Comments on: Adventures in digital listing land http://raincityguide.com/2007/02/10/adventures-in-digital-listing-land/ 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: Jeremy http://raincityguide.com/2007/02/10/adventures-in-digital-listing-land/#comment-206988 Jeremy Sat, 10 Nov 2007 04:05:47 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/02/10/adventures-in-digital-listing-land/#comment-206988 Robbie, Can you automate the playing of the audio version of captcha and then capture the sound and turn it to text using something like jott and submit? I am sure there are better speech to text apps out there than Jott but just a thought on a workaround. What do you think? Robbie,

Can you automate the playing of the audio version of captcha and then capture the sound and turn it to text using something like jott and submit? I am sure there are better speech to text apps out there than Jott but just a thought on a workaround.

What do you think?

]]> By: Robbie http://raincityguide.com/2007/02/10/adventures-in-digital-listing-land/#comment-191671 Robbie Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:30:21 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/02/10/adventures-in-digital-listing-land/#comment-191671 You can't completely automate Craigslist postings, because of the CAPTCHA. However, it is possible to automate them up to that point with IE automation. You can’t completely automate Craigslist postings, because of the CAPTCHA. However, it is possible to automate them up to that point with IE automation.

]]> By: Shreveport Bossier Real Estate http://raincityguide.com/2007/02/10/adventures-in-digital-listing-land/#comment-191034 Shreveport Bossier Real Estate Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:27:26 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/02/10/adventures-in-digital-listing-land/#comment-191034 Anybody have a recommendation to a method of automated Craigslist postings that are reliable and non-spammy? We've put some beautiful Craigslist postings out there, but we have to do them one at a time. Anybody have a recommendation to a method of automated Craigslist postings that are reliable and non-spammy? We’ve put some beautiful Craigslist postings out there, but we have to do them one at a time.

]]> By: PropBot.com http://raincityguide.com/2007/02/10/adventures-in-digital-listing-land/#comment-190042 PropBot.com Sat, 06 Oct 2007 19:20:28 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/02/10/adventures-in-digital-listing-land/#comment-190042 Add PropBot.com to your syndication list. We just started accepting Free Bulk Property feeds a couple months ago Add PropBot.com to your syndication list. We just started accepting Free Bulk Property feeds a couple months ago

]]> By: Robbie http://raincityguide.com/2007/02/10/adventures-in-digital-listing-land/#comment-189538 Robbie Fri, 05 Oct 2007 22:43:06 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/02/10/adventures-in-digital-listing-land/#comment-189538 Surprisingly, to date, Trulia has driven the most referrals to my client's web site. It's hard to determine how much traffic is coming from Google (the search engine) vs Google Base vs Google Maps, but Google is a solid second if you exclude the search engine. This is followed by Microsoft (MSN & Live), Yahoo, Zillow (which we expect will go up when the feeds go live), and Craigslist (we just started automated Craigslist postings, so we expect this will go up as well). The most surprising thing is that Realtor.com hasn't sent any traffic to our site. We get more traffic from edgeio, oodle & vast than Realtor.com. Surprisingly, to date, Trulia has driven the most referrals to my client’s web site.

It’s hard to determine how much traffic is coming from Google (the search engine) vs Google Base vs Google Maps, but Google is a solid second if you exclude the search engine.

This is followed by Microsoft (MSN & Live), Yahoo, Zillow (which we expect will go up when the feeds go live), and Craigslist (we just started automated Craigslist postings, so we expect this will go up as well).

The most surprising thing is that Realtor.com hasn’t sent any traffic to our site. We get more traffic from edgeio, oodle & vast than Realtor.com.

]]> By: Shreveport Real Estate http://raincityguide.com/2007/02/10/adventures-in-digital-listing-land/#comment-189080 Shreveport Real Estate Fri, 05 Oct 2007 02:52:42 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/02/10/adventures-in-digital-listing-land/#comment-189080 We've been running a Google Base feed for about a year, and it hardly drives any traffic. We just got approved for Trulia feed today, and I'm hoping it'll drive more traffic than Base. Of all the free datafeeds out there, which of the free datafeeds would you guys say drives the most traffic? We’ve been running a Google Base feed for about a year, and it hardly drives any traffic. We just got approved for Trulia feed today, and I’m hoping it’ll drive more traffic than Base.
Of all the free datafeeds out there, which of the free datafeeds would you guys say drives the most traffic?

]]> By: Shreveport Real Estate http://raincityguide.com/2007/02/10/adventures-in-digital-listing-land/#comment-189074 Shreveport Real Estate Fri, 05 Oct 2007 02:49:06 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/02/10/adventures-in-digital-listing-land/#comment-189074 What a great read. Can't wait 'til Zillow gets off their butt and finishes their feed. What a great read. Can’t wait ’til Zillow gets off their butt and finishes their feed.

]]> By: A Fistful of Feeds | Rain City Guide | A Seattle Real Estate Blog... http://raincityguide.com/2007/02/10/adventures-in-digital-listing-land/#comment-180763 A Fistful of Feeds | Rain City Guide | A Seattle Real Estate Blog... Sun, 16 Sep 2007 04:24:32 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/02/10/adventures-in-digital-listing-land/#comment-180763 [...] Just when you thought it was safe in digital listing land, it’s going to get a little wilder. You see, Jesse ‘Zillow’ James has got a new six shooter and is getting ready to take your listings, publish them for the world to see, and give the town sheriff something else to think about. Right now, Jesse is just at target practice, but high noon at the O.K. Corral is coming soon enough. [...] [...] Just when you thought it was safe in digital listing land, it’s going to get a little wilder. You see, Jesse ‘Zillow’ James has got a new six shooter and is getting ready to take your listings, publish them for the world to see, and give the town sheriff something else to think about. Right now, Jesse is just at target practice, but high noon at the O.K. Corral is coming soon enough. [...]

]]> By: Trulia Blog » Sequoia Capital leads funding round http://raincityguide.com/2007/02/10/adventures-in-digital-listing-land/#comment-139756 Trulia Blog » Sequoia Capital leads funding round Thu, 24 May 2007 13:00:30 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/02/10/adventures-in-digital-listing-land/#comment-139756 [...] Over the past three months, we launched Trulia Voices, announced a deal with Realogy, were chosen by REBNY to power their NY listings site, and hit the 1.5 million unique visitors mark. The whirlwind of news was accompanied by some very interesting gossip (often found in the comment sections). [...] [...] Over the past three months, we launched Trulia Voices, announced a deal with Realogy, were chosen by REBNY to power their NY listings site, and hit the 1.5 million unique visitors mark. The whirlwind of news was accompanied by some very interesting gossip (often found in the comment sections). [...]

]]> By: Where should the MLS end and the IDX begin? | Rain City Guide | A Seattle Real Estate Blog... http://raincityguide.com/2007/02/10/adventures-in-digital-listing-land/#comment-133467 Where should the MLS end and the IDX begin? | Rain City Guide | A Seattle Real Estate Blog... Thu, 10 May 2007 19:42:45 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/02/10/adventures-in-digital-listing-land/#comment-133467 [...] What should the MLS responsibilities be in terms of listing change notification, statistics/reporting, automated listing distribution, listing access via mobile devices or any number of things that either an MLS or an IDX vendor could provide? [...] [...] What should the MLS responsibilities be in terms of listing change notification, statistics/reporting, automated listing distribution, listing access via mobile devices or any number of things that either an MLS or an IDX vendor could provide? [...]

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