Digg This! Turmoil has engulfed the Internet Republic. The cyber highway for E-commerce and free information routers to outlying Net neighborhood is in dispute (or did I say in danger?). Hoping to resolve the matter while advocating self-imposed autocracy of Net neutrality, the greedy Search Engines have started censoring the right to freedom of speech and fair representation for e-Loci of search results at their behest.

While the voice of perturbed Netizens endlessly debate this alarming chain of events, the Supreme He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named is secretly working on its evil design to rule the entire information eGalactica. And amidst this brouhaha, the self-appointed guardian of galaxy Informatica is enjoying astronomical growth of moolah in their coffer through IPOs at a rate that simply boggles the mind. Here's just a brief peek at the latest tallies.







Click Fraud

Internet advertisers lost $800 million to click fraud last year. The problem questions the credibility of paid-search advertising. Video on Click Fraud.



Search Engines vs. SEO Firms

According to Google's annual report, it faces competition from other Internet companies, including web search providers, Internet access providers, Internet advertising companies & destination that may also bundle their services with Internet access.

A perfect imbalance between editorial and paid listings. The veteran web users are cognizant of the fact that relevant organically listed sites with their unique revenue model compete with the paid listings on search engines.The former relevant sites listed with higher rankings generally take away the bulk of traffic for related keywords..