Cuil.com, a new search engine, was released to much fanfare earlier this week. Pronounced “Cool”, my initial findings were, well…. not so cool. Cuil was founded by two former Google engineers (and another from IBM). Obviously these are very smart folks. According to Cuil, their…

ActiveRain (AR), a large network of real estate professionals just announced they have launched “Outside Blogs”. Here is the initial announcement from Brad Andersohn, Active Rain Community Builder and GeekEstateBlog contributor. What is an Active Rain Outside Blog (AROB)? That’s ARspeak for a blog that…

I recently ran across an excellent online real estate marketing guide, written by the folks at MortgageCalculator.org. Topics covered include: Domain NamesKeyword ResearchPay Per Click Search Engine MarketingWeb AnalyticsOn Page OptimizationLink BuildingContent SyndicationBlogging The guide is well written, in easy to understand non-geek speak. Deeply…

Sawbuck Realty announced today that their site visitors have viewed over 1,000,000 listings since the site went live — on January 30th. That’s a pretty serious ramp-up in traffic — evidence to me that consumers out there like, want and need an easy-to-use online home search…

Looking for a cool web site analytics package? Look no further than Woopra. Currently in “live beta”, you’ll need to go to the site and request an account. And be prepared to wait — the waiting list is long. It took me about a month to…

Dustin Luther of Rain City Guide and 4REALZ.net fame, along with Jim Marks at Virtual Results are launching “Valuable Internet Marketing Education for Realtors”. (“affiliate” link) A one-day seminar that promises to be jam-packed with useful info is offered. Cost is $149 and includes a…

Point2 Agent has changed their pricing model. Up until today, a “Standard” Point2 NLS membership has been free. Point2 provides a 15 page web site, and membership in their “NLS” (National Listing Service) for no charge. An email I received this evening states that NLS…

Roost.com launched this morning at midnight Pacific time. (Full press release is below) Not unexpectedly, those champions of getting the news out to the RE.net — Joel, Dustin and Greg — have already summarized well the features of Roost. Go forth and read their favorable reviews. I…

Don’t worry that GeekEstate is turning into some sort of logo reporting blog (see previous post — New Inman Logo — if that makes no sense). Last night Zillow.com pre-released some news to a few bloggers attended Inman Connect NYC that they were rolling out…

Google Blogoscoped is a nifty little blog that is chocked full of all sorts of Google goodness. From posts about Google history, to what makes Google tick, to new Googelish features, it is a great add to any geek’s feed reader. It is not an…