Keyword: Search

Yahoo! Scientist discuss perspectives on the future of consumer search

Yahoo! Scientist discuss perspectives on the future of consumer search

Recently, Forbes’ publisher Richard Karlgaard lead a round table discussion with Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Yahoo! Labs DR. Prabhakar Raghavan, Yahoo’s Chief Scientist of Search and Advertising Andrei Broder, and Justin Rao, Yahoo! Research Scientist on the Future of Search as it pertains to user experience. Although the Yahoo! Scientist spoke less about any real specifics of plans ...

Benn Rosales | 2011/09/05  | 13 Comments Marketing

Google Real Time Search, Real Estate, Social Media & What’s Next?

Google Real Time Search, Real Estate, Social Media & What’s Next?

Battle for position Over the years Google has attempted to rank and rate web content based on many many factors and has for the most part evolved in getting it close to right when you consider broad search.  On the local level, it’s never been quite right in that knocking someone off the number one spot for a key search ...

Benn Rosales | 2009/12/07  | 11 Comments News

REALLY!?! (Or Why I Attend Local Tech Events)

REALLY!?! (Or Why I Attend Local Tech Events)

Today I attended a local tech event sponsored by REALTOR.com.  I go to pretty much any local tech/marketing event I can go to even when I expect to learn very little. For instance, today I learned that the brightness of a digital photo is directly related to the megapixels of the camera.  I thought the presenter spoke incorrectly, but when ...

Nick Bostic | 2009/02/12  | 9 Comments Tech

Realtor.com Gets a Facelift

Realtor.com Gets a Facelift

Realtor.com landing page Overview My general thoughts on the new and improved Realtor.com is that it is modern in appeal. I am surprised, however that they opted for a narrow width rather than a 1024 px wide screen to better take advantage of the valuable real estate on the landing page, but narrow width is acceptable in today’s web2.0 world. ...

Benn Rosales | 2008/05/17  | 18 Comments Product Review