Factualities for Wednesday, August 8, 2018
August 8, 2018
Beyond Search noted these factualities in the last week. Believe ‘em or not:
- TGI Fridays, The home of the loaded baked potato, allegedly doubled business and grew
“engagement” by 500 percent with… artificial intelligence. Source: Venture Beat - Machine learning is like medieval alchemy. Source: Guardian
- According to Internet Live Stats, Google conducts 40,000 searches per second. No data about relevance was provided. Source: CBS
- There will be 90% fewer attorneys in the next 5 to 10 years. No word on what happens to these proud professionals. Source: Egypt4U
- Google and Facebook together controlled about 61 per cent of all online advertising revenues in 2017 and cornered a 25 per cent share of all media advertising revenues…Google earns around 85 per cent of its revenues through ads, for Facebook that figure is close to 98 per cent. Source: Rediff
- 50 percent: The number of people who purchased electronic gadgets for their pets. Source: Shinyshiny
Stephen E Arnold, August 8, 2018
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