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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One Fewer Place to Upload Your Listings – Edgeio Going Under

One Fewer Place to Upload Your Listings – Edgeio Going Under

Last week, Techcrunch reported that Edgeio is shutting down. Edgeio was an online classifieds site that spanned housing, autos, jobs, merchandise, and jobs. The fact that they will be ceasing operations soon means there is now one less online destination where you can upload your…

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Carnival of Real Estate #70

Carnival of Real Estate #70

The 70th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is live over at the Arizona Real Estate Notebook.

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SEO Advice from Matt Cutts at Google

SEO Advice from Matt Cutts at Google

There is a great video interview on Reachd with Matt Cutts, who is the head of Google’s webspam team. There are lots of other great videos on Reachd TV.

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Want to Turn Raw Data on a Website or Blog into Something Visually Appealing? Use the Google Chart API

Want to Turn Raw Data on a Website or Blog into Something Visually Appealing? Use the Google Chart API

There is a new Google API that might be of interest to some of you who are looking for a means to easily turn numeric data (such as real estate market statistics) on your site into something more visually appealing — the Google Chart API….

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Carnival of Real Estate #69

Carnival of Real Estate #69

The 69th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is posted at John Barker’s Mortgage Blog.

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How Do Blogs Work? Blogs in Plain English

How Do Blogs Work? Blogs in Plain English

Do you understand blogging? Like, really understand it? If not, don’t worry — you’re not alone. Here’s a video from the Common Craft show that makes blogging simple to understand. [via Realivent Blog]

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Online Video and Real Estate Professionals

Online Video and Real Estate Professionals

Every real estate agent should at least be considering online video as a potential mechanism to advertise your listings and/or your personal brand. I’m no video expert, but we’re lucky to have a GeekEstate contributor who is — Michael Price. I asked him several questions…

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Welcome Denny Oh to the GeekEstate Team

Welcome Denny Oh to the GeekEstate Team

Though Denny Oh has already written several posts here, I’d like to take a moment to officially welcome Denny to the GeekEstate Blog team as a regular contributor — you’ll notice his photo now resides on the sidebar along with all of our other fantastic…

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A Feedbutton

A Feedbutton

Here’s a site for those of you bloggers who want to [via Realivent Blog]

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Some Links for You Geeks Out There

Some Links for You Geeks Out There

Starting tomorrow, I’m off for a 18 day vacation, but I just couldn’t resist the temptation (I’m a blogging junky) of one last post before I leave — so I tried my best to put together a selection of links for geeks to tide you…

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