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Box web solution versus self-hosted website: Rent versus own?

Benn Rosales — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 04:28:16 +0000

Virtually on a daily basis we’re asked directly if a self-hosted real estate website is better than an out of box solution such as Active Rain or Posterous, and we directly answer, practically speaking, it is a rent versus own debate. The setup This debate spans back as many as five years as I’m aware and probably longer as msn blogs [...]

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ActiveRain problems mounting, hopes apology is enough

Benn Rosales — Sat, 01 May 2010 17:45:27 +0000

ActiveRain 404 ActiveRain users are lined up to complain about recent outages that seem to have plagued the blogging platform for what some users say “months.” But according to a video statement released by ActiveRain via Twitter, the problem has only been recent. The 59 second video blames the recent events on a server move. The statement claims the problems [...]

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ActiveRain experiences growing pains, users consider leaving

Matt Stigliano — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:22:59 +0000

ActiveRain’s Recent Troubles Recently ActiveRain has been plagued by server trouble. Anyone who uses or visits the site should know the verbiage of the “bad gateway” and “proxy error” messages by heart. It’s been annoying, frustrating, and down right excruciating. There is nothing worse then heading over there and not being able to get on the site – even worse, [...]

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Is it Wednesday already?

Matt Stigliano — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:02:07 +0000

Time feels like it’s flying by. I’ve been working pretty hard lately and spending more time working than sleeping, eating, and relaxing combined. I’m not complaining, it’s just that when you get really wrapped up in what’s going on, you tend to forget what day it is. Tuesdays feel like Wednesdays. Thursdays feel like Fridays. Sundays feel like Mondays. I’m [...]

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Real Estate Agents Rotting Like Dinosaurs- The Smell of Death Looms

Benn Rosales — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:31:35 +0000

Which Flavor Are You? Flavor One: Don’t give your data to Active Rain (localism) Trulia, Zillow, et al. Never sell the soul of the industry by adding value to big media site forums because at the end of the day, you’re trumping your own SEO efforts by placing a middle man between you and a phone call, Google search engine [...]

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Content Ownership and Other Urban Legends

Rich Jacobson — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:30:32 +0000

WordPress vs. ActiveRain First, let me preface this article by saying that I’m not choosing sides here. As one who has invested a considerable amount of time and energy in contributing content on both the ActiveRain Network and my own WordPress blog, I find value in both platforms. I know some wonderfully successful real estate professionals who have utilitzed ActiveRain, [...]

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