Is this a big surprise from Trulia? This post by Norm Werner on the Trulia blog entitled “Sick of the ads” caught my eye.  Norm says Trulia is sponsoring ads from the “make your thingee bigger”companies.  (Well, Norm, Trulia’s American Nightmare survey says 92% of hom...

Larry Yatkowsky is a REALTOR in Vancouver, BC, Canada, aye.  (No, that’s not Larry) Besides being one of the wittiest fellows I’ve ever met (I’m smiling now just thinking of our time together in San Francisco), he has a critical and pragmatic mind. His blog, YatterMatters, is one ...

I was out sick for most of last week so rather than regurgitate a bunch of old news; here’s a quick summary of the reaction to some of the bigger stories. Redfin’s New (Old) Business Model Redfin launched a referral-based business model that allows them to expand in to new markets. They ...

Search the Charlottesville MLS Copyright RealCentralVA.com, LLC. If you are not reading this at RealCentralVA.com the site you see is likely stealing content. Reflecting on Zillow’s Influence Over the Past Three Years Zillow’s three year anniversary presents an opportunity to reflect on ...

In the Pre internet days of the last real estate recession, an old pal of mine Phil Gilboy went head to head against his Multiple Listings Service. It seems ole Phil was looking for new and exciting ways to prosper during a down market and he started a new phone service called something like 1-800-c...

All hail the new MLS. Trulia...... What happens to free? Its worthless, maybe partially valuable, or eventually after hooking users like a drug, it charges a fee. As a for instance, Active Rain is trying several revenue models that include various advertising and paid blogs. Trulia who took a batter...

If you are a real estate agent and want to sell homes, Trulia Pro is a tool that you should give a long hard look at. Trulia has been the fastest growing real estate website because they understand how to drive traffic to their site via the search engines. Go ahead and search for a home in your com...

Symantec, the Internet security firm, today released what they described as a “code red” security patch for all real estate bloggers currently using the now-infamous “Google Juice Sucking” Trulia widget. Tipped off by an anonymous Active Rain’er who had come across this...

Maybe it’s the frustrated business school professor in me, or the memories of sitting in Professor Barry Nalebuff’s classes during business school, but what has fascinated me the most about the ongoing debate about Trulia’s no-follow outbound listings links (started here by Galen W...

Trulia has added Google Street View to help provide a better viewing experience to its users. Now, visitors to Trulia can “virtually” walk the neighborhood and get a sense of parking, views, neighboring homes, stores and other neighborhood amenities, as well as all the unzillowables that...