Comments on: I Love Headlines in the Times Like This http://battellemedia.com/archives/2007/10/i_love_headlines_in_the_times_like_this.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=i_love_headlines_in_the_times_like_this Thoughts on the intersection of search, media, technology, and more. Tue, 21 May 2013 16:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: 42mb.com http://battellemedia.com/archives/2007/10/i_love_headlines_in_the_times_like_this.php#comment-9327 42mb.com Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:29:26 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2007/10/i_love_headlines_in_the_times_like_this.php#comment-9327 <p>Thanks, I would personally consider adword geo-targeting to reach close to my niche audience. </p> Thanks, I would personally consider adword geo-targeting to reach close to my niche audience.

]]> By: JohnR http://battellemedia.com/archives/2007/10/i_love_headlines_in_the_times_like_this.php#comment-9326 JohnR Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:14:39 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2007/10/i_love_headlines_in_the_times_like_this.php#comment-9326 <p>Figures -- I have a Search-based Web 2.0 business model that could actually work...Maybe I should dumb it up to get some VC...</p> <p>I've applied Google search technology to the combined MLS feeds of CT and RI -- In other words, I got your Google Real Estate Search right here: www.RealSearchRI.com.</p> <p>Google itself can't do this b/c the NAR/MLS rules prohibit it. That's why they have to get uploads for GoogleBase from Brokers and Agents, but that voluntary system means their coverage isn't as complete as MLS-fed sites like ours and the incredibly crappy Realtor.com.</p> <p>So, for the first time anywhere, people in RI and CT can actually "Google" the complete MLS feed with free text searches like "charlestown ri beach house with dock" or see the geographic distribution of properties that match "RI "bank owned" OR foreclosure"</p> <p>Hard to believe no one has applied decent search technology to Real Estate listings before now, but there you have it. </p> Figures — I have a Search-based Web 2.0 business model that could actually work…Maybe I should dumb it up to get some VC…

I’ve applied Google search technology to the combined MLS feeds of CT and RI — In other words, I got your Google Real Estate Search right here: http://www.RealSearchRI.com.

Google itself can’t do this b/c the NAR/MLS rules prohibit it. That’s why they have to get uploads for GoogleBase from Brokers and Agents, but that voluntary system means their coverage isn’t as complete as MLS-fed sites like ours and the incredibly crappy Realtor.com.

So, for the first time anywhere, people in RI and CT can actually “Google” the complete MLS feed with free text searches like “charlestown ri beach house with dock” or see the geographic distribution of properties that match “RI “bank owned” OR foreclosure”

Hard to believe no one has applied decent search technology to Real Estate listings before now, but there you have it.

]]> By: John http://battellemedia.com/archives/2007/10/i_love_headlines_in_the_times_like_this.php#comment-9325 John Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:41:52 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2007/10/i_love_headlines_in_the_times_like_this.php#comment-9325 <p>Remember, not everyone lives in the San Francisco Bay Area... We live and breath this stuff just by being here.</p> Remember, not everyone lives in the San Francisco Bay Area… We live and breath this stuff just by being here.

]]> By: nmw http://battellemedia.com/archives/2007/10/i_love_headlines_in_the_times_like_this.php#comment-9324 nmw Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:02:08 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2007/10/i_love_headlines_in_the_times_like_this.php#comment-9324 <p>do you intend to "build an audience" or, um, what was that 2.0 word for it? con...?</p> do you intend to “build an audience” or, um, what was that 2.0 word for it? con…?

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