Comments for Bubba Murarka http://murarka.com Relentless Persistence Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:15:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 Comment on Best Blackberry Trick I’ve Ever Found. by Viroopax Mirji http://murarka.com/?p=52&cpage=1#comment-1324 Viroopax Mirji Wed, 26 May 2010 01:44:46 +0000 http://murarka.com/2008/12/29/best-blackberry-trick-ive-ever-found/#comment-1324 Thanking once again after f-connecting! v Thanking once again after f-connecting!

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]]> Comment on Best Blackberry Trick I’ve Ever Found. by Justin Dorfman http://murarka.com/?p=52&cpage=1#comment-640 Justin Dorfman Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:41:56 +0000 http://murarka.com/2008/12/29/best-blackberry-trick-ive-ever-found/#comment-640 Sweet. Thanks Sweet. Thanks

]]> Comment on Best Blackberry Trick I’ve Ever Found. by Charlie Cheever http://murarka.com/?p=52&cpage=1#comment-638 Charlie Cheever Sat, 14 Feb 2009 02:10:50 +0000 http://murarka.com/2008/12/29/best-blackberry-trick-ive-ever-found/#comment-638 Someone filled me in on this a year ago. I was surprised at how unintuitive it was when it makes so much sense once you know how to do it. Someone filled me in on this a year ago. I was surprised at how unintuitive it was when it makes so much sense once you know how to do it.

]]> Comment on The answer is: 66 by Dare Obasanjo http://murarka.com/?p=51&cpage=1#comment-577 Dare Obasanjo Sun, 04 Jan 2009 15:07:10 +0000 http://murarka.com/2008/12/22/the-answer-is-66/#comment-577 Congrats on the new job. I hadn't fired up Google Reader in a while so I missed this when it was first posted. Congrats on the new job. I hadn’t fired up Google Reader in a while so I missed this when it was first posted.

]]> Comment on The answer is: 66 by Colleen McCreary http://murarka.com/?p=51&cpage=1#comment-574 Colleen McCreary Sun, 04 Jan 2009 10:23:24 +0000 http://murarka.com/2008/12/22/the-answer-is-66/#comment-574 Now that I'm living in India, I'm realizing how big of an opportunity FB still has in this part of the world. I've been encouraging our employees here to join FB as less of a social networking tool in the friends/family perspective but as a way of connecting with other employees of our company with whom they interact on email or conference calls but have never met or lack any sense of who they are. I'm finding FB to greatly enhance the relationship people have with their far-off colleagues. However, a large barrier still exists in that most people still have never even heard of FB! This is in Hyderabad in a world of software engineers...so get moving folks. Now that I’m living in India, I’m realizing how big of an opportunity FB still has in this part of the world. I’ve been encouraging our employees here to join FB as less of a social networking tool in the friends/family perspective but as a way of connecting with other employees of our company with whom they interact on email or conference calls but have never met or lack any sense of who they are. I’m finding FB to greatly enhance the relationship people have with their far-off colleagues.

However, a large barrier still exists in that most people still have never even heard of FB! This is in Hyderabad in a world of software engineers…so get moving folks.

]]> Comment on Best Blackberry Trick I’ve Ever Found. by Bubba http://murarka.com/?p=52&cpage=1#comment-571 Bubba Sun, 04 Jan 2009 09:15:05 +0000 http://murarka.com/2008/12/29/best-blackberry-trick-ive-ever-found/#comment-571 I didn't think this find would be so darn interesting but I got a ton of comments on Facebook thanking me for this tip. I didn’t think this find would be so darn interesting but I got a ton of comments on Facebook thanking me for this tip.

]]> Comment on One Reason Why Google Fears Facebook by Bubba http://murarka.com/?p=50&cpage=1#comment-394 Bubba Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:37:46 +0000 http://murarka.com/2008/07/28/one-reason-why-google-fears-facebook/#comment-394 Facebook doesn't ask to change search provider yet, but with the announced live search intergration that will likely change as they look to search queries for $$$$ (btw, fb already has an opensearch plugin for friendsearch). Also, the default homepage search box is pretty big query share driver regardless of browser / toolbar settings. I think Google fears FB for many reasons besides the two we are discussing. Some others that jump to mind: Ownership of online identity Developer engagment on their platform Social discovery (vs. search / intent discovery) btw, good to hear from you dare. it has been too long. Facebook doesn’t ask to change search provider yet, but with the announced live search intergration that will likely change as they look to search queries for $$$$ (btw, fb already has an opensearch plugin for friendsearch). Also, the default homepage search box is pretty big query share driver regardless of browser / toolbar settings.

I think Google fears FB for many reasons besides the two we are discussing. Some others that jump to mind:

Ownership of online identity
Developer engagment on their platform
Social discovery (vs. search / intent discovery)

btw, good to hear from you dare. it has been too long.

]]> Comment on One Reason Why Google Fears Facebook by Dare Obasanjo http://murarka.com/?p=50&cpage=1#comment-393 Dare Obasanjo Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:23:36 +0000 http://murarka.com/2008/07/28/one-reason-why-google-fears-facebook/#comment-393 Disagree with your hypothesis. Setting Facebook as your homepage doesn't uninstall the Google Toolbar nor does it change the search provider in the search box built into IE. So I fail to see how it steals queries from Google. Google fears Facebook because it actively challenges Google's mission by creating a "dark Web" of extremely valuable content that can't be indexed. Disagree with your hypothesis. Setting Facebook as your homepage doesn’t uninstall the Google Toolbar nor does it change the search provider in the search box built into IE. So I fail to see how it steals queries from Google.

Google fears Facebook because it actively challenges Google’s mission by creating a “dark Web” of extremely valuable content that can’t be indexed.

]]> Comment on One Reason Why Google Fears Facebook by Bubba http://murarka.com/?p=50&cpage=1#comment-392 Bubba Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:13:53 +0000 http://murarka.com/2008/07/28/one-reason-why-google-fears-facebook/#comment-392 facebook just surpassed myspace in WW AU: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/20/facebook-blows-past-myspace-in-global-visitors-for-may/ caveat: growth is international, but it seems like the growth trend is there and signifcant. facebook just surpassed myspace in WW AU:

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/20/facebook-blows-past-myspace-in-global-visitors-for-may/

caveat: growth is international, but it seems like the growth trend is there and signifcant.

]]> Comment on One Reason Why Google Fears Facebook by Ryan Barrett http://murarka.com/?p=50&cpage=1#comment-390 Ryan Barrett Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:13:19 +0000 http://murarka.com/2008/07/28/one-reason-why-google-fears-facebook/#comment-390 maybe for all of dell's techie customers, true, and maybe for the ones who live in the valley, seattle, boston, austin, new york, etc. for all the rest, though, they're much more likely to head to myspace, yahoo, google, or maybe even msn, whether or not they make it their homepage. granted, facebook is definitely the new hotness, especially for people like us. in terms of active users, though, it's still nowhere near the level of a myspace or a yahoo. maybe for all of dell’s techie customers, true, and maybe for the ones who live in the valley, seattle, boston, austin, new york, etc. for all the rest, though, they’re much more likely to head to myspace, yahoo, google, or maybe even msn, whether or not they make it their homepage.

granted, facebook is definitely the new hotness, especially for people like us. in terms of active users, though, it’s still nowhere near the level of a myspace or a yahoo.

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