"SEO as we know it will be dead within the next 2 years – true or false? With the wealth of info at their fingertips combined with localized, customized search to name but a few Google will no longer need to do what it does now to determine rankings?" I’d say "false".
The Demise Of The Scoop
Being first to a story when there were only three to six outlets in competition for a scoop meant a lot for the media of yore. Now that nearly anyone can be a bastion of insight and analysis in the time it takes to register a domain name and configure some blog software settings, the euphoria of Extra! Extra! Read All About It seems downright quaint in comparison.
Burn Hot, Burn Fast – Skype’s PR Demise?
I like Skype. I like the woman that initially launched the service via PR, and she did an amazing job.
Microsoft Targeting End-of-year For Skype Demise?
Making a PC-to-phone call from one’s PC will be integrated into MSN Messenger by year’s end.
More predictions of podcasting’s demise
First it was Frank Barnako from CBS Marketwatch. Then it was Anjali Athavaley from the Washington Post.
The Demise of Buy and Hold
Based on consistent results I think Buy & Hold should be renamed Buy, Hold & Bye Bye. It sounded great for a while, especially for the huge majority of investors who don’t have the time or interest in really doing due diligence on investments.
The Revolt of the Poor – The Demise of Intellectual Property
Three years ago I published a book of short stories in Israel. The publishing house belongs to Israel’s leading (and exceedingly wealthy) newspaper. I signed a contract which stated that I am entitled to receive 8% of the income from the sales of the book after commissions payable to distributors, shops, etc. A few months later, I won the coveted Prize of the Ministry of Education (for short prose). The prize money (a few thousand DMs) was snatched by the publishing house on the legal grounds that all the money generated by the book belongs to them because they own the copyright.