Jim Lanzone shared a number of interesting stats from Ask: The money is still in the head: 30% of searches drive 70% of revenue. However over time there will be more competition in the tail. Average word count varies as one would expect. In the head: 1.57 words vs. tail: 5.01 words. The most popular…
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Teenage Focus Group at Web 2.0
Safa Rashtchy led a focus group discussion on stage at Web 2.0 with 5 teenages aged 17 – 19. Perhaps most surprising were the products they discussed as being important in their lives and which ones they did not mention: Important Products: MySpace (and Facebook) AIM Mobile Phone (e.g. SideKickII, ring tones) Google General Search…
Ask Jeeves shares Search stats
Jim Lanzone shared a number of interesting stats from Ask: The money is still in the head: 30% of searches drive 70% of revenue. However over time there will be more competition in the tail. Average word count varies as one would expect. In the head: 1.57 words vs. tail: 5.01 words. The most popular…
Teenage Focus Group at Web 2.0
Safa Rashtchy led a focus group discussion on stage at Web 2.0 with 5 teenages aged 17 – 19. Perhaps most surprising were the products they discussed as being important in their lives and which ones they did not mention: Important Products: MySpace (and Facebook) AIM Mobile Phone (e.g. SideKickII, ring tones) Google General Search…
Thoughts on hiring and talent in a Web 2.0 world
Perhaps most surpising at Web 2.0 is the focus on hiring talent. I’ve had a half-dozen conversations with people yearning to learn where eBay is finding good UI Design talent. It is clear to me that the demand curve for UI Designers is far outstripping the Bay Area’s supply curve (to reference my current econ…
Thoughts on hiring and talent in a Web 2.0 world
Perhaps most surpising at Web 2.0 is the focus on hiring talent. I’ve had a half-dozen conversations with people yearning to learn where eBay is finding good UI Design talent. It is clear to me that the demand curve for UI Designers is far outstripping the Bay Area’s supply curve (to reference my current econ…
New companies launched today
With so many companies launching at Web 2.0 here are few tidbits I took from the 6 minute demos they did. Also gave each an interestingness rating in stars. SocialText, Ross Mayfield (***) look at case study of intranet wiki Wikiwyg.net (GUI Rich Text Editor) Synchroedit.com (sharable editing interface) Mention “web2con” at socialtext and get…
New companies launched today
With so many companies launching at Web 2.0 here are few tidbits I took from the 6 minute demos they did. Also gave each an interestingness rating in stars. SocialText, Ross Mayfield (***) look at case study of intranet wiki Wikiwyg.net (GUI Rich Text Editor) Synchroedit.com (sharable editing interface) Mention “web2con” at socialtext and get…
Is Tagging ready for primetime?
I attended a panel discussion at Web 2.0 on tagging with Caterina Fake (Flickr/Yahoo!), and Jeff Veen (Adaptive Path), Joshua Schachter (del.icio.us), and Tantek Çelik (Technorati). A few things jumped out at me: Jeff Veen gave a great example at how tagging is actually easier than folder management. Folders are difficult to keep up with…
Is Tagging ready for primetime?
I attended a panel discussion at Web 2.0 on tagging with Caterina Fake (Flickr/Yahoo!), and Jeff Veen (Adaptive Path), Joshua Schachter (del.icio.us), and Tantek Çelik (Technorati). A few things jumped out at me: Jeff Veen gave a great example at how tagging is actually easier than folder management. Folders are difficult to keep up with…