February 22, 2012
By Sharon Hill
Today’s SuperMedia revenue report couldn’t find much to spin, as advertising sales figures continue their 15 plus percent YOY incline each quarter. Fourth quarter revenue in 2009 was $570 million, in 2010 $483 million. Today’s release indicated a Q411 ad revenue figure of $405, for a drop of more than 16 percent year over year.
It’s a shame, as SuperMedia has been aggressively growing its digital products....
February 21, 2012
Apartment.com’s January study of the U.S. rental landscape comes to a not-surprising conclusion that more folks plan on becoming renters in 2012 than had that intent one year before. Some interesting points, however, from this online survey of 3000:
- A slightly greater number of new renters were those moving out on their own than those who had been homeowners.
- Loss of a home to foreclosure accounted for only 4 percent of planned rentals . Rather, the number one...
February 20, 2012
By Sharon Hill
Brian Larson, attorney for the MLS Domains Association, and long-time real estate blogger and litigator, released three distinct announcements about changes at MDA, and its bid to control the pending dot-MLS top-level domain.
1. The China-based owner of www.mls.com, which appears to be an aggregator rather than MLS affiliate, has stepped...
February 17, 2012
By Sharon Hill
We were somewhat startled to see a local Patch.com editor announce yesterday that Patch.com classifieds were no more – temporarily, for an undisclosed time period. See the graphic below.
What we found in our own investigation was that Patch classifieds were still around, though the bulk of them are aggregated Indeed.com Job ads, moved from a now-removed Marketplace tab to the More tab. We found no invitation to...
By Christo Volschenk
Some do it on a shoestring. Some put their lines in the water, then sit back to see whether anything bites. Others go in fully committed. That’s how different the big classified players are applying themselves today to the challenge of Africa.Google is in Africa with portals*, but no physical presence; Swiss media group Ringier is there with portals and local teams, but almost no money (read...
February 15, 2012
Twitter-based social job site TweetMyJobs.com just completed a survey of 2000 job seekers and 400 hiring managers. TMJ asked these folks about their participation in social media to find jobs or candidates. The final results became a video for the TweetMyJobs blog.
Here are some stats:
- 50% of job seekers still spend most their time ...
This post is for AIMGroup / Classified Intelligence clients. Clients can enter the password below. Not a client yet? See our Become a Client page.
Password:
February 14, 2012
By Christo Volschenk
The Serbian subsidiary of Swiss-based RingierAxelSpringer (RAS) acquired Mojauto.rs, the second biggest auto portal in Serbia, for an undisclosed amount, the company announced today. RAS is the 50:50 joint venture of Swiss media group Ringier and German media group Axel Springer with a focus on Eastern Europe.In the same media announcement (...
February 13, 2012
By Christo Volschenk
The Swiss business magazine Bilanz published an interview last week with Christian Unger, CEO of Swiss media group Ringier, on the company’s digital strategy. We publish excerpts below. Go here for the full interview (in German).Mr. Unger: Our company is built on three pillars, namely...
February 10, 2012
This post is for AIMGroup / Classified Intelligence clients. Clients can enter the password below. Not a client yet? See our Become a Client page.
Password: