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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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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
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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