72 posts and columns on algorithm

Ten Things About Me

Eleven Things About Demand Media’s Richard Rosenblatt

in Ten Things About Me on May 18 at 2:08 pm PT

Demand Media CEO Richard Rosenblatt is perennially upbeat, and today, at least, he’s got good cause.
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Demand Media’s Q1 Earnings: Kung-Goog Panda Did Not Kill Us!

in News on May 8 at 2:16 pm PT

Take that, Po.
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Exclusive: The Billion-Dollar Inside Story of How Demand Media Almost Went Private Last Week (And Then Didn’t)

in News on April 28 at 11:02 am PT

According to sources close to the situation, Demand Media was deep into discussions with a private equity firm to complete a deal that would have taken the online content company private for double its current value.
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Here Are the 10 New Back-at-You Patent Exhibits in Facebook Versus Yahoo

in News on April 3 at 11:52 am PT

For your patently enjoyable reading pleasure!
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Exclusive: Yahoo Labs Head Raghavan Departing to Google

in News on March 4 at 1:40 pm PT

Yahoo’s loss of a big brain is Google’s gain.
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After Stock Got Whacked Last Week, Demand Media Readies Its Q4 Story for Wall Street

in Media on February 16 at 9:27 am PT

The online content company reports after the markets close — investors will be focusing on traffic and costs.
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Voices

The “Mad Men” Years Are Giving Way to the “Math Men” Era

in Voices on January 20 at 3:50 pm PT

I love the “Mad Men” version of the ad business. The storytelling. The simplicity. The glasses of scotch at 10 am. But these days in digital, it feels like the Math Men media buyers (with their terabytes of data) are taking over for the Mad Men creatives.

HuffPost and TED Will Ring Out the Year With an Online Idea-Thon

in Media on December 1, 2011 at 8:20 am PT

Get your big-thinking cap on.
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Don’t Trust Your Instincts? Wal-Mart Uses Algorithms to Find Gifts People Want.

in Commerce on November 30, 2011 at 7:00 pm PT

Wal-Mart has launched a Facebook application that helps people buy better gifts for their friends.
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What Answers Will Investors Be Demand-ing in the Q3 Call Today?

in Media on November 7, 2011 at 6:13 am PT

With its stock reeling and some traffic issues, it’s been a tough quarter for the social content company.
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As Yahoo Ponders Its Fate Endlessly — Selling Off Yahoo Japan Stake Is Suddenly Its Easiest Option

in Media, November 3, 2011 at 12:49 pm PT

Google’s Schmidt at Senate Antitrust Hearing: Eric “Gets It!”

in News, September 21, 2011 at 11:03 am PT

Apple iPad News Reader Zite Sold to CNN for Just Over $20 Million

in Media, August 30, 2011 at 10:06 am PT

Demand Media Q2 Call Liveblog: Spam-a-Not

in News, August 9, 2011 at 2:20 pm PT

Site Claims to Loosen Google “Death Grip”

in News, July 13, 2011 at 11:32 am PT

Google: No, Government Investigations Have Not Frozen Our Manual Search Tweaks

in News, May 27, 2011 at 2:05 pm PT

Demand CEO Richard Rosenblatt Talks Panda

in Media, May 9, 2011 at 6:29 am PT

Liveblogging Demand Media's Q1 Earnings: Perky Perfecting!

in Media, May 5, 2011 at 2:13 pm PT

Demand Media Beats the Street in Q1 Earnings and Promises to Clean Up Its Content Act

in Media, May 5, 2011 at 1:39 pm PT

Kung Fu Panda Too? Demand Media Q1 Earnings All About Battling the Bears

in Media, May 5, 2011 at 6:06 am PT

Demand Media About Latest Google Algo Impact: Move on, Nothing to See Here

in News, April 17, 2011 at 11:29 pm PT

When Algorithms Attack: Latest Google Update Mauls eHow

Irony Alert: Microsoft Files Formal Complaint Against Google With EC

in News, March 31, 2011 at 1:25 am PT

May the Best Algorithm Win…

in News, March 16, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

Yahoo's (and Associated Content Founder) Luke Beatty Talks About Google's Content Farm Putsch

in News, February 28, 2011 at 8:02 am PT