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The News Revolution Started Yesterday

Extinction probably isn’t the right word when it comes to assessing the state of journalism; evolution or revolution might be closer. Yesterday, Internet giants like Google and Yahoo, among others, announced enough traditional news media partnerships (and one citizen journalist partnership) that the volume of them became newsworthy itself.

Zillow, Newspapers Form Huge Advertising Network

Real estate experts seem to appreciate the news regarding Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - it looks like the industry is receiving a huge boost.  Now, specialists in real estate advertising may also have something to cheer, as Zillow and a large collection of newspapers have signed an agreement.

Zillow Adds Houses, Improves Accuracy

When ridiculously large financial figures get tossed about, I like to think of them in terms of houses.  As in: would I rather own my own small county or a faltering tech company?  But with Zillow being what it is, figures usually come in house form, anyway, and the freshest news relates to a whopping 10 million homes.

Zillow To Run Newspaper Real Estate Ads

Real estate site Zillow.com, which focuses on house price comparisons has entered a deal with the publishers of 282 newspapers to carry their real estate advertisements.

BlogWorld: SEO Tips For Bloggers

WebProNews is in Las Vegas this week at the BlogWorld and New Media Expo. In the session "Search Engine Optimization: Best Practices", the speakers focused on SEO tips for bloggers.

Video: Vanessa Fox on Zillow

At SES San Jose I was able to sit down with Vanessa Fox to talk briefly about some of the basic features of the Google Webmaster Central service and posted that interview but was also able to do a second video about her new role at Zillow.

Zillow "Rezeives" $30 Million In Funding

As funding rounds go, this was a big one: Zillow raised a fresh $30 million.  Look for the already-popular real estate site to really take off as a result.

Zillow Adds New Features

Zillow, a real estate Web site has added several new community features to their site. The most notable are individual neighborhood pages in over 130 U.S. cities and 6,500 neighborhoods.

Top 10 Reasons Vanessa Fox Left Google

Well, the search marketing industry was mildly rocked this week by the news that the much-beloved Vanessa Fox will be leaving Google where she was something of a maven, spokesperson, and technical evangelista for some years. The news has left me rather verklempt!

Google's Loss, Zillow's Gain

On a bittersweet note, Vanessa Fox announced in her official blog that she was leaving Google, the brand that has made her one of the most popular names among webmasters, for Zillow, a Real estate-based search engine.