Recognizable, fast-loading, but outdated as hell website seeks Senior UI / Usability / Front End Engineer. Love it or hate it, Craigslist‘s design could provide a better experience, and apparently Craig thinks so too, as this weekend the siteposted a job opening for someone to make it “faster, friendlier, and easier”. It’s hoping for a brave designer who can “develop new products and features that will have CL users swooning”, “optimize internal team tools”, and who has mobile app design and platform support skills.
Read the Full Article at: TechCrunch.com
According to filings with the Federal Election Commission, Google spent approximately $390,000 (out of $3,760,000.00 total) on SOPA and PIPA lobbying including efforts to educate lawmakers on SOPA and the DMCA. The question, then, is whether the massive search and advertising giant was for or against the bill – and why so much money was spent to argue the case.
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from- news.yahoo.com
AutoShopper.com’s website buyers can find a million new and used certified pre-owned cars from thousands of auto dealers and private sellers. Now with new open source technologies being added to its dealer management structure from That’s Us Technologies, dealers can orchestrate cutting edge classified marketing services. This software suite to simplifies the process’ that dealers use to broadcast vehicles across the web in a one-click fashion. This leverage of web services integrates easily with AutoShopper.com and provides dealers with an easier, more efficient way of posting cars quickly and easily to the latest classified and social media sites, also easy to use dashboard is available for productivity and lead reporting and also integrates seamlessly with a dealership’s website.
read the entire article at: http://news.yahoo.com/autoshopper-com-thatsus-com-dealers-over-top-strategic-081125124.html
(Reuters) – U.S. auto sales rose sharply in November as more confident American consumers spent more on the average showroom purchase, extending a recovery trend for the industry to a sixth month.
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Google Search Engine Advertising Now Allows Car Dealers to Create a Lead Capture Form Inside the Actual Sponsored Listing… This could become a High Value tool for Automotive Marketers!
Read the Entire Article at AutomotiveDigitalMarketing.com
from- PRnewswire.com
TAMPA, Fla., Nov. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — EstateVantage classified listing tools for real estate brokers and agents are now available through the SalesAspects Enterprise Website Solution by Net Aspects . The new partnership will provide agents with a way to easily post, monitor, and renew their listings on Craigslist, Backpage, Facebook and Twitter.
Net Aspects has a proprietary Enterprise Website Solution which provides the full range of website, CRM, email marketing, and Facebook tools and services to brokers and agents across the country. Net Aspects hosts over ten thousand websites – and presents over one million listings from over 150 different MLS systems. Net Aspects provides solutions for brokers and agents to convert contacts into clients.
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As an avid user of Craigslist, I have embraced the recently released “renew” feature. Craigslist has now rolled out this new feature allowing for ads to be renewed after 48 hours, which has many advantages……
Read the full article- http://motors.lotvantage.com/blog/2011/09/lotvantage-rolls-out-a-renew-feature-for-craigslist-ads/
Below is an excerpt from the article-
Thanks to the Internet, people have more available options for selling second-hand items such as electronics, antiques, domain names, collectibles, vehicles and pretty much anything you can imagine. There have been many different auction sites, though eBay has been the leader in selling items online for many years now….
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Thanks to the Internet, people have more available options for selling second-hand items such as electronics, antiques, domain names, collectibles, vehicles and pretty much anything you can imagine. There have been many different auction sites, though eBay has been the leader in selling items online for many years now.
eBay Drop Off stores have emerged and changed the way people sell used items. This is a convenient way for someone who is very busy to sell items without the hassle of dealing with eBay and users of eBay. These drop off stores do take a commission on top of the eBay fees when an item sells. As the web has evolved and other options are becoming available, many users have started to harness the power of Craigslist for selling and buying of goods and services. From individual sellers to massive businesses, Craigslist is used, to serve many markets and scales.
Now drop off stores can cross promote products and services between Craigslist, eBay and other auction / buying sites. Selling on Craigslist to local users, gives the seller an opportunity to really connect with a possible long-term customer for buying and / or selling. Unlike eBay, Craigslist is completely free and has no fees associated with it. Listing items on Craigslist will give more control over a business than eBay does. With the costs associated with advertising the drop-off store, leveraging craigslist for this only makes sense!
During outings, I have noticed many people checking their phones very often while spending time with family and friends. I thought how I had not checked my phone for a bit and reached down to grab my phone and check for emails and then I realized that I was with family and I don’t really need to be checking my email or Facebook on a Saturday night.
From a recent study in the journal Personal and Ubiquitous Computing (view report), shows that these “checking habits” usually last 30 seconds and happen often within a 10 minute period. Users in that study had checked their phones about 34 times a day out of habit. It is very common and hard to avoid since it seems to be natural in society.
The brain likes the feeling of new things. Getting an email or other notification feeds the brain. When the brain becomes used to getting positive feedback through messaging, reaching for the phone almost becomes a reflex.
You pay the price of losing your train of thought every time you check your phone. You can also annoy other people with your constant phone usage. People also use this habitual checking to avoid people that they would rather not interact with.
You know you are a Habitual Checker when:
- You check your email constantly.
- You annoy other people with your habit.
- The thought of not checking gets to you.
The best way to get rid of this habit is to acknowledge that this is becoming a problem, have phone / internet free times during your day and week, as well as have phone free zones. Try keeping your phone overnight out of your bedroom and keep your phone tucked away in social situations so that you can actually enjoy the company.
