About
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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Category Archives: personalization
e-Vic – Personalization that works
I’ve seen many tries at personalization in the last decade. Most don’t work very well. Among the best personalization systems are Netflix’s and Amazon’s recommendations engines. There’s another to add to the list, and it comes from an unlikely source: … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, personalization
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MeCasts coming to your TV
I’ve written before about the fragmentation of television. With cable and satellite, programmers can reach smaller and smaller audience segments. With content delivered over broadband, those segments become even smaller. Broadband distribution ultimately enables everyone to have his or her … Continue reading
Posted in apple tv, personalization, social networking, television, video, YouTube
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Facebook as the new Web OS
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
Posted in facebook, personalization, social networking, web 2, web 2.0
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Facebook platform gets Journal ink
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
Posted in facebook, personalization, social networking, web 2, web 2.0
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Making better ads
Every week, I get an email from United Airlines telling me about their e-fares for the coming weekend. Almost every week, I ignore this email because the information isn’t relevant to me. This week’s email includes fares from Burbank to … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, email, personalization, travel
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Map your world with Google Maps
Google today released a feature I’ve been wanting for a long time — the ability to make your own maps. You can add placemarkers and draw lines and shapes on the map. You can also add pictures to a map, … Continue reading
Posted in flickr, google, local search, maps, personalization, web 2, web 2.0
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AIM 6.0’s Buddy Feeds bring another dimension to social networking
Liz at GigaOm writes about my favorite new feature in the AIM 6.0 client released today, the Buddy Feed. I’ve been using it in beta for a few weeks and think it has the potential to really transform social networking. … Continue reading
Posted in aol, im, instant messaging, personalization, web 2, web 2.0
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Google’s Custom Search – a take on social search?
I’ve been playing with Google’s Custom Search engine lately. In short, it lets you build custom search engines around a given topic. You can create your own search engine around toys, HDTV, restaurants, travel Web site — whatever interests you. … Continue reading
Posted in google, personalization, search
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Module-based personal publishing
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
Posted in blogs, facebook, google, personalization, publishing, social networking, web 2.0, yahoo
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