Comments on: Yahoo Responds to Our Questions! http://raincityguide.com/2006/09/01/yahoo-responds-to-our-questions/ Seattle's Leading Resource for Real Estate Information Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:47:42 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Michael Price http://raincityguide.com/2006/09/01/yahoo-responds-to-our-questions/#comment-14974 Michael Price Fri, 01 Sep 2006 21:07:50 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/09/01/yahoo-responds-to-our-questions/#comment-14974 My original question was "How can a non-prudential Realtor use this resource to promote their personal brand or listings (assuming the listing is not being shown through an IDX feed from Prudential)?" The last part in the paragraph was left off, which probably doesn't matter, because the answer would have been the same. Place the listing in Yahoo Classifieds. I did a few trial runs with clients and Yahoo Classifieds a while back. It was very poor return on investment. Who out there thinks there is a similar relationship to Yahoo/Prudential that could be structured between a major broker and portal? I'm wonder RE/Max and/or Cendant are looking at this with their eye on a competing relationship. I also wonder if Brokers on a local scale have given consideration to similar relationships with powerful local portals? If I were a broker I would be looking at creative ways to leverage my IDX rights. My original question was “How can a non-prudential Realtor use this resource to promote their personal brand or listings (assuming the listing is not being shown through an IDX feed from Prudential)?”

The last part in the paragraph was left off, which probably doesn’t matter, because the answer would have been the same. Place the listing in Yahoo Classifieds. I did a few trial runs with clients and Yahoo Classifieds a while back. It was very poor return on investment.

Who out there thinks there is a similar relationship to Yahoo/Prudential that could be structured between a major broker and portal? I’m wonder RE/Max and/or Cendant are looking at this with their eye on a competing relationship. I also wonder if Brokers on a local scale have given consideration to similar relationships with powerful local portals? If I were a broker I would be looking at creative ways to leverage my IDX rights.

]]> By: Ubertor http://raincityguide.com/2006/09/01/yahoo-responds-to-our-questions/#comment-14968 Ubertor Fri, 01 Sep 2006 20:10:48 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/09/01/yahoo-responds-to-our-questions/#comment-14968 It will be interesting to see how this progresses and what Realtor.com, Google, etc do to compete. It will be interesting to see how this progresses and what Realtor.com, Google, etc do to compete.

]]> By: Joel Burslem http://raincityguide.com/2006/09/01/yahoo-responds-to-our-questions/#comment-14963 Joel Burslem Fri, 01 Sep 2006 19:23:41 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/09/01/yahoo-responds-to-our-questions/#comment-14963 That's disappointing that they remained so tightlipped about their "future releases or upgrades"... Overall, their responses feel less like a conversation and more like talking points from a PR agency, which is a bit of a let down. Nevertheless, thanks again for doing this Dustin. That’s disappointing that they remained so tightlipped about their “future releases or upgrades”…

Overall, their responses feel less like a conversation and more like talking points from a PR agency, which is a bit of a let down.

Nevertheless, thanks again for doing this Dustin.

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