Well, the world is really a global village they say.

I guess that not only applies to countries being intricately linked when it comes to both economical and political matters, but also industries.

If people loose money on investments and property they must spend less. If they spend less, sellers of products advertise less.

And yes, at the end of the day, Google is just an online publisher: selling ad space.

So, hearing of Google having to lay off people shouldn’t be any more surpising than Pepsi or BP doing the same.

10 000 jobs however? Now that’s HUGE

Read about the speculations on Webguild

Hear Adrian Hewlett, chairman of the OPA answer some tough questions regarding the good, the bad and a lot of ugly relating to last week’s Bookmarks awards held in Johannesburg.

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By now everyone’s heard the good, the bad and the ugly of the OPA’s first online awards held last Thursday in Johannesburg.

Mostly it was good;

• Good that some-one has finally taken the initiative to launch a dedicated online awards event.
• Good that there was such a great turn-out.
• Good that we can now only improve.

I’ll try to get Adrian Hewlett lined up for a podcast on the bad and and the ugly and how the OPA plans to address those issues.

In the mean time, attached find the press release with all the winners.
press-release-bookmarks-winners-2008

Does this mean Telkom’s service will improve or MWEB’s decline?

The full story on Fin24.

Joseph Jaffe calls it 10 links that will change your life.

You decide whether the impact on your life will be THAT great!