How to predict how many visits a website will receive on a given day

Predictive analytics is somewhat mysterious. So, let’s shed some light on it. (Note that I’m simplifying this quite a bit to be accessible.) The first step in predictive analytics is to understand what you’re predicting. We’ll call this the Y variable. In this instance, ‘how many visits from Boston can I expect on a given [...]

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16

Siri and Search

Gary Morgenthaler had a few interesting statements to make: “Therefore, when Siri was an independent company, its plan was to map these domains deeply and seamlessly to automate transactions for its users within them. For example, “Buy that Steve Jobs biography book and send it to my dad”; “Send a dozen yellow roses to my [...]

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09