About Drew Meyers

Founder of GEM Diamond. Zillow Alum. Real estate tech geek. Travel addict & former co-founder of Horizon. Social entrepreneurship advocate. Fan of Red Hot Chili Peppers.

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Links for Geeks – July 31st

Links for Geeks – July 31st

Here are a couple links worth taking a look at: Add millions of listings to your website and blog To Script or Not to Script (a continuation on the discussion on Jeff’s Geek Estate post) Social Media And The New Agent 26 Ways for Real…

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How People Share Online Content

How People Share Online Content

I thought this was an interesting chart from Silicon Alley Insider — the fact that 24% of people are using Facebook to share content with friends is impressive. I knew it was high, but not that high. What social sharing sites and calls to action…

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Short vs Long-Tail — What to Optimize Your SEO For?

Short vs Long-Tail — What to Optimize Your SEO For?

Chart courtesy of Eric Stegemann at Tribus When determining your SEO strategy, one of the first things you need to determine is what keywords you are going to optimize your site for. There are two primary schools of thought — focus on either a) the…

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Linkbuilders: Please Get Less Obvious About Your Commenting Tactics

Linkbuilders: Please Get Less Obvious About Your Commenting Tactics

There were three comments on Geek Estate Blog this morning that I canned due to being blatant attempts to build links with specific keywords as anchor text. This type of link building is fairly easy to spot because the comments seldom add any value to…

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Links for Geeks – July 7th

Links for Geeks – July 7th

Here are some gems worth reading (and watching): Start by watching David’s “Blogging is so 2008” video: Here is conversation on David’s Active Rain blog. Then head over and read Rob Hahn’s response — Blogging is Forever: Branding vs. Lead Generation.  Anyone that knows me…

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Google Adds Real Estate Listings to Google Maps

Google Adds Real Estate Listings to Google Maps

There is some big news coming from the Google team in Australia today — real estate listings are now integrated in Google Maps. Previously, you had to navigate to the Housing section of Google Base to find real estate listings on Google. Now, you can…

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Icicle Creek Real Estate SEO Review

Icicle Creek Real Estate SEO Review

I first met Geordie Romer at RE BarCamp Seattle a few months ago. During our SEO session, he volunteered his Icicle Creek site as a website to critique during the session, but we got a bit off topic and we didn’t really get to looking…

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Links for Geeks – July 2nd

Links for Geeks – July 2nd

Here are a few links worth checking out: Redfin adds free-text search and better neighborhood statistics Marc Davison has a two part series I’d recommend – Part 1: New brokerage model & Part 2: Repositioning for the future AgentWorx iPhone App- Your Real Estate Business…

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Using and Installing UberTwitter on your Blackberry

Using and Installing UberTwitter on your Blackberry

For you Blackberry users who want to get Twitter up and running on your BB, Matt Dollinger at @properties (who I met at RE Barcamp Chicago) has put together a video explaining how to install and use UberTwitter. Using and Installing UberTwitter on your Blackberry…

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Links for Geeks – June 24th

Links for Geeks – June 24th

Here are a few links I thought worthy of sharing: Looking for Hyperlocal Content? — Outside.in has a new product for publishers to add hyperlocal news to your website Posting to the Stream in Real Time with the Live Stream Box — Facebook pages can…

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