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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- For some reason there is a huge surplus of Disneyland 2020 merchandise. Can’t put my finger in it. https://t.co/ZzzFY0j1Gg 12 hours ago
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Category Archives: yelp
Google Maps gets social
Google has added a profile page for its My Maps and local reviews products. The profile page allows users to roll up their maps and reviews onto one page. Here’s a screenshot of my profile page: In addition to links … Continue reading
Posted in facebook, google, local search, maps, social networking, yelp
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Google Maps launches local reviews
In a potentially huge blow to local services like Yelp, CitySearch, and AOLCityGuide, Google is now offering users the ability to leave reviews for businesses they search on. To date, Google has aggregated reviews from those sites and others in … Continue reading
Posted in city guides, google, local search, maps, web 2, web 2.0, yelp
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Search your neighborhood on Google Maps
You can now search Google Maps by neighborhood in 50 U.S. cities. Some sample searches: “bars in adams morgan dc” “museums upper east side, ny” “pizza portero hill sf“. I’ve long complained that ZIP codes are a terrible crutch used … Continue reading
Posted in google, local search, maps, yelp
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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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