ActiveRain Officially Independent: What to Expect Over the Next 30 Days

Ben, what turned me off was (1) Market Leader's "contract" that made it sound like they had ownership of OUR intellectual property.  (2) The constant phone calls, promoting themselves, etc.  By the time Trulia came along, I had pulled back, and the Zillow absorbtion of Trulia absolutely turned me off.  Elimination of competition is NEVER GOOD for the consumer.  Add to that, that they had an inexpensive access to the MLS, which is REALTOR® work product, and was being used to milk agents for leads.

Big government, Big banks, Big Insurance Carriers, Big unions, Big Corporate bailouts, and here comes Big Realty Corporations.  It is getting to be like fighting an alligator with a fly swatter.  ACTIVERAIN® NEEDS TO BE INDEPENDENT!  Thank you for wading into the swamp, and lets make AR a launch pad rather than a fly swatter for INDEPENDENCE!

I remember when real estate marketing was a loose network of energetic, hardworking, self-reliant, friendly, helpful, and competent real estate professionals.  I remember REALTORS® in station wagons, hauling families around the community; attorneys, appraisers, inspectors, and handy men calling on brokers in search of business.  I remember when the local broker walked in a restaurant and knew everyone, and was a friend, even to the other agents.  That is what I found in ActiveRain®.

Here's my quick take.  I have no interest in a listings outside my area.  I am interested in learning about the market and how people grow their business.  I am interested in the 2015 version of SEO.  I know Google has made changes.  I want to be able to stay current.  I am interested in success stories and how top producers became tops and whet they do.  I come here to learn.

Thanks Ben for giving us back AR. Welcome back Bob Congrats on your wedding.

Thanks for giving us back AR. Welcome back Bob, and congrats on your wedding. (I felt Mark Artesani said what I thought.)

Hey, Ben!  This blog got included in today's Last Week's Favorites post.

I'm looking forward to the new and improved Active Rain. Congratulations to Bob! 

Welcome HOME!! 

I've been away for awhile but it looks like I came back just in time for things to get really great!   Looking forward to the new ownership and the return of old friends.

Thanks for the oppotunity to give some feedback.  I hope the transition has gone smoothly.

Just submitted the survey. Appreciate the opportunity to submit feedback that will be scientifically interpreted to make informed business decisions for AR.

We used to get higher rankings on Google. I know we would all like to see that again.

Ben, I'm expecting great things. Thanks for asking our opinion!

Ben Kinney I would like to see a change with the photos. As of right now, there doesn't seem to be a way to delete photos that are saved or even edit them. This should be a fairly simple fix. There should be a way to edit photos that are uploaded and turned sideways.

Seatbelt buckled.

Expecting a heck of a ride, sometimes there will be dis, but surely there will be highs.

Great way to get feedback from the AR family, looking forward to the results and the new AR.

There's excitement in the air--and that's a positive change.

Great news! Looking forward to hearing about all the changes coming up.

Unfortunately ofer the time that AR became a part of Trulia and Zillow, I stopped I was getting nothing is respect to SEO, 

what I would like to see is getting back to where the system was with people helping each other more, the blogs having the ability to be search for with longtails.

it was more of a community in the past I would like to see that again, I also know I have work to do over the years I have changed websites and I need to go back and fix all the links in past posts (((( just might hire a person to do that)))

Great Blog!  Shared on Google Plus.  I am excited about the upcoming changes.  Our ship has a very capable captain!

I have been away from regular blogging & reading on AR for a long time - had a real distaste for MarketLeader as a company & not a big Trulia fan either.  Going to commit myself to cranking up the muse again & start contributing several times a week.