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: yellow pages
How small businesses should use Yelp
Although I’ve strongly criticized Yelp‘s business model in recent weeks, Yelp is an incredibly important platform for small businesses to be aware of and engage with. And unlike Groupon, which has almost no redeeming value, Yelp has created a valuable consumer … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, local search, yellow pages, yelp
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Heading toward the Facebook recommendation engine
There’s an interesting thread over at Mike Blumenthal’s blog on the effect of Facebook Places on the local reviews space. My view is that reviews and updates will coexist, much as blogs and Twitter coexist. People who were less committed … Continue reading
Why don’t local businesses use the Internet?
Back in the mid 90s, I frequented The Weinery, a total dive of a hot dog place in the Cedar/Riverside area of Minneapolis. Jerry, the then owner, collected email addresses and would occasionally send out specials. Say the password when … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, lbs, local search, marketing, newspapers, yellow pages
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GPS for Blackberry and Calendar come to Google Mobile
Google announced GPS support on the Blackberry 8800. This is a huge move. It’s great that a major U.S. carrier, Cingular AT&T, is allowing free access to location data. I would have expected them to disable GPS access. I love … Continue reading
Posted in google, gps, iphone, local search, maps, mobile, mobile search, wireless, wireless data, yellow pages
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Cleaning up my digital neighborhood
My neighborhood undergone a lot of change in the three years I’ve lived here. It’s been very exciting to see new businesses come in and sad to see some old favorites go away. (I’m still puzzled as to how the … Continue reading
Posted in aol, google, local search, yahoo, yellow pages, yelp
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AOL launches local beta
AOL Local has a beta of a new map-based search product. It’s a solid first effort, and one that is competitive with offerings from Google, Yahoo! and Yelp. AOL Local plays up AOL’s primary differentiator over the competition: exclusive content … Continue reading
Posted in aol, city guides, google, local search, maps, yahoo, yellow pages
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Text to self: buy milk
I finally broke down and signed up for an SMS plan. Since then, I’ve been texting myself key nuggets of information: Airline and hotel confirmation numbers Addresses and phone numbers of new restaurants I’m trying Shopping lists The easiest way … Continue reading
Posted in aol, gps, im, local search, mobile, sms, wireless, yahoo, yellow pages
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Rooftops and Google Maps
I was flying into Atlanta yesterday and as the plane descended to the runway, I noticed that one of the buildings on the ground with a giant bullseye on it – Target. Next to it, there was a building with … Continue reading
Posted in aol, google, local search, maps, yellow pages
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Abuse risks with Google click-to-call
R. Franklin pointed me to a blog entry by Lauren Weinstein about the potential risks of a service like Google’s click-to-call Because Google doesn’t verify that the number you enter belongs to you, it is easy to use the service … Continue reading
Posted in google, local search, maps, yellow pages
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