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Sep29
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According to Always On an upcoming report from ComScore shows that Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) and MySpace are the leading websites for Online Video. Surprised, because the press always had us believe that YouTube and Google are the undisputed kings?
Yahoo! Video ranks 1 going by Unique Streamers and MySpace ranks 1 going by Streams Initiated. Google Video (GOOG) is a distant 8th and You Tube is in 3rd place. The article from Always On also notes the ignorant Press-love for Google:
This is pretty significant considering that YouTube and Google Video have gotten all the press when it comes to who's garnering the biggest video-viewing audiences. But now that third-party figures are available for individual sites, we're beginning to see who's actually attracting those coveted eyeballs.
Further Always On clarifies the double-counting of You Tube Videos on MySpace:
Just to be clear, there is no double counting, according to comScore. MySpace's figures do not include YouTube videos viewed on MySpace. The views are only of the site's own videos viewed either on their property or embedded across the Web on blogs or on distribution partners. So, YouTube's 649 million video streams count the videos viewed on YouTube as well as blogs that might have embedded a YouTube video.
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Sep25
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One of my blogger friends who read my blog post AOL -- why not India Online or France Online today, forwarded me a news story about AOL France and AOL Germany being actually sold out in the last few days! AOL...
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Following are the Top 3 most read posts on Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL) by readers of TheBizofCoding: 1) New Strategy for Apple -- Design Center for Tech World : In this post I wondered why Apple should not just focus on...
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Following are the Top 5 most read posts on Google by readers of TheBizofCoding: 1) Google's Strategy Anyone? : This post drew comments from readers when I posed doubts on Google's strategy? Is it a Search Engine or a Content Portal or...
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If you are new to blogosphere and are writing great content but are disappointed by the lack of "organic" traffic here are three sites you must try to promote your blog at: 1) Digg is a web site where you...
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Sep24
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This post continues from my previous post AOL - why not India Online or France Online?. When businesses try to go global, a lot of time and money is spent on Branding. Brand Names are checked in different languages to ensure that the...
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I was having coffee with a Product Management friend in Bangalore who told me that he was getting calls from recruiters for joining AOL (TWX). I smiled as his response to the recruiter's request flashed in my head. Yet, I waited to...
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Sep18
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I have been very busy lately. Loaded with work and other personal stuff. Forgot to mention in this rush that your favorite blog crossed 10,000 Page Views about 3 weeks ago. In fact at the time of writing this post...
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I found this engaging write-up on Giga OM by Robert Young that builds-upon the idea of the Long Tail as described by Chris Anderson. Chris Anderson has talked about the long tail and the “big head”. Robert Young, a serial entrepreneur,...
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This post continues from my two previous posts: How fair is the Bangalore & Silicon Valley comparison? and Bangalore's Infrastructure woes non-existent in US Silicon Valley. Bangalore has excellent weather, lots of greenery, cosmopolitian citizens, and avenues for all kinds of activities....
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This post continues from my previous post: How fair is the Bangalore & Silicon Valley comparison? Besides pot holes, Bangalore has a problem of small roads and haphazard growth. Housing projects are mushrooming all over. Without a seeming broader view of...
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Bangalore has been projected as India's Silicon Valley. The similarity between Bangalore and the US Silicon Valley, however, ends with the concentration of IT and other Hi-Technology companies in both these places. Bangalore in fact is much more concentrated, because Silicon...
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Sep10
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Will Microsoft Corp (MSFT) become more like Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL) as time goes by? Microsoft for long has copied the UI look & feel of Apple's OS but now it seems to be learning new lessons from its fast...
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This post continues from my previous post: The Importance of Zune to Microsoft Corp. The problem with entering into Hardware business is twofold: Microsoft (MSFT) does not understand hardware design as well as Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL) Does. The operations...
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In my two previous posts I had explained that the commoditization of Software via: The Ad revenue model of Google and Yahoo! and The Open Source Software Movement is at the core of Microsoft's current worries. Both Google and Yahoo!...
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Continued from my previous post Why Online Ad Models threaten Microsoft Corp.? The core reason that has Microsoft worried after seeing the growth and product release trajectory of Google and Yahoo! is that both these companies could commoditize Microsoft's "only...
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Consider some questions that come to mind often when we read about Microsoft and its desperate sounding recent announcements: What is it about Google and Yahoo! that causes world's largest software company Microsoft (MSFT) to twitch? Is it the coolness...
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Sep 4
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Continued from my previous post: Does Bangalore "Need" a name change? and Demented Politicians bent upon destroying Brand Bangalore. The Indian IT industry has responded in polite frustration, trying to sound friendly to "locals" and local politicans with big egos. HP...
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Continued from my previous post Demented Politicians bent upon destroying Brand Bangalore Many years after Bombay was changed to Mumbai, I was roaming in France and saw an HSBC advertisement still calling Mumbai with its old name. Did the sick Indian politicans...
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India's IT capital, Bangalore will be renamed Bangaluru some time this year. I think its a waste of time and money. The idea was mooted by previous chief minister of Karnataka, Dharam Singh. It seems he ran out of ideas to...
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Sep 2
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Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) plans to release Vista in 8 flavors: Starter: For new PCs in emerging markets. Runs on 32-bit machines. Home Basic: Compares with Win XP Home Home Premium: Has Media Center Business: Compares with Win XP Professional. Has tools...
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