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    Valentine’s Day Reminder…

    Just a reminder that tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, so don’t forget to say it with flowers or chocolate or, if you are feeling really adventurous, maybe even mow a message into your lawn (like the home above in Purcellville, VA). In case you ...

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    Zlango – another “Z” company with a neat product

    I read this morning in Techcrunch that another interesting company starting with a “Z” got funded — an Israeli company called Zlango. The “Z” in their name is not their only similarity to Zillow — one of our venture ...

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    Happy Birthday Zillow!

    We have our birthday hats on today here at Zillow HQ in downtown Seattle: our little company is now one year old. It seems like just yesterday that we launched the site, but we’ve come a long way in this past year. Check our our recently added Zillow ...

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    Zillow in FORTUNE

    Just in time for our first birthday, we’re very excited to be on the cover of the February 19th issue of FORTUNE Magazine. The writer, Jeffrey O’Brien, tells a pretty interesting story about posting a Make Me Move price on his San Francisco ...

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    Saving the world one lightbulb at a time

    It’s a predicament we all have faced in the aisles of our local store — we know that fluorescent lights are better in the long run, yet it is still hard to fork over triple or even quadruple the cost of the incandescent one. If you broke down ...

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    Blogging SEO and Syndication

    Ed: This is the fourth part of a five-part mini-series on the topic of things to think about when starting a business blog. There are some basics things you can start doing today to increase the visibility of your real estate blog in the search engines.

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    Avoiding Legal Pitfalls in Blogging

    Ed: This is the third part of a five-part mini-series on the topic of things to think about when starting a business blog. The great thing about the blogging revolution is that everyone can be a publisher. Of course, to a lawyer like me, the scary thing ...

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    Setting Up Your Blog

    Ed: This is the second part of a five-part mini-series on the topic of things to think about when starting a business blog. If and when you decide to take the plunge into the blogosphere — either with a personal or a business blog — step one ...

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    $4,000 a Square Foot – and Mildew to Boot

    Associated Press and CurbedSF have both picked up on the absurd story of a 77-square foot London flat going for $335,000… that’s $4,350 a square foot! With an en suite shower and (surprise) mildew coating the walls, it’s characterized as ...