{"id":1427,"date":"2009-02-06T16:48:21","date_gmt":"2009-02-06T21:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bhgrealestateblog.com\/?p=1427"},"modified":"2024-12-30T14:50:26","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T19:50:26","slug":"friday-blog-scan-things-we-liked-from-the-week-that-was-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/friday-blog-scan-things-we-liked-from-the-week-that-was-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Blog Scan: Things we liked from the week that was"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/agentgenius.com\/?p=9798\">Marianna gave us 34 reasons<\/a> to love real estate. It&#8217;s worth a read if you need a little pick me up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Michael Wurzer <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.flexmls.com\/?p=556\">calls for<\/a> a marketing-driven approach to MLS data standards. As marketers who need to deal with MLS organizations in every market we enter, we could not agree more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">It was interesting to read about the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.sellsiusrealestate.com\/marketing-tips\/did-google-fish-slap-trulia\/2009\/02\/05\/\">SEO<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zillowblog.com\/holy-january-buyers-are-lurking\/2009\/02\/\">traffic<\/a> wars among the big online RE players this week. Lots of drama. But at the end of it all, we&#8217;re not sure what it all amounts to. Traffic is great, but it would be nice to see some talk about revenue.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Google&#8217;s launch of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/latitude\/intro.html#dc=gh0sla&amp;utm_campaign=en&amp;utm_source=gh0sla&amp;utm_medium=ha&amp;utm_term=google%20latitude\">Latitude<\/a> this week&#8217;s w a big deal. 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