Web Analyst » Tools http://www.web-analyst.com/blog a business eye on the world and the Web Mon, 19 Sep 2011 08:55:16 +0000 en hourly 1 Joyeux Noel word lovers http://www.web-analyst.com/blog/2010/12/23/joyeux-noel-word-lovers/ http://www.web-analyst.com/blog/2010/12/23/joyeux-noel-word-lovers/#comments Thu, 23 Dec 2010 12:18:00 +0000 Gaston http://www.web-analyst.com/blog/2010/12/23/joyeux-noel-word-lovers/ scrooge

A merry Christmas to all, and I wanted to share with you the Wordle analysis of the Christmas Carol. This is a great tool for business use also if you have to visualize a lot of text for a slide.

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]]> http://www.web-analyst.com/blog/2010/12/07/144/feed/ 0 Demonstrating brand decline with Google Insights for Search – Treo Example http://www.web-analyst.com/blog/2008/08/06/demonstrating-brand-decline-with-google-insights-for-search-treo-example/ http://www.web-analyst.com/blog/2008/08/06/demonstrating-brand-decline-with-google-insights-for-search-treo-example/#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:31:32 +0000 Gaston http://www.web-analyst.com/blog/?p=58 Google’s Insight for Search is going to be my favorite research tool. Take, for example, a search for the word “Treo”: http://google.com/insights/search/#cat=&q=treo&geo=US&date=&clp=&cmpt=q

The Treo peaked in 2005, and is currently experiencing a small revival.

You can also demonstrate cycles, such as this search for “christmas Cookies recipe”: http://google.com/insights/search/#cat=&q=Christmas%20cookies%20recipe&geo=US&date=&clp=&cmpt=q

I just found a huge analyst cookie jar…

]]> http://www.web-analyst.com/blog/2008/08/06/demonstrating-brand-decline-with-google-insights-for-search-treo-example/feed/ 0 With new player, Real adopts software model of company it had threatened 7 years earlier (Streambox) http://www.web-analyst.com/blog/2007/06/26/with-new-player-real-adopts-software-model-of-company-it-had-previously-threatened-7-years-earlier-streambox/ http://www.web-analyst.com/blog/2007/06/26/with-new-player-real-adopts-software-model-of-company-it-had-previously-threatened-7-years-earlier-streambox/#comments Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:48:25 +0000 Gaston http://www.web-analyst.com/blog/?p=51 New RealPlayer Instantly Downloads Online Video — www.RealPlayer.com

The new RealPlayer has sparked all kinds of deep copyright discussions, but the irony I note in this launch is the similarity of this new capability with that of the StreamBox Ripper. StreamBox Ripper was a product that allowed for the saving of – among others – RealAudio streams. Real threatened Streambox and Streambox backed down, in an early application of DMCA.

That said, RealPlayer was due for an overhaul.

]]> http://www.web-analyst.com/blog/2007/06/26/with-new-player-real-adopts-software-model-of-company-it-had-previously-threatened-7-years-earlier-streambox/feed/ 0 Apple iTunes Plus still missing international purchases http://www.web-analyst.com/blog/2007/05/31/apple-itunes-plus-still-missing-international-purchases/ http://www.web-analyst.com/blog/2007/05/31/apple-itunes-plus-still-missing-international-purchases/#comments Thu, 31 May 2007 17:21:24 +0000 Gaston http://www.web-analyst.com/blog/?p=49 Apple Launches iTunes Plus

Apple’s iTunes launch of DRM-free purchases has bee rightly heralded as a happy jingle. However, Apple still misses the mark and a golden opportunity with international purchases.

As the holder of a US-based iTunes account, I can visit, but not purchase from, the iTunes store in France. I understand that, with different prices and agreements across the ocean, Apple wants to prevent cross-country arbitrage, but it’s beyond me why I can’t buy a tune from iTunes France when it’s not offered at all in the US.

Apple, give us an “Export” option! Make money in the process.

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Microsoft has cleaned up its free mail client approach and is merging the best of Outlook Express, Windows Mail and the Windows Live Mail Desktop.

and: no ads! (at least no banner ads)

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See for instance the “Top Resources for Analysts: Excel, Data Analysis and Business Intelligence, and Charting, Visualization and Presentation“

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Copy the page content into Excel, and the data can then be manipulated, for instance sorted by date or included in a Pivot Table.

The same can be done from a list of e-mails in Outlook to Excel.

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Provides a great simple reference to process modeling with key themes and examples. The specialist can dig deeper into UML, and the beginner can quickly grasp essential concepts.

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