Comments on: Social Media, Yahoo and Data Mining http://www.emergence-media.com/2006/07/social-media-yahoo-and-data-mining/ Between the Internet (Social Media) and Marketing Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:39:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Andrew http://www.emergence-media.com/2006/07/social-media-yahoo-and-data-mining/#comment-6509 Andrew Sun, 25 Mar 2007 09:50:06 +0000 http://www.emergence-media.com/2006/07/social-media-yahoo-and-data-mining/#comment-6509 Hi Daniel, I came across this post while looking for articles which might discuss the possibility of governments datamining/profiling/SNA-ing del.icio.us. Without wishing to seem paranoid, things like del.icio.us would seem to provide a much easier tool to track citizens' interests, given the public nature of the site (which adds to its value) than trotting off with a warrant to get Google to provide data on searchers. I'm wondering if you've come across any other articles which discuss this side of websites which allow you to track users' activities and interests (maybe flickr would be another example)? Thanks in advance, Andrew Hi Daniel,

I came across this post while looking for articles which might discuss the possibility of governments datamining/profiling/SNA-ing del.icio.us. Without wishing to seem paranoid, things like del.icio.us would seem to provide a much easier tool to track citizens’ interests, given the public nature of the site (which adds to its value) than trotting off with a warrant to get Google to provide data on searchers.

I’m wondering if you’ve come across any other articles which discuss this side of websites which allow you to track users’ activities and interests (maybe flickr would be another example)?

Thanks in advance,

Andrew

]]> By: Daniel R http://www.emergence-media.com/2006/07/social-media-yahoo-and-data-mining/#comment-18 Daniel R Mon, 31 Jul 2006 06:19:52 +0000 http://www.emergence-media.com/2006/07/social-media-yahoo-and-data-mining/#comment-18 Bambi, Thank you for commenting, it is much appreciated. Apologies on any misunderstanding on my part. On the issue of integration, its a monumental task technically and there's privacy issues. With all the bad buzz around Google, Yahoo would be wise to tread lightly for now. Do you have a sense that Yahoo will eventual creep along to build extensive profiles as the logical next step? Search history is nice, but considering how much information they have, it would be a great way to quantum-leap over Google's AdWords system. Cheers, Daniel Bambi,

Thank you for commenting, it is much appreciated. Apologies on any misunderstanding on my part.

On the issue of integration, its a monumental task technically and there’s privacy issues. With all the bad buzz around Google, Yahoo would be wise to tread lightly for now.

Do you have a sense that Yahoo will eventual creep along to build extensive profiles as the logical next step? Search history is nice, but considering how much information they have, it would be a great way to quantum-leap over Google’s AdWords system.

Cheers,

Daniel

]]> By: Bambi http://www.emergence-media.com/2006/07/social-media-yahoo-and-data-mining/#comment-15 Bambi Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:14:21 +0000 http://www.emergence-media.com/2006/07/social-media-yahoo-and-data-mining/#comment-15 Having followed Yahoo since it's gone public, I know that it has both search and personal information. My point is that it hasn't figured out how to integrate that information effectively. Yahoo can target more precisely. They have the information. They choose not to go as far as giving you and based on the last search you conducted because of privacy issues (as you point out). Having followed Yahoo since it’s gone public, I know that it has both search and personal information. My point is that it hasn’t figured out how to integrate that information effectively. Yahoo can target more precisely. They have the information. They choose not to go as far as giving you and based on the last search you conducted because of privacy issues (as you point out).

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