{"id":1975,"date":"2007-09-27T23:16:12","date_gmt":"2007-09-28T06:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=1975"},"modified":"2007-09-29T16:17:31","modified_gmt":"2007-09-29T23:17:31","slug":"activeraincom-v-movecom-the-nagging-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1975\/activeraincom-v-movecom-the-nagging-question\/","title":{"rendered":"ActiveRain.com v. Move.com: The Nagging Question"},"content":{"rendered":"

I can’t seem to get this out of my head. Call it the Dustin effect<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

If Dustin was hired by Move.com as the Director of Interactive Marketing, and was teaching Realtors how to blog way back in early 2007<\/a>, why are the Active Rain boys surprised that Move.com was developing a blog platform? What made them think that Move.com wouldn’t proceed with that product if they didn’t purchase Active Rain?<\/p>\n

and yet…<\/p>\n

Dustin was openly critical of Active Rain when he first joined (December, 2006) . Why would Move.com make an offer for Active Rain when its Director of Interactive Marketing had little good to say about the platform<\/a>?
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I can’t seem to get this out of my head. Call it the Dustin effect. If Dustin was hired by Move.com as the Director of Interactive Marketing, and was teaching Realtors how to blog way back in early 2007, why are the Active Rain boys surprised that Move.com was developing a blog platform? 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