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Vlad,

We're connected on LinkedIn but not facebook.

In my case traffic went way up in March so I was surprised to see at the end of the month I had dropped a point. So I didn't see a traffic change either.

Google internally uses a much finer scale that the crude 1-10 that we see. My guess is I was a very low 3 and now I am a very high 2.

By the way I stumbled the top 100 list.

Vlad,
Thanks for getting this back up. Sadly just in time for my recent PR drop. I guess I have to start caring about my techonorati rank again. :-)

It sounds great, except like Dan said the quality factors are geared more to make Google more ad revenue not quality user experience. The click through ratio only has to do with how good a sales pitch in the ad is. It has NOTHING to do with user experience.

Hey Vlad,

Your top100 site comes up as expired. I enjoyed checking that from time to time both to see where I ranked and to see a great list of real estate web sites. I hope it is an over site and you renew it.

Wow cool idea Thanks.

This is great timing. Someone just sent me a PDF file that I could use as an article on my website. I really didn't want to retype it.

Dintz,

I bet a fair number. With the right marketing and packaging it should be easy to fool people. And the price is low enough that people would take the risk. But clearly people would find out very quickly that they had been ripped off.

I thought that perhaps the license would not allow someone to resell it. here is a quote from the license FAQ
"Selling a copy of a free program is legitimate, and we encourage it." Wow, they really believe in a free market free use, and the ability have complete freedom with the software.

PS I hope this isn't duplicated, I had trouble getting the page to reload after commenting.

is that much different form a book publisher charging for a book that has gone into the public domain and is available free on the internet?

Yet I would agree this is slimy. Perhaps part of it is because the people who have created Open Office have done so at great expese in terms of time and dollars only to give it away free.

Thanks for the reminder. I need to do this. As I read your post I went to my site to see if it was a feature included with Wordpress.

I realize now that all I have to do is make a different link category, good tip.

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Oh phooey, I missed it. Do you have any idea if it will be played again? I just signed up with Linked in and want to learn more about how to use it effectively.

Thanks, this is a big help. I've seen that message on a site I visit regularly. I have been afraid of it hitting my site because I wouldn't know how to deal with it.

I was a little afraid of 2.7 because I knew a lot of changes were coming. I wasn't happy when they made that last changes in the layout. But some of those features sound cool.

i didn't know about your comment plugin so that is a big improvement for me

Well it's taken me a long time to get around to it but I finally installed Lucia's plugin. I saw this post a long time ago so I knew this was the place to find the best one.

Thanks,

Ned

I checked out tech crunch, that was a fun exchange. He doesn't seem to be learning anything from these experiences.

i would have guessed AOL. I have to ask my partner this. he is an expert on all things unimportant.

I too like the idea in concept but i am with Ken on this one.how do you implement it.

There are many part time agents who only do 1 deal a year. Is it fair to make someone who is struggling do deal for free. I like the idea of helping people, I am not sure I like the idea forcing people to help others. I made a promise to myself to donate to charity in ever increasing amounts every year. I believe in giving back to society. But should the NAR decide how I give back?

I would love to see some kind of incentive to do this, i am not sure I like the idea of requiring it.

I think the first president I voted for was Carter. The difference between you and me is I knew he couldn't deliver all the things he was promising, but at least he was promising me things I wanted.

>If it’s harder to be successful, then people who work as hard as I do will stand out.

Yup, there is always a way to be successful. You just have to find it. Change is good for those who know how to adapt.

Ned Carey

I laughed out loud at your example, but i would think you would want to know he visited.

Glad your the suit is settled and you can move on

Ned Carey

I think Tom Vanderwell summed it up best by saying
>1. NAR needs you but I’m not sure they know they need you.

Right on Tom, I think that is the crux of the issue. Many of the other comments hint at the same thinig but you nailed it.

Ned Carey

Jay T wrote:
>Turning a bureaucracy of the size and scope of the NAR isn’t going to be done by one guy pulling hard on the tiller.

Exactly, is this a job you will want long run? What happens when they want you to promote or defend one of their stupid policies?

Todd commented:
>NAR has an opportunity to help new bloggers by educating them on ways to blog without landing them in legal or ethical trouble.

That sounds great but what I don't want to see is a complicated policy like their code of ethics that applies to blogs. It's hinted at in this part of their job listing; "* Maintain, evolve, and enforce NAR’s social media policies and guidelines"

Good luck to you (and Jay for that matter)
Ned Carey

Mortgage Jack wrote:
>In such environment, any glimmer of good news will lift the moods considerably.

Just yesterday I heard the market went up 400 points and CA Real estate sales were way up 65%. I thought wow some really positive news. I latter found out the reporting left out the fact whil number of CVA sales were way up prices were down 35%

Ned Carey

I guess I don't see why sub prime, alt A, or any loan defaults would affect title insurers.

In 99% of the cases a tax return should easily document income. Now if someone has understated their income on their tax return they really don't deserve a loan anyway, do they?

Gina said "However on a full-doc loan the underwriter insisted on using his worst year as representative of his annual income "

The above is an legitimate use of a stated loan. The irony is, it is simply stupidity on the part of the loan originator. Why would he not approve a solid borrower like you describe but would approve a higher risk undocumented loan?

That is not just a congressman that is Ron Paul who ran for President. He was the only one to speak the truth about our economy but sadly no one wanted to listen.

> but rather your ability to repeatedly execute getting started.

I get the point to avoid over emphasis on metrics. I didn't understand the last part of the sentence.

Interesting post and comments.

My blog is a month old. Just today I was telling my partner that we hadn't gotten even one sign up for our list yet. Coincidently two people signed up today. That would be a .34% conversion rate. Seeing your numbers give me a conversion rate to shoot for. (my first metric - yipee)