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Drew Meyers currently runs ESM Exec Designs, a design shop specializing in corporate and personal blog design. Travel addict managing Oh Hey World, a travel blog focused on generation X & Y, and real estate technology enthusiast. In his free time, Drew enjoys reading, traveling the world, spending time with passionate people, and is active member of the microfinance community.
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Monthly Archives: March 2009
Rich on Forbes Video Network
When I was on Forbes reading this post as part of the myspace-citysearch posts I just wrote, Zillow CEO Rich Barton came up in the Forbes Video network module. I hadn’t seen the video before, so thought the video was new (I was wrong) and wanted to quickly embed it in a blog post straight from that screen. No luck. But thanks to FromCarl for helping me figure the embedding thing out on twitter.
Myspace and CitySearch Team Up
Big news today that Myspace and CitySearch are teaming up to create “myspace local”. I know, I know — you (and I) can’t believe I’m writing about myspace again after my a recent post. But this is big news in the local space. Here is a demo if you’re interested in digging in. Yelp has 20 million UUs and CitySearch only 25 million UUs, even though they have a 10 year head start. So, is this a bit of Yelp envy? Absolutely. However, you’ve got to ask – will this help myspace catch up to facebook in the social networking space? I have to say no on that one since it likely won’t result in … Continue reading
Does Anyone Still Use Myspace…
They released a toolbar today….but is there anyone out there who still uses Myspace anymore to care? I’m skeptical the toolbar will get much adoption…but I could be wrong. All I hear about now is Facebook, Facebook, and Facebook some more; for instance, the number of users 35+ in the US has doubled in the last 60 days on FB. I’m just sayin…
Going to LA for RE BarCamp Los Angeles
I’ll be in LA (more specifically Pasadena) next week for the Los Angeles RE BarCamp (along with David G). I arrive Wednesday afternoon and leave Thursday evening after the barcamp – find me on twitter or e-mail if you’re in the area and want to chat. Especially if you are in the real estate industry, make sure to attend the April 1st happy hour organized by Stacey Harmon! There are already 460+ RSVPs — if you are interested in sponsoring for $250 (my employer, Zillow, is one of the sponsors), contact Ricardo on Twitter. Should be a fun day and a half with some sun hopefully! Hope to see you there.
Are you My Entrepreneur?
There’s a good post over on the Kiva Stories from the Field blog that’s worth reading (IMO) — Are you My Entrepreneur?
Should A Website Listen to Its Users?
Of course the answer is yes…but the real answer is “yes and no”. The degree to which a web company listens to their users is something every website views slightly differently — it’s a fine line between trying to please your users and doing what’s best for your business at the same time. For the most part, those two things align very well; particularly for media companies that make their money from advertising. The more happy users — the more uniques, ad impressions to serve, positive word of mouth, etc. But just because there are a ton of users who revolt over a specific feature or major design change does not mean its bad for … Continue reading
