2013 Real Estate Annual is now available — Property portals find new ways to generate revenue and growth
For immediate release: April 5, 2013 ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. – With a new housing boom in the United States, and a housing recovery under way or anticipated in many countries, people are looking online for houses and rental units like never before — so property portals are responding like never before. In its 2013 Real Estate Annual released today, Classified Intelligence Report...
Read MoreMedia companies battle for classified ad dominance in Latin America
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. — A classified advertising battle is under way in Latin America, with regional classified portals expanding and evolving in hopes of fighting off major multinational media classified publishers moving in from outside the region. Opportunities abound, as demonstrated by companies like EBay and Naspers targeting the traditional family-owned media companies in Latin...
Read MorePatch ad sales to take on McClatchy?
While the extensive growth focus of AOL’s Patch.com has been on editorial, there are rumblings that local ad sales are about to begin full force. The hyperlocal online publication is already in the classifieds space. Due to launch very soon are Patch.com Davis and Roseville, Calif., smack dab in McClatchy’s flagship Sacramento Bee DMA... This content is available free to...
Read MoreDear Jim Buckmaster and Craig Newmark: An open letter about crime and Craigslist
Dear Jim and Craig — You may feel that “just” 20 murders linked to Craigslist during the past three-and-a-half years — 12 of them during the past year alone — are acceptable. You shouldn’t. You may be unconcerned that almost every day in the United States, someone calls police to report that they were assaulted, robbed or ripped...
Read MoreAdicio VP Deep Menon dies
With great sadness we report that Deep Menon, VP of Products at Carlsbad, Calif.-based Adicio Inc., has died as the result of injuries sustained in an accident. Deep was responsible for the rollout of new platforms, features and functions at Adicio, which provides technology for recruitment, real estate and automotive classifieds to hundreds of customers worldwide. Only last week, he debuted...
Read MoreBackpage replaces Craigslist as prostitution-ad leader
Village Voice Media, with its Backpage.com classifieds site, is the new leader in prostitution advertising now that Craigslist has eliminated its erotic services ad section in the United States. Backpage.com’s revenue from online prostitution ads in 23 U.S. cities increased 15.3 percent to at least $1,671,685 in September compared with August, according to research conducted by the Advanced...
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