Eric Cantona’s ‘Quiet’ Call For A Financial Revolution

In case you have managed to miss it despite all the media reports around it, here is the footage of retired football/soccer player Eric Cantona quietly calling for a financial revolution. “Kill the banks”. OK. Maybe not so quiet but peaceful.

He is calling all French citizens to withdraw all their money from banks tomorrow, December 7th to literally send a message to the country’s leader(s).

There have already been reactions, namely by French Finance Minister, Christine Lagarde, who simply told Cantona to “stick to football” by way of an interview with the UK daily The Independent.

The call extends globally. So let’s see who’s in.

I like the candid approach.

Social Advertising: Fight Breast Cancer As An Army Of Women (Love/Avon)

Social advertising is always tricky. How efficient, how sticky will this video prove to be? What impact will the call for action have? … But let’s start with one simple question first: how do *you* like it?

Search Marketing News Roundup – Week July 5th to 9th

Here’s a summary of what you need to know in search marketing from last week, in order of recency… Click on headlines to read stories.

Friday July 9th
Consumer Watchdog Believes Google ‘WiSpy’ Potentially Logged Homeland Security Data
Search Agency Update – What Are Companies Up To?

Thursday July 8th
While Twitter Search Booms, Facebook Grows On India And Indonesia As U.S. Slumps
Google “Confident” On Potential In-Depth EU Antitrust Inquiry

Wednesday July 7th
Foursquare, IFC, Huffington Post In Geo-Located Content Deals
Local Search On Smartphones Prime Lead Generator For Businesses [study]

Tuesday July 6th
Yahoo Upshot Blog To Create Search-Driven News Content
Twitter’s @EarlyBird Account To Feed Users With Shopping Deals

Monday July 5th
Skype Moves Near Facebook HQ To Consolidate Mobile, Consumer Electronics Segments
Facebook’s Face Recognition Tagging Feature Signalling Photo Search?

Happy reading and have a good week !

The Future Of The Internet By 2020 [Study]

Let’s get back to figures and other more quantifiable elements of the web. ^^
Here’s a presentation on the future of the Internet by 2020 conducted and presented by Pew Internet Director, Lee Rainie, at Project Digital Capital Week National Geographic.

Search Marketing News Roundup – Week June 28th-July 2nd

Here’s a summary of what you need to know in search marketing from last week, in order of recency… Click on headlines to read stories.
I’ve added comments to those entries with noteworthy performances.

Friday July 2nd
>> No article. Sorry folks, I had to be somewhere else…

Thursday July 1st
Google AdWords’ Discriminatory Behavior Needs Tweaking, French Regulator Says
China’s Baidu To Hire 30 Software Engineers On ‘Google Territory’

Wednesday June 31st
Former Facebook CTO Says ‘Google Me’ Social Platform Is For Real

Tuesday June 30th
Apple Won’t Deliver on July 1st iAd Release Despite $1-10 Million Entry Ticket [Report]
Google Stops Redirecting China Queries to Hong Kong Site In Hope For Licence Renewal
EU Request To Retain User Data From Search Engines Sparks Widespread Anger

Monday June 28th
Rumored “Google Me” Service Unlikely To Kill Facebook
Yahoo Management Shuffle Confirming Shift Away From Search And Into Content?
Never Mind Google, 16-year old Muqeet Is Launching Pakistan’s Dedicated Search Engine

Happy reading !