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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A Few Links for the Geeks Out There

A Few Links for the Geeks Out There

For those who like to keep up to speed with everything related to real estate technology, here are a few links worth noting: Paula Henry’s post on Agent Genius regarding the fact that MIBOR (the MLS board in Indianapolis) has classified Google as a “scraper.”…

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REonomy – Yes, They Have Some Cool Data Availabl

REonomy – Yes, They Have Some Cool Data Availabl

Announced yesterday, there is a new player worth noting in the real estate data space – REonomy.com. It’s a subscription model geared towards real estate professionals, which immediately makes it lose some of its’ appeal (to me) because I can’t look at anything without signing…

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Building the Ideal Community Information Gateway for your Community

Building the Ideal Community Information Gateway for your Community

For those interested in building a strong web presence with community information as a way to reach consumers in your area, there is a great post at MediaShift that is well worth reading that details 8 steps to building a community hub. Once again, this…

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Coldwell Banker On Location

Coldwell Banker On Location

Coldwell Banker is now on YouTube with their Coldwell Banker “On Location” channel — http://www.youtube.com/coldwellbanker — where consumers will be able to view agent profiles, walkthroughs of listings, community snapshots, and advice videos from Coldwell Banker agents. For further details, head over to Inman for…

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Century 21 Adds "Communities"

Century 21 Adds "Communities"

Century 21 just announced the new “communities” section of their website (via FoREM), which is a question and answer product allowing agents and consumers to communicate publicly (somewhat similar to Zillow Advice and Trulia Voices). In addition to the new Communities section of Century21.com, they…

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How to Build an Authority Site From Scratch

How to Build an Authority Site From Scratch

There’s a fantastic article over on Search Engine Journal worth reading. The topic? How to Build an Authority Site from Scratch. For those of you who follow this blog closely, you probably noticed the post the other day about how Google’s algorithms have changed over…

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Google Analytics Launches an API

Google Analytics Launches an API

I haven’t seen anyone in the real estate space pick up the news of that Google launched an API for Google Analytics, so thought I’d quickly mention it to this audience in case you don’t follow Techmeme on a daily basis. You can see the…

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Dealing With Negative Comments on Your Blog…

Dealing With Negative Comments on Your Blog…

…can be tough. Here’s a great article with some tips. [via Ines Hegedus-Garcia at Agent Genius]

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How Google's Rankings Algorithm Has Changed Over Time

How Google's Rankings Algorithm Has Changed Over Time

By now, you’ve probably figured out my interest in SEO. Anyway, Rand Fishkin of SEOmoz has a great post explaining his thoughts on how Google’s rankings have changed over the past few years. I’d highly recommend heading over to read the whole post.

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Links for Geeks – April 16th

Links for Geeks – April 16th

Here are a few links from the RE.net you may find interesting: Trulia vs Zillow (A spirited Real Estate “SEO” discussion).  Jim posted a follow on post on Active Rain that has attracted more of a discussion in the comments. Dawn of a New Era…

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