Symantec’s Internet Security Report, published on September 25, 2006, tells the sad tale of increased security threats. It is no surprise that Internet Explorer receives the most threats. It is the most widely used browser. But interestingly, Mozilla Firefox (my preferred browser because of the extensions) had more vulnerabilities (47) than Microsoft’s […]
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Symantec Internet Security Threat Report
Published by October 6th, 2006 in Hot News, Studies & Stats, Technology and Tips & Useful Links.The Statistical Shell Game or How To Spin A Chart
Published by October 2nd, 2006 in New Construction, Rant, Residential Real Estate and Studies & Stats. 8 CommentsThere are three kinds of lies—-lies, damned lies and statisics. (Mark Twain)
I am not a big fan of charts or statistics because they can manipulate data and distort the truth. I’d prefer to see the raw data. Yet, some insist on parading them to support their point of view. Here’s an example […]
27. Things You Should Never Buy New
Published by September 22nd, 2006 in 101 posts, Retail, Studies & Stats, Tips & Useful Links and classifieds.Timeshares is on the list because of quick depreciation. Also on the list, office furniture and hand tools. See the others here.
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26. U.S. Cities With The Highest Foreclosure Rates
Published by September 22nd, 2006 in 101 posts, Residential Real Estate and Studies & Stats.Business Week reports on a study by RealtyTrac listing the top cities for foreclosures. Funny, I remember some of these on the list of hottest markets. Here is the red list:
1. Indianapolis, Indiana
2. Atlanta, Georgia
3. Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas
4. Denver, Boulder, Greeley, CO
5. Austin-San Marcos, TX
6. Houston, Galveston, Brazoria, TX
7. Memphis, TN
8. Stockton-Lodi, CA
9. […]
Today, we checked our Technorati stats and found that we had 200 blogs linking to us. A good reason to take a moment to celebrate and thank all our blogging friends for giving us the honor of having you link to us. Thank you all. We have a way to go to catch […]
Fresh Crazy Egg: The Sunny Side Of Stats
Published by September 13th, 2006 in Cool Tools, Studies & Stats and Technology. 2 Comments
Tracking your website traffic, ads, links and visitor habits is what this crayegg does, in an easy to use format.
Here’s how you can use this tool. An overlay displays links to various areas of your site. Raw clicks to each page are summarized and best of all, a heat map provides an easy way to […]
Zillowing Redfin: Making Your Case
Published by September 13th, 2006 in Advertising, Branding/ Marketing, Brokers & Professionals, Buyers, Residential Real Estate, Studies & Stats and redfin.Bestseller by Gerald Posner (1994)
We want to close our blog book on Redfin with this post. So here goes. If you want to challenge their model, you have to challenge their USP. Redfin’s USP for buyers is the 2% rebate. That’s what you’re up against at the core.
If any real estate […]
Do Images Dictate Content & Media Coverage?
Published by September 12th, 2006 in Blogging, Poll, Studies & Stats and Tips & Useful Links.As the saying goes, A picture is worth a thousand words. We are attracted to images. They can be very powerful, as the famous one above by Eddie Adams. They are naturally the holy grail of advertising and marketing. In the real estate industry, photo ads attract more eyeballs, the bigger and glossier the […]
A Long (Light) Tail
Published by September 10th, 2006 in Branding/ Marketing, Business, Long Tail, Retail and Studies & Stats.Here is some evidence to support Pareto’s Principle that the Long Tail only represents 20% of a total given market. If indeed the Long Tail weighs in at a lighweight 20%, best not waste your time chasing it in a small market, especially if your distribution or reach is limited. Since real estate is […]
The Secret to Faster Reading Online
Published by September 7th, 2006 in Blogging, Studies & Stats and Tips & Useful Links. 11 CommentsLet’s say you like to write long blog
posts, or your website has a lot of
text to absorb. Do you know the
best line length for your readers?
Are shorter lines like the ones above, 35 characters long,
easier on your readers’ eyes? Or will they have better reading
comprehension for lines a little longer, like these which are
55 […]
