“I’m (Very Close to) #1!” “I’m (Very Close to) #1” What are the top Twin Cities real estate blogs as of mid-March, 2012? It depends which search engine(s) you use. Here’s how the majors tally up the hits: Google: 1. Twin Cities Real Estate Blog 2. City Lakes Real Estate Blog 3. St. Paul Real Estate Blog Bing:...Read More
Sowing Confusion Amongst Consumers [Editor’s Note: see this for an update on how Edina Realty is responding to the practices(s) discussed in the following post.] Imagine if an apparel maker ripped out its competitors’ labels, attached its own, and sold the mislabeled clothing to consumers as their product? Or, consider what would happen if Panasonic slapped “Sony”...Read More
Schizophrenic Search Engine, or, Two for the Price of One At least according to Google, this blog now ranks 4th amongst Twin Cities real estate blogs. And also 8th. Huh?? The explanation: the old, blogspot version of this blog shows up #8 on Google — that, despite being inactive since early January. Meanwhile, after six...Read More
PointCast . . . Yahoo! . . . Groupon?? Insiders say a tentative deal was struck in which News Corp. would acquire PointCast for $450 million. But before the papers could be drafted, issues surfaced over PointCast’s revenue projections and the price tag, insiders say. The offer simply went away. –“PointCast, The Rise and Fall...Read More
Google is near a deal to acquire Groupon, the pioneering online discounter, for as much as $6 billion. —The New York Times (11/30/2010) There’s got to be not a little irony in Groupon being bought out at something like 15x its annual revenues of $350 million. By contrast, established consumer goods companies can sell for...Read More
City Lakes Real Estate Blog 2.0: Due Early 2011 A capitalist will sell you the rope to hang him with. –Lenin I suppose the blogging equivalent of Lenin’s famous line is, “a blogger whose ads are served by Google will end up promoting that which they denounce.” Which explains all The Wall Street Journal ads...Read More
