched online eyeballs, this figure would be closer to the 30% of ad spending dollars. There's still some catching up to do.

• Hard to believe but does anyone out there remember the MySpace suicide story?  It's almost a year to the day (Nov. 15 2007).  Tradegy stuck again today when the state of Missouri did not bring any charges.  However the plot thickens with a new indictment - fraud for setting up a fake name account on MySpace.  Unfortunately the web's dark side, and dark people, stepped out of the shadows on this one.  It's just another reason to be smart on the Internet - check in with your online kids.   Educate your kids.   Be smart on the Internet.  Unfortunately, I don't think this type of harassment will go away anytime soon, and it's extremely difficult to prevent.  Educate and use judgement, always.