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- The Accelerator Conundrum
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It’s About Place (Part 5)
by Cal McElroy, Guest Author I have been following with fascination (and taking many calls from research analysts), regarding the public market buzz around Local.com (NASDAQ: LOCM). This firestorm was triggered by John Gilliam’s recent blog on SeekingAlpha. While I personally think John’s assessment of this patent is overzealous (he did disclose he was long
Web 3.0 and Real Estate: Synthesis
Real estate sites are redefining the property business with property listing, realtor directory, mortgage calculator, financial advice and neighborhood info all at the click of a button. According to National Association of Realtors, the percentage of potential U.S. home buyers using the internet as part of their housing search process rose from 2% in 1995
Web 3.0 and Move
We have already discussed on the online real estate industry overview, and have covered ZipRealty and Zillow. Here, we take a look at Move’s offering from the Web 3.0 perspective. Move, originally known as Homestore, was launched in 1993. The Company is headquartered in Westlake Village, California. It is a real estate-based site providing comprehensive
Web 3.0 and ZipRealty
We have already discussed the online realty industry overview. Now we take a look at ZipRealty’s offering from a Web 3.0 perspective. ZipRealty, founded on January 25, 1999, operates as a full-service real estate brokerage firm. The company offers its services across 27 major markets in 16 states in the US and the District of
It’s About Place (Part 4)
by Cal McElroy, Guest Author I started this series on Local Search by discussing the current state of the technologies, content, and user experience. For Local Search to become a significant business, like paid keyword search, much needs to change. Google dominates the business of keyword search because they started with a great search service…
It’s About Place (Part 3)
by Cal McElroy, Guest Author Location is fundamental to our personal and business lives – yet it is a concept that is easily and often misunderstood. The Oxford Dictionary defines this word as “the point or extent of space that is occupied by a person, place or thing”. So a place is not a location
It’s About Place (Part 2)
by Cal McElroy, Guest Author In a previous post, I suggested that integration of search and location technologies was a difficult problem, that has not been solved. To provide some context for this series on local search, I want to dig into the technologies a little more. Location technology emerged out of the computer graphics
McClatchy: Focusing on Online and Local
The McClatchy Company is the third largest newspaper company in the United States. The Company publishes 31 daily newspapers and approximately 50 non-dailies across 29 locations in the United States. The prominent newspapers from the Company include the Miami Herald, the Kansas City Star, the Charlotte Observer and the Sacramento Bee. McClatchy also owns some
