Category Archives: yahoo

comScore redefines search, Google wins bigger

Posted on August 20, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

ComScore is changing the methodology for its qSearch market share ratings. Instead of just counting search activity at the major search engines, comScore is expanding the definition of search to include searches at sites such as Wikipedia, eBay, Amazon, MySpace, … Continue reading →

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Nielsen tears up page view metrics

Posted on July 9, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

Hallelujah! From the AP story on Nielsen’s move: A leading online measurement service will scrap rankings based on the longtime industry yardstick of page views and begin tracking how long visitors spend at the sites. The move by Nielsen/NetRatings, expected … Continue reading →

Posted in google, search, statistics, yahoo, YouTube | 1 Comment

Maps on maps on Yahoo! Travel

Posted on June 6, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

One of the things on my map wishlist (and the to blog about list) for a long time has been finding maps on the map. Say what? There are many venues that are gigantic. Think the Smithsonian’s Udvar-Hazy Center, Giants … Continue reading →

Posted in local search, maps, travel, yahoo | 1 Comment

Flickr vs. The Washington Post

Posted on June 3, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

There was a big bike race outside my door yesterday. Thousands of people showed up to watch pro cyclists from around the world in the 100km CSC Invitational. What’s the best source to find out about what happened yesterday? Oddly, … Continue reading →

Posted in flickr, geotagging, google, journalism, media, newspapers, photography, web 2, web 2.0, yahoo, YouTube | 4 Comments

Yahoo! markets oneSearch in TV ads

Posted on May 19, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

Caught this commercial for Yahoo!’s oneSearch today. The ad features hikers who stumble across flora including the ficticious “crimson maneater”. It’s mildly amusing, but fails to sell mobile search. The query term used is “flowers in oregon”. They should put … Continue reading →

Posted in advertising, mobile, mobile search, wireless, yahoo | 1 Comment

Yahoo’s new, improved maps

Posted on May 16, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

I was geotagging some pictures on Flickr and noticed that Yahoo! Maps has dramatically improved. Things that jumped out at me: Improved legibility. High contrast and easy to read. Subway/mass transit stations. They are the small blue circles you see … Continue reading →

Posted in google, maps, transit, yahoo | 9 Comments

Attack of the wireless patent trolls

Posted on April 9, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

I did a vanity search last night on the patent office’s published application database looking for some patents I’ve submitted. I came across a lot of patents submitted by Strategic Patents, P.C. The name itself screams patent troll. Trolls are … Continue reading →

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Snow on the cherry blossoms

Posted on April 7, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

We got a rare April snow today, leaving a dusting on the cherry blossoms for the National Cherry Blossom Festival. See all my pictures from around the Tidal Basin. Zoom in three levels for optimal effect. Boo to Canon for … Continue reading →

Posted in flickr, google, gps, maps, yahoo | 1 Comment

Watching time go by, flickr style

Posted on March 26, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

A terrific presentation from Andrew Tomkins of Yahoo! Research at ICWSM today. He mentioned Yahoo’s Taglines – another way of visualizing flickr data. Flickr photos and the top tags for each day float by. (It gets better if you start … Continue reading →

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