Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 29, 2009
Next came search results based on people paying to be high in the result set. As John Battelle chronicles in his brilliant (and must read) book, The Search , Google thought this idea stunk. People mistook the fact that these text advertisements worked in Google to say they would work in social networks.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. According to Google data 30% of all restaurant searches now come via mobile devices. Search for a restaurant, book a table, eat in 30 minutes. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!
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Lightspeed Venture Partners
APRIL 19, 2012
The advent and growth of social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and, now, Pinterest has heralded a new era in the Internet where people are connected to one another to share, discover, curate, and collaborate. However unlike the intent oriented desktop Internet search, the mobile platform is about discovery.
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 18, 2012
P.S. Three types of external providers are not mentioned because they are well known: open-source software stacks, domain name (DNS) providers, and marketing/social networking sites. Twitter – Share new blogposts and exciting news quickly, search who else is talking about us and respond to interested users.
YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 14, 2011
With the launch of Siri, Apple’s new voice-activated personal assistant application, developers will be hard at work on incredible voice-activated apps that will not only help small business productivity, but offer a unique way for businesses to stand out in the eyes of the consumer. 2012 begins the Year of the “Digital Coupon Book.”.
Agile VC
OCTOBER 27, 2011
3) UI/UX Matters in B2B - For decades, B2B application developers could skimp on innovating in the presentation layer. GrabCAD has used search optimization to drive the bulk of it’s user acquisition, very similar to the way Yelp and others did. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search.
Austin Startup
AUGUST 18, 2010
I have a search feed on Twitter for “Semantic Web” and “Linked Data”; and, I can say that almost everyday there is an article being shared. Google and Yahoo both have Rich Snippets and Search Monkey respectively which index RDFa. The web that we are all used to is a web of documents where we search for things inside of documents.
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