Posted by Geri in Google, In The News, Internet, JotSpot, News, social networking, wiki.
With barely time to sit back and take a breath, Google’s done it again. Their latest acquisition, in the Web 2.0 realm is a company called JotSpot, a wiki application they can integrate into their growing menu of social networking services.
Started in 2004 by Excite’s co-founders Joe Kraus and Graham Spencer, JotSpot has evolved into a ” pioneering do-it-yourself application publishing” that “enables anyone to create, publish, and share collaborative and personalized wiki applications.” Geared toward small business customers, the Google acquisition will open the doors to a much broader based audience.
Does anyone else wonder what effect all of this will have on Microsoft?
Posted by Geri in General, Internet, News, Real Estate, Selling Your Home, Uncategorized.
With Zillow sitting in water hot enough to reach a rolling boil, another online appraisal service breaks the surface of the market in its beta stage. If one of Zillow’s problems was offering a finite price in their determination of value, Eppraisal with its huge range could be just as problematic. Zestimates were found to be so far off in many cases as to be worthless to a naive public. Eppraisal, on the other hand, based upon some observations on a very local level, is indeed in the ballpark when it comes to suggested valuations, but the ballpark is Yankee Stadium. It’s a little like trying to buy clothing for a woman, being told she’s somewhere in the range of 6 to 16. What size would you buy?
One of the big differences I see is Eppraisal’s offer of some information with an orientation of connecting the consumer with real estate professionals should a real life transaction loom somewhere in the foreseeable future. I’m interested to see where their business model takes them — and us.
Posted by Geri in Entertainment, General, Google, In The News, Internet, social networking, Uncategorized, Video Sharing, YouTube.
The two young men who launched YouTube just over a year ago are no doubt dancing in the streets. There’s nothing like a $1.65 billion dollar deal to get your heart beating just a little bit faster. Google’s all stock purchase of the wildly successful video site is a headline to the competition that it is in the game of video sharing in earnest and it’s in to win. In question at the moment is how to position those advertising dollars without risking a backlash due to some questionable content on YouTube.
Google will also have to deal with the possibility of lawsuits engendered by allegations of copyright infringement. As a start up, YouTube was a far less enticing target, but with Google’s deep pockets new lawsuits just might start springing up.
Whatever wrinkles need ironing out, the powers that be at Google seem to have an unerring eye when it comes to rounding out it’s online services while generating significant income to fund it’s growth.
For those of us in the real estate industry, YouTube might provide a viable option for online video presentations.
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