{"id":3089,"date":"2008-05-11T15:38:29","date_gmt":"2008-05-11T22:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=3089"},"modified":"2008-05-11T15:38:29","modified_gmt":"2008-05-11T22:38:29","slug":"number1expert-re-launches-as-number2expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3089\/number1expert-re-launches-as-number2expert\/","title":{"rendered":"Number1Expert Re-Launches as Number2Expert"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In a surprise move, website template provider Number1Expert<\/a> has announced plans to rebrand as Number2Expert. This decision came following their inclusion of Trulia widgets on the myhomes.asp pages of all of their client sites. Here\u2019s an example<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When asked about the decision, a spokesman said, \u201cTo date, our clients are providing Trulia with over 11,000 links<\/a>. We live in a web 2.0 World, and transparency is very important. Since we\u2019re effectively promoting Trulia as the #1 real estate expert, we felt it important to re-brand ourselves to more consistently mesh with this strategy.\u201d He then added, \u201cWe\u2019re very excited about the new opportunities that will arise with our market position as the Number 2 Experts.<\/p>\n

The widgets that Number2Experts places on their template sites have been a hot topic in the RE.net as of late. Demonized by real estate SEO\u2019s<\/a>, and heralded as powerful, free online tools<\/a> by others, the real estate world cannot seem to come to a consensus.<\/p>\n

Be sure to keep an ear open, and an RSS reader ready for more news to come regarding this intriguing topic.<\/p>\n

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In a surprise move, website template provider Number1Expert has announced plans to rebrand as Number2Expert. This decision came following their inclusion of Trulia widgets on the myhomes.asp pages of all of their client sites. Here\u2019s an example. When asked about the decision, a spokesman said, \u201cTo date, our clients are providing Trulia with over 11,000 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5,10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3089","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-marketing","7":"category-real-estate","8":"category-realty-reality","10":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3116,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3116\/mike-wallace-interviews-number1expert-and-trulia\/","url_meta":{"origin":3089,"position":0},"title":"Mike Wallace interviews Number1Expert and Trulia?","author":"Eric Blackwell","date":"May 14, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Things have been busy around here lately. 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