After a lengthy (five month?) break from blogging, I'm back. With the news that I think there might be a virus on Facebook. I don't know these people and they've infiltrated my group of friends. Names hidden to protect the possibly not fictional.

Either that or someone's hacked my account and invited the whole world... I really hope it doesn't go the way of myspace.

Anyway, it feels good to be posting again.

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Have cursor hackers targeted BBC news too?

Thought he'd flatlined for a moment there. But don't worry, it seems like the news of Kevin's divorce settlement at the end of March has spurred his fans into search page action.

I don't think we can count him out just yet.

Just got this from Paul one of our creatives.

What's the best way for a newly-merged bank to create a feeling of unity amongst its employees?

Have two bankers perform a U2 cover song where the lyrics have been changed to be about credit cards of course!

Priceless.

I have two spare tickets for the D&AD talk tonight - we're all too busy with work stuff to go, unfortunately.

Here's a shot of my ticket, via the 1.3 megapixel 'camera' on my phone.

And here's a link to more details.

Russell's talking. Along with David Hieatt from Howies and four others.

The only snag is you'd have to pick them up from our office in Marylebone before it starts. Or send a bike for them or something.

First to reply in the comments below gets them.

Does nobody want to help Kevin out by searching with him?

You could win his autograph.

Just read about this on Valleywag and thought the plannersphere should know about it.

In the most far-fetched example of 'branded utility' I've seen, K-Fed has been teamed up with a search engine.

Hypothesis: what a rubbish idea.

Or maybe I'm wrong and it's a marriage made in heaven.

Let's be fair and test K-Fed's appeal as The Face of Search by tracking his progress with Alexa.

Kevin's search appeal seems to be in the ascendant this week, presumably as a result of the site's launch campaign.

Let's see how long this lasts, and whether Kevin has the staying power to take the top spot in internet search.

I'm rooting for him.

Hmm. I quite like their approach, using the ironic-birthday-card angle.

Flattery gets you everywhere and all that.

It might have been nice to back up all the flattery with a special offer or something though - to make 'we'll do whatever it takes to get you back' sound more like sincerity than a load of hot air. Or hot html.

Truth be told, I've been looking at tripadvisor more to book trips away recently, trusting the reviews first and the tempting deals second (whoever sells them).

How about a free holiday?