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The Motley Fool
April 6, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Location, Location, Location at Google Google quietly rolls out real estate listings. Investors, keep watching this situation. When Google moves, things change.   |
BusinessWeek
May 17, 2004
Gene G. Marcial |
Homestore: The Hottest Thing In Real Estate Homestore, a company that offers the most real estate listings through its Web sites, is an attractive turnaround story and a play on the migration of ad money from newspapers to the Internet. It is also a likely buyout target for Yahoo. |
The Motley Fool
February 23, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Homestore Busts a Move Along with the company's name change, the online real-estate specialist will be tweaking some of its sites. Free listings will be introduced on some of them, and that may be just the elixir to grow traffic that can be easily monetized these days. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
May 1, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Keeping It RealEstate.com IAC will probably find itself trimming commission rates sooner than it thinks in order to grow its business in a hurry. That's important, because the real estate model itself seems to be in a state of flux at the moment. RealEstate.com doesn't have the luxury to take it slowly. |
The Motley Fool
November 1, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Burning Down the HouseValues HouseValues brings down the roof again. The company's investments into real estate listings and mortgage referrals is problematic in that it ties itself to a sector that may not be bouncing back anytime soon. Investors, take note. |
Search Engine Watch
June 7, 2006
Greg Sterling |
A Real Estate Vertical Search Roundup, Part 1 If you thought the housing market was competitive, try online real estate sites. After a couple of years of seeming stability and calm, the sector is now booming. |
The Motley Fool
November 9, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Homestore's Open House The online realty specialist is cashing in on turbulence in the real estate market and produced its third straight profitable quarter, earning $0.01 per share on a 21% spike in revenues. Yes, the real estate market may be cooling off, but should that worry investors? |
Search Engine Watch
June 13, 2006
Greg Sterling |
A Real Estate Vertical Search Roundup, Part 2 This concludes a roundup of a number of the most popular new real estate search verticals. |
The Motley Fool
May 3, 2006
Tom Taulli |
On the Move.com The former Homestore.com now wants to be a one-stop solution to real estate online. The company reported a first-quarter revenue increase of 22% to $69 million, but the company posted a loss of $2 million. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
March 6, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
3 Stocks That Blew the Market Away Let's take a closer look at a few of the companies that humbled the Wall Street Wise this past week: World Wrestling Entertainment... HouseValues... Men's Wearhouse... |
InternetNews
February 23, 2006
Ed Sutherland |
Homestore on The 'Move' The online real estate advertiser changes its name through the purchase of Move.com to highlight the company's new focus on real estate consumers. |
The Motley Fool
May 25, 2006
Rich Smith |
Dueling Fools: HouseValues Bull Rebuttal This real estate lead-generating web site is worth a look from investors. |
Bank Technology News
May 2006
Lee Conrad |
Mortgage: Quicken Gets A New Lead On Locals The online lender's sponsor deal with HomePages allows consumers to access aerial maps and neighborhood information and is a means to tap an $11 billion local ad market. |
Salon.com
July 27, 2001
Amy Standen |
Burning down the house Homestore, an online property-listing company, has been one of the few dot-com success stories. But the realtors who are its main customers are growing restless... |
The Motley Fool
November 30, 2005
Tom Taulli |
Google Picks Up the Phone The search king is using a new model to make money: pay-per-call. While Google is likely to be a beneficiary of this trend, it definitely will not get a free ride. |
Entrepreneur
January 2006
Crystal Detamore-Rodman |
Big Boom Theory Is the housing market stealing away high-tech investing dollars? |
Search Engine Watch
December 3, 2001
Danny Sullivan |
Yahoo Expands Paid Placement Listings Yahoo is now carrying paid placement listings on its search results pages, rather than just within its category pages, through a deal cut with Overture (the former GoTo) last month... |
The Motley Fool
February 23, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Betting Against the HouseValues Until Realtors come back, the model is broken. Until cash flow bounces back, the cash cushion is a mirage. Until HouseValues proves that it can be profitable in this competitive market, be very careful about diving into the shares. |
The Motley Fool
May 25, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Dueling Fools: HouseValues Bear The real estate lead-generator proved to investors that its business model need work -- and lots of it. HouseValues' revenue growth was only half of what analysts expected, and earnings dropped considerably, too. |
The Motley Fool
March 29, 2005
Selena Maranjian |
Don't Bet on Real Estate There are good and not-so-good ways to invest in real estate. Here's some clarification on which ways are best. |
The Motley Fool
May 10, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Rebuilding at HouseValues With a third of its market cap spoken for, given HouseValues' bountiful cash and short-term investments, there is a value argument to be made here -- if HouseValues can sustain its profitability and build on it. |
The Motley Fool
March 10, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Homestore's Blown Opportunity The online realty specialist blinked and missed the real estate boom. |
National Real Estate Investor
October 1, 2002
Martin Sinderman |
Software Giants Buying Into Real Estate Niche Commercial real estate looks like an attractive target for major software companies in search of new markets. So, they're snapping up independent software companies that have the technology to serve the industry. |
The Motley Fool
January 29, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
eBay Tries On the Cheap Suit eBay is overhauling its pricing strategy. The good news for sellers is that eBay is slashing listing fees by as much as 50%. But, there's bad news too. |
Search Engine Watch
June 2, 2004
Danny Sullivan |
The Paid Inclusion Dinosaur A look at the bet Yahoo's making and alternative plays they could have tried. |
InternetNews
January 23, 2008
Kenneth Corbin |
New Real Estate Search Aims to Defy Rivals, Market Woes Real estate search service Roost.com launched publicly today, promising a more comprehensive and targeted approach to house hunting on the Internet. |
Search Engine Watch
March 3, 2003
Danny Sullivan |
Google Throws Hat Into The Contextual Advertising Ring Last week, Google unveiled a new method of distributing its paid listings, placing them on web pages, as opposed to the traditional means of inserting them into search results. |
The Motley Fool
July 26, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
HouseValues Condemned As long as HouseValues is able to maintain its greenery beyond the funds earmarked for yesterday's announced share buyback, it will have the luxury of time to get its model right. Impatient investors have moved on. |
The Motley Fool
February 2, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
5 Low-Priced Stock Ideas Big riches can sometimes come in small packages: iVillage... MIVA... Homestore.com... TheStreet.com... Health Grades... |
InternetNews
December 18, 2003
Zachary Rodgers |
Ah-ha.com Adopts New Moniker The paid search listings provider changed its name to Enhance Interactive. The name change was motivated foremost by a gradual change in ah-ha.com's business model. |
The Motley Fool
October 8, 2004
Brian Gorman |
Google on the March As it moves ahead with a variety of initiatives, investors may want to be cautious about the search specialist. |
The Motley Fool
December 10, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Building a Better House Trap Among online real estate sites, innovation springs from unlikely sources. |
Search Engine Watch
January 23, 2006
Gary Price |
Terrific Real Estate Search Tools The combination of online maps, satellite and aerial imagery and real estate have spawned some fascinating and useful search sites, allowing you to visit virtual properties all around the world. |
The Motley Fool
June 9, 2005
Selena Maranjian |
Use a Realtor, But Don't Be One Times are tough for many real estate agents because of competition. |
Search Engine Watch
May 6, 2002
Danny Sullivan |
Overture Wins Yahoo, What Will Happen With Google? Overture had a major win last month by extending its initial five-month deal to provide paid listings to Yahoo for an additional three years. In addition, Overture's being named Yahoo's exclusive paid listings provider may impact Google's editorial partnership with Yahoo... |
Search Engine Watch
October 23, 2003
Anne Kennedy |
Balancing Paid and Organic Search Listings Do you really need both 'organic' or 'natural' listings, generated by search engine optimization (SEO), and paid placement, aka pay-per-click advertising (PPC), to be successful on search engines? |
InternetNews
August 2, 2004
Susan Kuchinskas |
Search Versus Search in Silicon Valley The Search Engine Strategies conference focuses on optimizing Web pages so they'll rank higher in search results. |
InternetNews
February 5, 2004
Susan Kuchinskas |
SuperPages.com's PPC Play Verizon's revamp of the Internet yellow pages site adds a cleaner interface and a new advertising model, utilizing pay-per-click ads with technology from FindWhat.com. |
The Motley Fool
August 9, 2005
Dayana Yochim |
Don't Sell Your Home Wanna make a killing in real estate? Stay right where you are. |
AskMen.com
October 13, 2003
Dan Carter |
Important Real Estate Websites Whether you're an investor looking to purchase commercial, residential or industrial real estate, or are simply looking to buy a new home, the World Wide Web has you covered. |
The Motley Fool
November 19, 2004
Brian Gorman |
Google's Caution Google's warning is no reason to panic, though the Internet upstart's position is not as secure as it once was. |
The Motley Fool
April 7, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Tough Times for Real Estate Agents The housing market is still booming, but all isn't rosy for agents. |
Search Engine Watch
October 9, 2002
Danny Sullivan |
Yahoo Renews With Google, Changes Results After months of speculation, Yahoo announced today that it has renewed its relationship to use Google's results as part of its search listings. In addition, Yahoo made a substantial change to end its historic barrier between human-powered and crawler-based search results. |
The Motley Fool
May 5, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
A Fool Looks Back Nodes, odes, and adobes colored in the week that was: Tech can tick you off... Rest well, Rukeyser... A Homestore by any other name... |
The Motley Fool
November 4, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Homestore "As Is" One would think that the company behind Realtor.com would be milking the home hunters dry in this robust market. Yet it's not happening. |
BusinessWeek
July 19, 2004
Coy & Miller |
Is A Housing Bubble About To Burst? As rising rates in the U.S. send mortgage payments higher, demand may cool. |
Search Engine Watch
March 16, 2005
Danny Sullivan |
MSN To Launch Its Own Paid Listings Program MSN has announced it will enter the paid search arena with a full-blown self-service paid listing program similar to those run by Yahoo and Google. |
AskMen.com
Dan Carter |
Basics Of Real Estate Investing It is never easy to make the most of your investments, but there is one option that remains a solid, steadily profitable venue for your money. This, of course, is real estate -- a wise choice through good times and bad. |
InternetNews
September 27, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Analysts: Google Exploring Classifieds Google solicits feeds from the online ad industry. |
BusinessWeek
August 9, 2004
Ben Elgin |
Google This: Investor Beware The Web search outfit's business is terrific, but its long-term outlook is cloudy. The company will no doubt lure plenty of interest when it sells shares. But given all the challenges ahead, smart investors will proceed with caution. |
