Dana Pascu

Chrome & Opera Speed Tests

Posted: June 3rd, 2010 | Author: Dana Pascu | Filed under: Advertising, Online, [EN] | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

All I can see is a 2,3 million views test versus a 1 million views test :)


Statistics for a changing world: Google Public Data Explorer in Labs

Posted: March 9th, 2010 | Author: Dana Pascu | Filed under: Life, Online, Trend | Tags: , , , | 1 Comment »

As of today, Google is sharing a snapshot of some of the most popular public data search topics on Google. They’re also launching the Google Public Data Explorer, an experimental visualization tool in Google Labs.

Here’s the most popular data and statistics search topics:

1. School comparisons
2. Unemployment
3. Population
4. Sales tax
5. Salaries

and an interesting chart for my fellow colleagues:

This chart compares bi-annual gross minimum wages per month in Euro. This dataset was prepared by Google based on data downloaded from Eurostat - Last updated: March 6, 2010

Chart link (embedding didn’t workfor my blog, still investigating why)

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Google Internet Stats

Posted: September 20th, 2009 | Author: Dana Pascu | Filed under: Online | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

Every planner’s dream!

Here’s some random useful stuff that i found on Google Internet Stats:

20 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute.

YouTube, May 2009

Although men and women follow a similar number of Twitter users, men have 15% more followers than women.

HarvardBusiness.org, June 2009

There are 1.5 million business searches daily on YouTube, making it the second-most-visited destination for business searches, behind Google.

Google, Forbes, BtoB, June 2009, June 2009

According to a study done by OTX, 33% of young people (12 – 24 year olds) globally (UK, US, Germany, India and Japan) are contactable at all times, even in their sleep.

OTX Research, March 2009

Users are 1.5 times more attentive when browsing YouTube than when watching TV.

Motorola (with Mindshare) and GM, partnered with YouTube, December 2008

5% of all time online is spent on Facebook.

Comscore, April 2009


Imagini “de colectie” pe Google

Posted: November 19th, 2008 | Author: Dana Pascu | Filed under: Arte, Online, [RO] | Tags: , , , | No Comments »
Dali

Dali

Resursa geniala cu milioane de fotografii din Life Magazine.

Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google.

Cautare avansata dupa nume, perioada, locuri sau evenimente. (Deja m-am scufundat cu totul in Dali.. )

Search tip: Add “source:life” to any Google image search and search only the LIFE photo archive. For example: computer source:life

wow!

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