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Click on Good Morning America and 20/20 Tomorrow 8/29
August 28, 2008
I'll be on Good Morning America in the 8am hour and my interview with Elizabeth Vargas will be on 20/20 at 10:00pm (ET/PT) tomorrow evening. If you haven't left yet for the holidays tune in and hear about data that... Continue reading...
Posted by Bill Tancer at 10:34 PM
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Twitter - This Week's TIME Science of Search Column
August 21, 2008
Read our latest Science of Search column at TIME.com. If you look at the age demographics of Twitter closer to its genesis in 2006 you'll find that the age demographics of visitors to the site skewed almost entirely to the... Continue reading...
Posted by Bill Tancer at 10:55 AM
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Heelys - Search and Brand Equity
August 14, 2008
Yesterday's news of Skechers offer to acquire Heelys for $142.8 million brought flashbacks of tweens reaching near terminal velocity at my local shopping mall (on the down-ramp near California Pizza Kitchen), but that flashback is an old memory by Internet... Continue reading...
Posted by Bill Tancer at 12:41 PM
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McCain v. Obama: Search and Wikipedia
August 13, 2008
From our ABCNews Blog: What can search terms tell us about the current state of the presidential race? Unfortunately, due to confounding reasons or "search missions" (i.e., a candidate search may be a sign of support or a mission to... Continue reading...
Posted by Bill Tancer at 06:05 PM
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Back-to-School: Online Holds Steady
August 12, 2008
From our ABCNews Blog: Despite reports from retailers of expected declines in the back-to-school retail season, online data reveals that visits to office supply and school supply sites is holding steady when compared to previous year's visits. The chart below... Continue reading...
Posted by Bill Tancer at 04:34 PM
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Friendster - Could it be Making a Comeback?
August 08, 2008
Check out my latest guest blog on the New York Times Freakonomics blog.... Continue reading...
Posted by Bill Tancer at 01:08 PM
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How Cuil is This?
August 07, 2008
We received numerous requests to update the daily chart from our last post on Cuil. As expected, as the initial media hype subsided, traffic to the upstart search engine has declined precipitously. As of this Tuesday, August 5th, Cuil.com ranked... Continue reading...
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Today's Post on the Freakonomics Blog
August 06, 2008
Head on over to the Freakonomics Blog on the New York Times site to check out our latest post on gas price and measuring consumer sensitivity.... Continue reading...
Posted by Bill Tancer at 05:56 PM
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Obama v. McCain: Hitwise Demographic Match
August 06, 2008
From our ABCNews Blog: We have a new tool at Hitwise that allows us to take the demographics and psychographics of visitors to a website and then, based on the segmentation of visitors to that site across basic demographics (gender,... Continue reading...
Posted by Bill Tancer at 05:48 PM
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Tax Stimulus Checks - A Freakonomics Guest Post
August 04, 2008
This week I will be guest-posting on the New York Times Freakonomics Blog. In my first post, I examine a theory that has been circulating that the recent tax stimulus package has benefited, amongst others, the adult entertainment industry. We'll... Continue reading...
Posted by Bill Tancer at 02:17 PM
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