Dow Jones Chief Executive Les Hinton referred to Google as a "Digital Vampire" today (see the article in Crain's New York).As an online marketing company, even I am not sure how fair it is to put all the responsibility on Google for "sucking" the value from free content. Actually, I don't think it's an accurate characterization at all. Aren't they are creating value by indexing and delivering traffic!In any case, the days of Google's image as the gentle giant are waning. Google... perhaps it's the new Microsoft. Read More

Social media-ites beware, Twitter search engine TweepMe.com (www.tweepme.com) has been suspended by Twitter, ending the wait for Twitter to begin a crackdown on use and potential abuse.While it's not quite looking like an Iranian media blackout attempt, Twitter certainly weilds the power, and arguably the right, to manage the usage of their API's as they have been overwhelmed with incredible traffic to date.We'll post some reccomendations on a TweepMe alternative search engine shortly. Read More