Once upon a time in a faraway land, there was a kingdom.  And in this kingdom there was a single king.  His name was Google.  There were other nearby kingdoms, called Yahoo and MSN Live Search, but they were so small and inconsequential that none of the peasants bothered to go there.  The common man [...]

It’s amazing how one simple sentence, one word even, can set the internet and the blogosphere foaming at the mouth.  At the American Magazine Conference, Google CEO Eric Schmidt announced that the internet was a “cesspool” and that brands serve as the giant filter, the main form of protection from the cesspool.  Within minutes, the [...]