Following the recent decisions by several brokerages (ARG & Edina) to stop syndicating their listings, Howard Hanna has partnered with Zillow on a new marketing agreement. Here’s the video explaining their reasoning: As Rob mentions on Facebook, “This is a much, much bigger deal than people…

My name is Daniel Bacon and I have been working in residential real estate with my wife Christine for about nine years now. Prior to real estate I spent five years in the tech industry as a software engineer, db programmer and web developer. In…

Tonight’s #retechchat was free form, but centered around linkbuilding and SEO. Here is the text transcript that I saved for those who want to read through the entire discussion: Download it HERE (best to use TextEdit on a Mac from what I hear). Alternatively, you can view the…

I firmly believe that SEO is at the route of this listing syndication discussion that has been picking up steam since Edina and ARG stopped syndicating their listings, so wanted to expand on the SEO discussion that Sam picked up on. Some have defended the SEO tactics…

I have recently gotten to know a real estate professional named Michael Pannell that has made a big mark on Dallas real estate through the use of the Internet.  His team generates 220+ deals per year and 97% of it comes from organic search engine…

It happened — Metrolist and Santa Barbara booted Diverse Solutions (now owned by Zillow) from their list of approved IDX vendors. The Metrolist decision was reported by Geek Wire, while Inman picked up on the fact (premium content) that Santa Barbara had also pulled the plug. Eric…

I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce the steering committee members for Geek Build 2012. The steering committee will review all feedback from the Geek Estate community, and make final decisions for the participants sites in Geek Build 2012. The committee will consist of…

A positive byproduct of my quest to revamp my personal website is that I came in contact with some great companies that will be the innovators of tomorrow’s real estate tech industry.  One website designer and custom IDX provider that caught my eye in a…

Tonight’s topic of conversation will be Adwords or SEO?  Where to spend first… (coincides nicely with the Geek Build 2012 Project). If you have questions, want to learn, or just lurk – join the conversation Monday (2/6/12) at 6 PM PST / 9 PM EST….

Are you a Mac user? If so, this article is for you. You have a Mac computer, probably an iPhone, and there’s a good chance that you have an iPad or plan on getting one in the near future. Now, as a REALTOR®, you’re wondering…