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Re: Getclicky Is Our New Favorite Web 2.0 Analytics Program

admin — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 20:17:13 -0000

Yes, I completely agree. GetClicky.com is amazing. We have been using Google Analytics and GetClicky on all of our sites including RealBird.com, RealKi (now InmanWiki) and on all of our listing websites.

While Google Analytics is great for data mining, it is too complicated (too many options and drill downs) for on-going review of traffic flow. GetClicky on the other hand has a lot of features (see their comp. matrix on their site) which makes it extremely easy to follow what's happening on your site and blog.

It is essential to see how traffic is flowing in and out of your site.

I had a comment on ActiveRain regarding how GetClicky - in combination with other tools - enabled me to turn web traffic flow into real world contact:

http://activerain.com/blogsview/74197/Another-l...

Sorry for the self-promotion, this is really about GetClicky. I highly recommend them.

-- Zoltan

Re: Getclicky Is Our New Favorite Web 2.0 Analytics Program

admin — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 20:17:13 -0000

Re: Ferrari F50 Coupe Listed on eBay for $985,000

admin — Wed, 07 May 2008 23:09:07 -0000

5 days to go from the F50 auction. 6 offers so far, no buyer yet.

I checked your site "Fast cars", great content. Send us some million dollar finds in cars if you run into some. Thanks

Re: Ferrari F50 Coupe Listed on eBay for $985,000

admin — Mon, 19 May 2008 20:36:50 -0000

The F50 is relisted on eBay again. The new link is:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...

I'll update the post shortly to reflect the correct link.

Re: Forestside Estates Hopkinton MA ($999,900)

admin — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:28:59 -0000

You are welcome Bill. Congratulation.

Re: Le bassin aux nymphéas by Monet sold for over $80 million

admin — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:13:17 -0000

Good background information in the New York Times article

Re: 2008/03/09/mapquest-apis/

admin — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:54:20 -0000

LiquidSilver, I agree. Unlimited geocoding and unlimited routing are the disruptive ones.

-- Zoltan
RealBird.com

Re: Basic IDX Questions, Answered

admin — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 08:26:52 -0000

Hojin,

Unfortunately, we (RealBird) still do not have your market covered with the Map-based IDX Search, but will release a big one very soon and will add many more during 2008!

Also, we just introduced a new concept, i.e. widgetizing MLS hotlists so that agents and brokers can capture visitors from blogs and from the "edge" of the Internet.

See the write up about the concept at http://realbird.typepad.com

Andrew, great post and good to see you guys coming along with nice products. Competition is what drive innovation, as we all know !

-- Zoltan Szendro
RealBird.com

Re: A Normal Morning, then Open Up MyBlogLog and…Lifestreaming

admin — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:54:04 -0000

I also noticed that MyBlogLog added FriendFeed.com (another LifeStreaming aggregator) to the list of services.

That sounds like an infinite loop to me. You add your aggregated feed to MLB, then add the MLB aggregated feed RSS to FriendFeed.com and there you go, you got an infinite loop, like the video feedback effect, the one you can create with a video camera and taking a video of the TV screen which is connected to the very same camcorder.

Not that anybody wants to do this on purpose, but it still raises a few conceptual question: who will be the ultimate final destination to see your aggregated online activities? What happens with the distributed, fragmented communication, like isolated comment islands on these different hubs?

In any case, I am trying this out and see what happens.

http://friendfeed.com/zszendro
and
http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/RealBird/

are now mutually aggregating each other.

-- Zoltan
http://www.RealBird.com

Re: Does Adobe Photoshop Express Have everything Realtors Need?

admin — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:48:25 -0000

I like your case study approach. Express is pretty neat Flex magic from Adobe. It has more tools for photo touch-ups than Picnik, but requires more clicks to achieve simple tasks. There are clearly different markets which requires different functionalities. Consumer photo editing, sharing (Adobe Photoshop Express, Picassa Web), photo touch-ups for online and print publications (Photoshop Express and desktop Adobe tools) and photo editing for bloggers and other online activities where speed of use is crucial (Picnik).

I will stick with Picnik for the time being for editing screenshots and photos for blog posts. It is still the quickest way to achieve good quality output. The speed I can complete a task with Picnik is unbeatable. I guess it's going to be a feature race now between these players.

Thanks

-- Zoltan
http://realbird.typepad.com

Re: Now Available: Google Street View via API

admin — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:58:29 -0000

Andrew - Nice API addition by Google. Especially the feature which allows controlling the flash pano from javascript. I expect some cool mashups coming out using that interface. On the other hand I hoped for a bit more, like the ability to add hotspots, interactions and media into the panorama itself. Like clicking on a house window and playing a YouTube interior virtual tour video. That sort of things. Hopefully, Google will speed up the addition of new coverages now that developers are creating new demand.

-- Zoltan
http://realbird.typepad.com

Re: Now Available: Google Street View via API

admin — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:36:51 -0000

Andrew - Nice implementation ! It seems both of us are obsessed to get solutions on the market as soon as possible and both of us made it to the top of the list of links on the Google blog at http://googlemapsapi.blogspot.com/2008/03/stree...

1st and 4th link. Cool !

-- Zoltan
http://realbird.typepad.com

Re: Now Available: Google Street View via API

admin — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:28:15 -0000

Andrew ! Thanks for linking to us as well. I was hesitant to do it myself on your own blog post :-)

Re: You Now Have the Ability to Add Free School Data to Your Web Site or Blog

admin — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:15:44 -0000

Drew - Thanks for the heads up. Perfect. I wanted to have access to an API for high quality school data for so long. I am checking it out right now.

-- Zoltan

Re: Want a Link from an Official Google Blog?

admin — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:01:36 -0000

Drew - Thanks for the share !

Re: Want a Link from an Official Google Blog?

admin — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:14:47 -0000

Jim - Come on over to ActiveRain. Instructions to participate are listed there.

Re: Want a Link from an Official Google Blog?

admin — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:22:11 -0000

Bobbie - Most importantly, the one who will be linked can win a listing interview or two with this, I hope. I am not sure about the actual SEO and direct traffic benefits, but just to be able to show to a new seller that he or she is linked from Google's blog can be very powerful. I am not suggesting deception: Google featured the technology, not the particular agent and it is not a substitute of RE skills and professionalism of course, but it is definitely a plus to be able to show something unique like this.

Re: Want a Link from an Official Google Blog?

admin — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:34:26 -0000

We have a winner:

See http://activerain.com/blogsview/889764/And-The-...

Drew, Thanks again sharing the sweepstakes with the readers.