[PREMIUM] Followup #1 to Strategic Analysis Report: Zillow, Trulia, Move

Since publishing the Strategic Analysis on Zillow, Trulia, and Move — as well as prepublication, from comments — I’ve gotten some further information and clarification from all three companies that could be useful and interesting to consider. They “add color” in the language of Wall Street analysts. I don’t believe that this new information changes … Read more

Uh, Oops… Notorious is NOT a Pay-Only Blog

So, um, I just started a premium content service, with my first piece on Zillow, Trulia, and Realtor.com just published. Then I noticed in the settings for my paid content plugin that I had made a major boo-boo, and was sending everyone to a “Show Me the Money” page when they clicked on the post … Read more

[PROMO] Zillow, Trulia, Realtor.com: A Strategic Analysis Report

The 2012 results for the Big Three publicly traded real estate portals — Zillow, Trulia, and Realtor.com (Move, Inc.) have been filed, and their senior executives have endured the grilling by Wall Street analyst types. There have been volumes of words already written about them, by financial analysts, by finance bloggers, by real estate industry … Read more

Marketing and Seduction: A Valentine’s Day Special

Ah, Valentine’s Day. I’ve always hated this particular “holiday”, whether single, dating, or married. How a religious holiday celebrating a guy who was beaten with clubs and stones before being beheaded for the crime of trying to convert a Roman emperor to Christianity became a day of flowers and candy and male guilt is beyond … Read more

Marketing and Seduction: A Valentine's Day Special

Ah, Valentine’s Day. I’ve always hated this particular “holiday”, whether single, dating, or married. How a religious holiday celebrating a guy who was beaten with clubs and stones before being beheaded for the crime of trying to convert a Roman emperor to Christianity became a day of flowers and candy and male guilt is beyond … Read more