Category Archives: facebook

Measuring the Facebook traffic tsunami

Posted on July 25, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

Upstart traffic measurement company Quantcast has released some impressive data on the effect of the Facebook platform on audience growth. The company measured pre- and post-Facebook platform usage on three popular companies: Slide, HOTorNOT and RockYou. All three have seen … Continue reading →

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Carl Kasell is a fake… friend

Posted on July 22, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

I’m a fan of NPR’s Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me, a weekly news quiz hosted by Carl Kasell. The usually funny show features C- and D-list celebrities as well as audience callers answering questions about the week’s news. The prize … Continue reading →

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Redefining news

Posted on July 21, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

I was at a party earlier this week with some journalists from The Washington Post and some recent journalism graduates. We started talking about Loudoun Extra, the Post’s new hyperlocal Web site focused on a wealthy suburban county. Among the … Continue reading →

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Facebook is on fire

Posted on July 10, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

Aside from Apple, you rarely see the kind and volume of media attention that Facebook is getting right now. The exposure is deserved. Among the various social networks I’ve been on, my Facebook network has grown the fastest by far. … Continue reading →

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Facebook as the new Web OS

Posted on June 28, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

I wrote a couple of pieces last year encouraging social networks to open up their networks and to let partners develop modules and applications around them. Facebook, with the new Facebook platform, is the first company that I’ve seen that … Continue reading →

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I (heart) Facebook

Posted on June 27, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

I’m hooked on Facebook. In various ways, it replaces Twitter, Digg, Bluedot, plaxo and LinkedIn. And there’s a chance that it will replace my spam-laden email box, at least for messages from people I care about. I’m too invested in … Continue reading →

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Facebook platform gets Journal ink

Posted on June 22, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

Today’s Journal has a story on the Facebook platform. Facebook now offers more than 800 new services — from photo slideshows to online file storage — up from fewer than 100 a month ago. Meanwhile, those who are creating the … Continue reading →

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Unleashing the power of the buddy list

Posted on July 21, 2006 by Rakesh Agrawal

I’ve been using a number of different social networking sites recently – LinkedIn, MySpace, Flickr, AIM Pages, Digg, Netscape, YouTube, Yelp, Netflix. With every one of them, I face the same problem. When I join, I’m all by lonesome. (Except … Continue reading →

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Module-based personal publishing

Posted on July 17, 2006 by Rakesh Agrawal

On my personal blog, I’m experimenting with module-based publishing. As I adopt new services across the Web, I’m finding that much of the information I generate is blog worthy for the people that are interested in my personal life. On … Continue reading →

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