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Google Base: Paid Real Estate Clicks Rumored

Title: Google Base: Paid Real Estate Clicks Rumored
URL: http://www.rimmkaufman.com/rkgblog/2006/11/26/google-base-paid-real-estate-clicks-rumored/
Printed: March 17, 2010
Source: The Rimm-Kaufman Group Blog, info@rimmkaufman.com

Threadwatch reports rumors that Google intends to charge for Google Base real estate listing clicks. Not all that surprising. My predictions: this rumor prove true, and select other Base categories will also go paid in 2007. As happened long ago at Yahoo, the paid vs. natural distinction may slowly blur at Google…

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  1. Capitol Hill Condo, August 5, 2008:

    This is some very interesting information about how real estate will be advertised on google.

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