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…hmmm… I can’t do it justice.   You just have to watch the video yourself.

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All the talk about Yahoo, Microsoft, and Google reminded me that I hadn’t checked to see if Microsoft has made any improvement to their search results in quite a while…
I know one term doesn’t make a rule, but I’ve found the term [Seattle Real Estate Blog] to be great for testing out the search engines [...]

…could be huge.
I’ve always enjoyed the niche social networks bought by Yahoo (Flickr, Upcoming, del.icio.us, etc.)… and if they can keep them niche, while making Yahoo more social, there’s potential for some interesting synergies.
(I found this particularly interesting in the context of Yahoo’s desire to keep prodding along…)

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As best I can tell, there isn’t a great list of real estate events that is published anywhere on the web.   CourseDates probably comes the closest with their list of real estate conventions, but even they’re missing the smaller events that I want to track.
So this evening, I created a group on upcoming simply called [...]

It started with the real estate coach and spread to Joel before hitting 4realz. And it all seems so believably that no one is really doubting the story.
However, I think it is worth nothing that there’s a bit of confusion over the total number of listings that Prudential would be giving Trulia… and [...]

I think I’ve recovered enough now to actually post about it!
Despite our best efforts to be prepared, the day started off a bit rough with a nearby mudslide taking out power in our building in the morning (meaning no hot coffee and no projector) and a 9-car pileup on a nearby freeway [...]

…Move, I landed a 30-minute meeting with Dan Rosensweig (COO of Yahoo at the time), where I tried to convince him that I should lead up a team for Yahoo to build a platform that would help real estate professionals market themselves at a local level using the various tools Yahoo had in-house (at the [...]

…their combined real estate vertical to one of the big players in the space:
“And the Microsoft-Yahoo! combo needs to make sure that it owns the cream of these, including Kayak in the travel vertical and Trulia in real estate.”

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As Brian pointed out, Yahoo Real Estate currently returns broker-uploaded listings by default, but also gives consumers the option to see “MLS Listings” via their agreement with Prudential.

My guess is that Yahoo has (internally) made the decision to end their existing IDX relationship with Prudential at some point down the road and is using the [...]

..MicroHoo would mean for online real estate…  (and especially for Move who did not renew the contracts to run the listings behind AOL Real Estate AND Yahoo Rentals last year).
My guess is that it would be a good thing for Move as it would provide at least another year of breathing space while senior execs [...]

Jim got me thinking about some of the acronyms that I use on 4realz and other common terms I’ve seen others use:

AG: AgentGenius.com
AR: ActiveRain
BR: BlueRoof
BHB: Bloodhound Blog
CB: Coldwell Banker
CH: Cyberhomes
CL: Craigslist
CMS: Content Management System
CRM: Customer Relationship Management
FBS: FBS Blog
FOREM: Future of Real Estate Marketing
FORET: Future of Real Estate Technology
FD: FrontDoor
G: Google
GDH: Garage with a Detached [...]

…some cheeky predictions around Redfin (they go into the deadpool), Trulia (sell in 2nd quarter of 2009), Zillow (sell to Yahoo in 2 years), Craigslist (more happily paid fees on RE listings) and Bloodhound Unchained (attendees join the cult of Greg).
However, my favorite part of the entire post is Rudy’s comment: “i think 2.x is [...]

…but I feel dirty just thinking how people could use this data that crosses multiple properties from Yahoo and beyond.   In the hands of a desperate Yahoo, it might be time to completely cut ties with this social networking porn.

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…but it sounds like the big boys (minus RDC) are happy to just date for the time being.   Collaboration on data standards (in this case: RETS) is tricky business with lots of dancing on the first few dates.   It will definitely be interesting to see what comes out of these talks.

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(some names left anonymous to protect the innocent)

There’s a hell of a lot of VC money floating around this industry. I was surprised at how many people there were with lots of VC funding. Joel seemed to notice the same thing: “a whole new crop of real [...]

… Creative Commons photos from Flickr could make the Yahoo Shortcuts plugin worth installing. (via Matt)

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