Vertical Search has been discussed for some time now but it is looking more and more like reality with the launch of several new sites. I’ve noticed a few common elements on these sites: Level playing field: All listings are presented equally, no preferential treatment. Web-wide (or at least aspiring to be): Leaves no reason…
Year: 2005
Shoppers don’t convert on the first visit
This just in from SearchEngineGuide… Yahoo! and Compete, Inc. released a new study last week that aimed to track Internet search and transaction activity as it relates to the sales of retail apparel online. While the study was specific to apparel purchases, there are some interesting bits of take-away that could be handy for all…
Shoppers don’t convert on the first visit
This just in from SearchEngineGuide… Yahoo! and Compete, Inc. released a new study last week that aimed to track Internet search and transaction activity as it relates to the sales of retail apparel online. While the study was specific to apparel purchases, there are some interesting bits of take-away that could be handy for all…
BMW for Sale
Last night I tried out the latest eBay had to offer in selling cars. Was impressed by a few things but seriously disappointed elsewhere. The new listing process my friend Micah designed remembered my listing from a week ago that I didn’t even save—very cool a big timesaver. But I spent over 2 hours trying…
BMW for Sale
Last night I tried out the latest eBay had to offer in selling cars. Was impressed by a few things but seriously disappointed elsewhere. The new listing process my friend Micah designed remembered my listing from a week ago that I didn’t even save–very cool a big timesaver. But I spent over 2 hours trying…
Handling bad queries
I was discussing eBay search with a friend of mine that I hadn’t seen in a while and he brought up that he was impressed with a number of the changes we’d made over the past year. Flattered, I probed a bit further to find that it was how eBay handled bad queries that he…
Handling bad queries
I was discussing eBay search with a friend of mine that I hadn’t seen in a while and he brought up that he was impressed with a number of the changes we’d made over the past year. Flattered, I probed a bit further to find that it was how eBay handled bad queries that he…
Learning about Bain & Company…
This morning I’m preparing for my marketing class on Saturday and decided I’d look into eBay’s new Marketplace president, John Donahoe’s background. So I started with Bain & Company where he was their Worldwide Managing Director. Here are some articles that jumped out at me… The decision driven organization (Paul Rogers, Bain & Company)Several points…
Yahoo! Maps, Flash, AJAX, & APIs
LukeW covered the launch of Yahoo! Maps Flash-based UI today. I was a bit surprised to see this done in Flash as nearly everything compelling that’s been released this year was based on AJAX. However Y! shows that there is still a place for Flash in this demo. Slick zooming with the scrollwheel and the…
Learning about Bain & Company…
This morning I’m preparing for my marketing class on Saturday and decided I’d look into eBay’s new Marketplace president, John Donahoe’s background. So I started with Bain & Company where he was their Worldwide Managing Director. Here are some articles that jumped out at me… The decision driven organization (Paul Rogers, Bain & Company) Several…