“SEO tricks for real estate portals” was another Google search term that resulted in finding Geek Estate this past week. That’s a topic I happen to know a little bit about, having been involved very early on in Zillow’s SEO efforts (2007-2010). SEO is an industry…

What corporations spend money to promote/advertise is a fairly telling sign of where they are investing their money/manpower. I came across the following promoted Tweet the other day from Google Maps. “Build in neighborhood trents, market values…” makes me think they have Zillow-like home value…

The other day, one term in the inbound traffic jumped out at me: real estate coffee shop I’m pretty convinced whoever was researching that is pretty damn smart. The reasons a real estate coffee shop makes sense are some of the same reasons I believe a real…

There’s a number of crowdfunding startups in the real estate industry; seeming a new one ends up in my inbox every few weeks. To be honest, I haven’t really dug into many of them much. The latest one I stumbled across is Patch of Land: From what I…

I’m a big fan of Zillow’s new commercials about what home means, the latest one Spencer tweeted hits a chord given the story is of “travel” (a topic I happen to care deeply about). When you travel for 9 months a year. Seriously, who does that??!!  

We redesigned StreetAdvisor a few weeks ago, and put a larger focus on appealing to sellers for reviews, the individuals with the largest financial interest to make their neighborhood more appealing to buyers. The pitch: “Maximize the selling price of your home by sharing what you love about your…

I alluded to the fact that we’ve been working on an Android version of Horizon. We’re now starting to put our first alpha testers onto the app, and we could use more early / willing testers… Be the First to Try  

Finally. Someone is headed the right direction with giving consumers what they want: access to advice from trusted experts, on their terms (NOT giving up their contact information). See the ask a loan officer page on Maxwell: Well done. Granted, Maxwell only covers mortgages. Now, if…

I saw Connector on Product Hunt today, and thought it would be worth asking the audience here whether you feel it would be a useful tool for your email outreach efforts… Note it only works with Gmail and Google Apps email addresses.

I get asked fairly often by readers I interact with privately how Horizon is going, so thought I’d share the most recent update: The Age Old Hospitality Exchange Conundrum – Host Incentives. ** If you have an Android device, and want to be one of the…