I’m in London now and it’s harder to post, though I managed to record a lot of my first walk into Hyde Park, earlier today, on ArtNewYorkCity.com.

Was thinking of a post I read earlier today about Google making the Web better – or not ….

“…with Matt Cutts dropping hints that Google might utilize page load times as a factor in ranking sites. While this sounds all warm and fuzzy, it honestly concerns me. Does this mean that only sites with deep pockets will be able to rank well in Google’s index?”

“…Is this Google’s way of interfering with Net Neutrality? Or is it simply trying to save money? Imagine the savings to a company like Google when their crawlers are capable of crawling sites in a fraction of the time it takes now… the numbers are huge.”

It may be something I can add to my presentation at Monitoring Social Media 09, on Tuesday – that the future is looking more and more undemocratic – and if many websites are being penalized just because they load more slowly than they should, it would, indeed, be very telling.

I’d post more here, but I’m simply too exhausted from the trip over – posting might be light for a few days – but I’ll make up for it once I’m back.