Google Gone

Recently I was asked to be in a film made by Google. I was within the same week speaking at an event on the future of the distribution of programmed, packaged content, the kind of stuff we're used to getting via television and radio and cinema. I was asked to speak because Google didn't show up.

This is getting to be a habit. Here's the Google stand at Internet Expo, Earls Court, London.



There's a day left - tomorrow - but something tells me the sculpted G's and the expensive laptops will stay behind the rope and unused.

It's spooky. What does it say about this mega-corp whose very brand name has supplanted the verbs to search and to find? It says that they have money to waste on setting up an entirely unmanned, Marie-Celeste of a presence at the expo. They have no need to talk to anyone. We all use them everyday. They have us right where they want us. We aren't going anywhere on Google Earth without them.

Where are the priests of this new religion?

Update: Now, this is REALLY SPOOKY. Before writing this post, my Google Page Rank was 5. It's just dropped to 4.

I'm going to take that damn button off and move this blog.