People send me so many announcements now that I can’t get to them all in a timely way — although I’d like to. From the “what I missed” file:
Yelp joins a growing list of destinations adding “send to phone” functionality:
This not only provides value to the user it indicates the increasing importance of mobile and connecting the Internet to mobile devices. Previously I had said that YellowPages.com was the only major IYP provider to offer this feature. SuperPages later corrected me and said they’ve had the same functionality for some time.
ePrize launches SMB contest/promotions tool Caffeine. Here’s the WSJ’s (sub req’d) extensive write up. It’s a lead-gen/advertising tool for SMBs that uses prize promotion and contests to get users to register. Each registration triggers a $1 “per lead” fee to the site owner/SMB. It’s the application of a successful big brand promotional model to SMBs. Here’s more on how it works.
New Seattle-area real estate search site ShackPrices recently launched. It’s a nice looking site that resembles Trulia in many respects.
Speaking of Trulia, the site a couple of weeks ago launched national heat maps and “trends reports.” Both are an interesting presentation of the site’s data. Real estate sites Zillow and HotPads also feature heat maps.
In addition, HotPads has an interesting timeline of product and feature developments in the online real estate industry.
January 22, 2007 at 11:07 pm |
Thanks for mentioning HotPads, we really appreciate it. We hope that the timeline provides a useful tool for keeping track of developments and news in Real Estate search technology. Thanks again!
November 9, 2008 at 6:58 pm |
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