Gian Fulconi from ComScore has taken note of the fact that paid search traffic is witnessing a decrease of late. Fulconi says that even though search queries are up 68% over the last couple of years, the growth rate of the number of paid clicks is at just 18%. His hypothesis is that this is because people are using longer search terms, rendering the likelihood of an advertiser bidding to have his or her search results included in the results page less, due to paid advertising strategies that limit ad coverage.
John Battelle puts it very succinctly:

In short, our queries are [...]

This morning’s Good Ideas Salon focused on Digital, exploring new ways in which individuals and brands are storing, sharing, and archiving their online narratives. The panel, moderated by Piers Fawkes (PSFK), included Claire Hyland  (Electric Artists), Johanna Beyenbach (Naked), Mike Arauz (Undercurrent), and Noah Brier (Barbarian Group) and touched upon a range of topics spanning from the evolution of virtual identities and collaboration to mobile technologies and the relivening of analog through digital.

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Good Ideas In Mobile – Featuring Allison Mooney (PSFK/Mobile Behavior), Kevin Slavin (area/code), Alistair Fulton (Deloitte), Florian Peter (CScout) and Steve Roberts (Shoptext)
Good Ideas In Design [...]