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RAKESH AGRAWAL
I am Senior Director of Product at Audible.
I have been designing and marketing Internet services since 1993. I have worked at Tellme, AOL Search, uReach Technologies, washingtonpost.com and startribune.com.
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- TIL my refrigerator has a Shabbat mode. I knew about elevators in Jewish communities and how some have dishwashers… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 17 hours ago
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- Favorite things, day 5: podcasts
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- Favorite things, day 6: credit cards
- Favorite things, day 7: Hawaii
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- Favorite things, day 9: Alaska Airlines
- Favorite things, day 10: First Republic
- Favorite hotels from around the world
- Let’s not call Goldman Sachs evil (yet, and for this potential infraction)
- 5 things Andrew Yang must do for the next debate
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- United's mobile check in not ready for takeoff
- A sample Groupon merchant agreement
- Why small businesses are snapping up the daily deal
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- The experience is the product
- Rooftops and Google Maps
- About Rakesh Agrawal
- Revised Groupon merchant agreement
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Daily Archives: March 11, 2007
Sponsored Link icons on Google Maps
I’m seeing more and more sponsored link icons on Google Maps these days. Some searches that will trigger the icons are hotels, plumbers and Home Depot. Google has experimented with a number of different ways to incorporate advertising on Maps: … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, google, local search, maps
AOL – It Doesn’t Suck
I have a T-shirt from the late 90s for an editor called BBEdit. Their slogan was “It Doesn’t Suck.” I was reminded of that this week reading through the comments on a TechCrunch piece about AOL’s new mail beta. The … Continue reading
