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sketerpot
on May 22, 2010
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While Google fights on the edges, Amazon is attack...
I just wanted to point out, that is a really misleading graph. All the lines start at "100%", so the scales aren't comparable at all.
shmichael
on May 22, 2010
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Actually, this makes perfect sense. The sales data at any given point of time is given as a percentage of the baseline, which is set at Q1 '03.
sketerpot
on May 22, 2010
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Of course, it makes sense if you interpret it right -- but it looks at first glance like it's comparing absolute sales figures, rather than change from baseline for each.
tybris
on May 22, 2010
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It shows exactly what it intended to show.
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