Month: December 2009

22 Dec Web 3.0 – A Series of Posts Intended to “Design” & “Define” – Question #3 Discussion

Posted at 11:01h in Blogging, Marketing, Office Technology, Twitter by TheRECoach

REAL QUICK, in case you are coming late to the party (which I never recommend, because the beautiful people are allready taken!) here is where it all started…. “Web 3.0 – A Post Intended to “Define” & “Design”, - Original Post Nov 2nd Web 3.0 – Discussion #1...

21 Dec What Web Hosting Provider Do you Use?

Posted at 22:02h in Websites by Drew Meyers

Especially given how tech savvy the Geek Estate readership is (and since this blog is hosted on Media Temple and experienced an outage earlier today), I'm curious -- what web hosting provider do you use to host your website(s)? Please take the poll below to...

17 Dec Site Speed to be a Google Ranking Factor in 2010

Posted at 17:54h in Google, SEO by Justin Britt

At Pubcon Matt Cutts anounced that your site speed may become a search engine ranking factor in 2010. Makes sense since good websites load quickly...

16 Dec iPhone App Review: Mortgage Calculator Pro

Posted at 00:04h in Gadgets, General, iPhone by Joshua Ferris

Back in July of this year I wrote a post about the 10 most useful iPhone apps for real estate pros in which I recommended a mortgage calculator titled "Loan Calculator - What If?" Since then Apple's App Store has grown significantly and the number...

15 Dec Zillow Adds Rentals. And more.

Posted at 14:49h in Company News & Analysis, Zillow by Jay Thompson

If I were Craig Newmark -- the "Craig" in that little site known as CraigsList -- I'd be looking over my shoulder with my eye on Seattle. There lies the corporate home of Zillow, where they just rolled out the latest addition to the second most...

14 Dec Holidays with the Geeks 2009 (CoRE #169)

Posted at 14:46h in Blogging by Drew Meyers

I can't believe there have already been 168 real estate carnivals, but the 169th edition is now upon us and yours truly is at the helm once again. The last CoRE hosted here at Geek Estate Blog was Holidays with the Geeks (#121) -- and...

14 Dec Giving Back – the sinister Triple Dog Dare

Posted at 11:39h in General by Matthew Swanson

Being this movie is one of my all time favorites, I couldn't resist the quote. This time of year, we all are beyond super busy it seems. Whether you're trying to wrap up any closings, finalize your year end sales #'s, or maybe it's just...

10 Dec Web 3.0 – A Series of Posts Intended to “Design” & “Define” – Question #2 Discussion

Posted at 16:28h in Blogging, Marketing, Office Technology by TheRECoach

REAL QUICK, in case you are coming late to the party (which I never recommend, because all the best hors doeuvres are gone and you are left with finger sandwiches) here is where it all started...

10 Dec Gifts For Geeks That Want to Get Things Done

Posted at 12:48h in General, Marketing by Jeff Manson

I wanted to share a couple books that are perfect gifts. They are also worth picking up and reading yourself. The first book I would recommend is “Getting Real” by 37signals. It is written by the guys that developed: Basecamp, Campfire, Backpack, Whiteboard and Ta-da list....

08 Dec Google Announces "Perspective Imagery"

Posted at 15:57h in Mapping by Drew Meyers

Does Google ever stop pumping out awesome imagery (see cities in 3d)? If their new Perspective Imagery is any indication -- the answer is no. Even though this imagery is very similar to Microsoft's Birds Eye View, it's another possible source of imagery for real...