Comments on: Real estate search patterns and AOL users http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/07/real-estate-search-patterns-and-aol-users/ Seattle's Leading Resource for Real Estate Information Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:59:00 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Cornflakes http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/07/real-estate-search-patterns-and-aol-users/#comment-12590 Cornflakes Tue, 22 Aug 2006 09:53:17 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/07/real-estate-search-patterns-and-aol-users/#comment-12590 Here's a *quick* site where you can search the AOL data for yourself: http://www.frogspy.com Here’s a *quick* site where you can search the AOL data for yourself:

http://www.frogspy.com

]]> By: ty http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/07/real-estate-search-patterns-and-aol-users/#comment-11153 ty Sat, 12 Aug 2006 16:13:57 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/07/real-estate-search-patterns-and-aol-users/#comment-11153 Another site where you can search this data is here http://www.datablunder.com/logitems/query/ Another site where you can search this data is here
http://www.datablunder.com/logitems/query/

]]> By: head http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/07/real-estate-search-patterns-and-aol-users/#comment-11138 head Sat, 12 Aug 2006 11:07:31 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/07/real-estate-search-patterns-and-aol-users/#comment-11138 Yes.. try out the AOL search database yourself.. It is just fun to look at some of the search data.. http://data.aolsearchlogs.com/log/random.cgi Yes.. try out the AOL search database yourself.. It is just fun to look at some of the search data..

http://data.aolsearchlogs.com/log/random.cgi

]]> By: Robbie http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/07/real-estate-search-patterns-and-aol-users/#comment-10857 Robbie Tue, 08 Aug 2006 04:17:47 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/07/real-estate-search-patterns-and-aol-users/#comment-10857 Perhaps AOL was attempting to emulate Microsoft? The <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/livesearch/archive/2006/06/02/614486.aspx" rel="nofollow">MSN Search Team</a> recently gave selected university researchers access to 15 million real-user queries (which were also filtered & anonymized prior to their access of this data). The big difference is that the researchers are under strict license in using the data, and since MS is providing them with grant money the likelihood of a leak is very slim. AOL appears to have put the data in public domain, so Joe Consumer (or John Criminal Mind) can do what they want with it while MS kept the researchers on a very short leash. Perhaps AOL was attempting to emulate Microsoft? The MSN Search Team recently gave selected university researchers access to 15 million real-user queries (which were also filtered & anonymized prior to their access of this data).

The big difference is that the researchers are under strict license in using the data, and since MS is providing them with grant money the likelihood of a leak is very slim. AOL appears to have put the data in public domain, so Joe Consumer (or John Criminal Mind) can do what they want with it while MS kept the researchers on a very short leash.

]]> By: philleto http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/07/real-estate-search-patterns-and-aol-users/#comment-10856 philleto Tue, 08 Aug 2006 04:13:02 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/07/real-estate-search-patterns-and-aol-users/#comment-10856 Boy am I glad I dumped my AOL stock. Boy am I glad I dumped my AOL stock.

]]> By: Seattle’s Rain City Real Estate Guide » 20 million reasons to cancel AOL http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/07/real-estate-search-patterns-and-aol-users/#comment-10832 Seattle’s Rain City Real Estate Guide » 20 million reasons to cancel AOL Tue, 08 Aug 2006 00:31:59 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/07/real-estate-search-patterns-and-aol-users/#comment-10832 [...] 20 million reasons to cancel AOL August 7, 2006 As promised earlier, I did some scans through the massive privacy invasion from AOL for some real state search insight. I’ll leave it to other sites to search for the tell you about the disgusting things people search for. Not many AOL searchers are looking for “seattle real estate” in those words - in fact only 21 of the 20 million queries contained that text and those users largely went to the big Google-optimized sites like Seattle Power Search (the number one result) or the Seattle Times (the number 3 result). [...] [...] 20 million reasons to cancel AOL August 7, 2006 As promised earlier, I did some scans through the massive privacy invasion from AOL for some real state search insight. I’ll leave it to other sites to search for the tell you about the disgusting things people search for. Not many AOL searchers are looking for “seattle real estate” in those words – in fact only 21 of the 20 million queries contained that text and those users largely went to the big Google-optimized sites like Seattle Power Search (the number one result) or the Seattle Times (the number 3 result). [...]

]]> By: Ubertor Real Estate Blog » Real Estate Carnival http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/07/real-estate-search-patterns-and-aol-users/#comment-10823 Ubertor Real Estate Blog » Real Estate Carnival Mon, 07 Aug 2006 21:10:47 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/07/real-estate-search-patterns-and-aol-users/#comment-10823 [...] This week it is the Property Grunt’s turn to host the Real Estate Carnival. Take a moment to check out some of the posts within their blog. I see that the guys from vopenhouse.com have started a blog and have been included in this weeks carnival. On a side note, it is interesting to see what AOL did this week with the release of some data that many peoples think should not have been released. Have a look at this post at TechCrunch.com - the comments have exploded there (195 so far). Now it seems that AOL is apologizing for it. Interested in cancelling…. saw this link on raincityguide.com. [...] [...] This week it is the Property Grunt’s turn to host the Real Estate Carnival. Take a moment to check out some of the posts within their blog. I see that the guys from vopenhouse.com have started a blog and have been included in this weeks carnival. On a side note, it is interesting to see what AOL did this week with the release of some data that many peoples think should not have been released. Have a look at this post at TechCrunch.com – the comments have exploded there (195 so far). Now it seems that AOL is apologizing for it. Interested in cancelling…. saw this link on raincityguide.com. [...]

]]> By: Dustin http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/07/real-estate-search-patterns-and-aol-users/#comment-10817 Dustin Mon, 07 Aug 2006 18:12:28 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/07/real-estate-search-patterns-and-aol-users/#comment-10817 I saw that on <a href="http://www.realcentralva.com/2006/08/07/way-off-topic-but-aol-is-scary/">Jim's site early this morning</a> and my jaw dropped. It is definitely shocking that they allowed this to be released. The data has the poential to be completely disruptive to a thousands of AOL users. I'm sure glad I never took part in their service. I saw that on Jim’s site early this morning and my jaw dropped. It is definitely shocking that they allowed this to be released. The data has the poential to be completely disruptive to a thousands of AOL users. I’m sure glad I never took part in their service.

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