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When you see that M$ is trying to exit out if MSNBC, here comes Google entering television.

Bad SEOs on 1 side, and burnt clients on 1 side

audience can be the white hat do gooders

what ya say GG

With all these creative ideas, how could you miss in the entertainment world.

But perhaps more importantly, "Jane & Joe Surfer" need to learn to recognize a good web site when they see one and they need to learn about all the scammers and frauds out there just waiting to take advantage of them.

If there were a "World Wide Web" TV show which served to demystify and debunk the internet for the average person ... the internet could evolve from the "wild west" it is today, into something more refined, dignified, trusted and productive.

We (webmasters) could also benefit from a much more open and honest dialogue with search engine personnel. I would love for the "SEO/Search Engine" quasi-war we've all been embroiled in over the past few years to come to an end once and for all.

I'd like very much to get down to the business of doing business, rather than always having to worry about search engines and what effect this week's algo might have on my sole source of income!

Lets tear down that curtain and reveal the wizard for what he/she really is! A funny looking geek sitting behind his/her computer for 12 hours a day noodling away at the keys and drinking coffee by the gallon!

I'd love a TV show for webmasters and can already think of at least 100 different aspects of running a web based business which would make good topics for discussion. Lets see ... if its a weekly show and I already have 100 topics (based on experience), that's about 7 years worth of programming right there. And that's without trying too hard!

I'm sorry this has to be said... Only in America could this happen!

Anyway, I'd love to discuss this more, but I have to rush off, "Paint Drying - LIVE!" is about to start on CBS"

My prediction: GOOG shares trade at sub $10 in the next 18 months. Microsoft buys Google.

The one threat to anyone invested in Current is viewer boredom. That's why the quip about the adult filter on the search engine results reports is particularly apt; I think Google will need all the help they can get to maintain viewer interest.

I was at the launching of Current in San Francisco yesterday, and Google's virtual presence didn't exactly have a euphorically rousing effect. In the midst of inspiring live performances from talented artists upon an open air stage, Mos Def suddenly turned the crowd's attention toward the big screen where the youth of America assembled there was made to endure an extremely well-produced yet totally out-of-place video segment featuring an engaging correspondent demonstrating an unprecedented mastery of the art of segue as she carried us through a mind boggling number of top-ten search engine results that spanned from endangered animals to Paris Hilton but by that time the booing got so loud that no one could hear her anymore. It was a total buzzkill.

To be fair, it might make for interesting TV for any ostensibly liberal 18-34 year old nestled comfortably on the couch with a six pack and a couple of valiums.
But not for a live performance.

And to add a humorist twist, Michael Franti had just minutes before made a very special point about how the event was not brought to you by Coca-Cola, not brought to you by SBC, not brought to you by Microsoft - no it was brought to you by the People of San Francisco!

followed by our famous quiz:
Who is Googleguy: Make your choice from our selection of pictures of Google employees!

New term: "The Current Scrape"