Interview with Ken Shuman – trulia.com
February 5, 2010
US property search engine trulia.com marked four years of operation in 2009, and spent the year releasing steady upgrades to everything from its agent profiles to its listing imagery. The search engine, currently number seven on the Hitwise list of US real estate websites, reported bumper traffic figures as the year came to a close.
trulia.com’s head of communications, Ken Shuman, spoke to propertyportalwatch.com about the website’s recent releases, its planned expansion into rental listings, and those Google acquisition rumours.
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REA Group Director Steps Down
February 3, 2010
Alasdair MacLeod is stepping down from his position as director of REA Group.
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Interview with Tammy Kotula – apartments.com
February 1, 2010
As its names suggests, apartments.com is a US-based property portal focusing specifically on apartments. After a substantial promotional push in 2009, apartments.com has recently moved into the top 10 US real estate websites list.
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A Big Week in Mobile
January 28, 2010
The past few days have seen a number of developments in the world of mobile property search, with news from nestoria.co.uk, loopnet.com, seloger.com, and immobilienscout24.de.
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globrix.com Joins TDPG
January 22, 2010
homesandproperty.co.uk may have left The Digital Property Group’s network, but there is already something to take its place: UK property search engine globrix.com.
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Property Portal Watch Workshop in NYC
The Property Portal Watch Workshop is on again. Following the successful San Francisco workshop, we are holding another one in New York on the 12th January 2010.
The last two workshops were attended by over 100 people from 15 countries representing 50 different portals. The workshop brings together portal leaders from around the world to discuss the key issues facing portal sites today.
Real Estate Connect Conference by Inman News
13 – 15 January 2010, New York City
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