Information Discovery Matrix

March 5, 2011

The following Information Discovery Matrix comes from a TechCrunch guest post written by Techmeme Editor Mahendra Palsule.

Information Discovery Matrix

Information Discovery Matrix

Read  about the “Information Discovery Matrix” at TechCrunch.

 

YouTube Trends Dashboard

March 4, 2011

I discovered the YouTube Trends dashboard and just for fun thought I’d see which video my own demographic viewed the most.

YouTube Trends Dashboard

YouTube Trends Dashboard

To my surprise, 45-54 year old American men like myself appear to also be drawn to anything with Charlie Sheen in it like today’s most viewed video.

Even more telling was the fact that none of the other age groups whether male or female ranked the Charlie Sheen video first.

A Paid Search SWOT

March 3, 2011

Via comScore:

Paid Search SWOT

Paid Search SWOT

Linkedin Pushing The Work Graph

March 2, 2011

I got the following email from Linkedin today asking me if I knew any of these people.

Linkedin Work Graph

Linkedin Work Graph

Well I don’t know any of these people but what better way to deepen user engagement than to provide them with potential insights about potential connections within their work graph?

 

 

2011 Google Social Search Update

March 1, 2011

In this video, learn about recent updates to Google Social Search which was launched in 2009.

More about Social Search from Google:

Our new improvements enable you to get even more information from people you are connected to, whether they’re publishing on Twitter, Flickr, Blogger or other publicly available sites. When you sign in to your Google Account, you can get ideas and recommendations from people you trust, right in your search results. Go try it out for yourself.

The Web Opportunity Octagon

February 28, 2011

It appears to me there are eight primary segments – four sets of opposing constraints – within which opportunity lies on the web.

Web Opportunity Octagon

Web Opportunity Octagon

Please feel free to use the above octagon to identify the web segments you think present the greatest opportunities.

Google Labs Books Ngram Viewer

February 27, 2011

Interesting usage of the term entrepreneur according to Google Labs Books Ngram Viewer…

Google Ngram Viewer

Google Ngram Viewer

Impossible?

February 26, 2011

You tell me…

Is this possible or impossible?

Advertising Risk

Advertising Risk

Search Spam Snitching

February 25, 2011

At which point does spotting search spam become subjective?

Search Spam

Search Spam