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I made this comment on twitter last week before leaving town and just returned from vacation to find that it started a fascinating discussion which moved to AR thanks to Courtney Cooper. Courtney further exaggerated my hyperbole and wrote a post titled "Blogging is Dead." The comments in response to Cortney's post are fascinating and range from deeply offended to deeply thoughtful -- if you haven't already, I recommend reading them. Anyhow, I guess I now have some explaining to do and thought that a video may be the best approach to take -- enjoy:

 

 
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Are your listings helping or hurting your Google ranking?
David Gibbons (Zillow.com)
Syndicating listings to 3rd party websites should be part of your SEO (search engine optimization) strategy. It's a simple formula; you allow your listings to be published on other websites in exchange for a link back to your site. Link building, as…
Get smarter about mortgages - on Mortgages Unzipped
David Gibbons (Zillow.com)
If you think that Fannie and Freddie are the mortgage story of the week, I hope that you're sitting down. OK, maybe Fannie & Freddie are the big news of the week but while the long-term impact of the fed's takeover is up for debate, I have no…
How to Recycle a Home
David Gibbons (Zillow.com)
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A taste of RE Bar Camp (San Francisco)
David Gibbons (Zillow.com)
This is a mashup of video I shot with my flip camcorder at RE Bar Camp in San Francisco last week. If you get a chance to attend a Bar Camp, I highly recommend it. [Soundtrack credit: Orphan by Laptop & Reilly via Open Source Audio]..
mo bling fo yo blog
David Gibbons (Zillow.com)
Zillow just unleashed a heap mo bling fo yo blog. Putting the slang aside, these mortgage rate widgets could add useful information for buyers visiting your blog. Remember buyers? Anyhow, click on the drop-down list to change the mortgage chart to…
Project Blogger -- Week 8 in Review --
David Gibbons (Zillow.com)
Many thanks to the ActiveRain gods for the opportunity to judge Project Blogger. Two months in and the apprentices are finding their stride. Go here to review all of the posts submitted by Project Blogger apprentices this week. For all the…
Zillow releases raw data behind Q4 Housing Reports
David Gibbons (Zillow.com)
Hi All, Zillow has released its quarterly reports on house value trends in the US in Q4 2006. More details about the reports can be found in this blog post in which Zillow's Director of Analytics explains that "For these 2006 fourth quarter…
Zillow's mini-series of blogging advice.
David Gibbons (Zillow.com)
This past week we posted a mini-series of tips for new bloggers on the Zillow Blog. The series was fun to write -- we had leaders at Zillow blog about their area of internet expertise in the context of starting a business weblog. While there's a…
ZFresh 5,000
David Gibbons (Zillow.com)
If you posted your listings on Zillow today or yesterday, THANK YOU! It's been an exciting couple of days. If you posted your Make Me Move price, fantastic! At a lively Zillow company all-hands meeting today, our latest affectionate phrase, to..
 

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