It’s a sad day, MyBlogLog which made its name by helping bloggers build communities around their blogs and giving bloggers insight into where people are coming from and what they are clicking, is being discontinued. I fell in love with MyBlogLog immediately after learning about…

We all know “linkbuilding” is important to getting your site to rank highly in the search engines. I just randomly decided to check the inbound links to WordPress.org since they just released WP 3.1 today — and I think I found the king of linkbuilding…

Today marked the release of WordPress 3.1. New features include: Redesigned linking workflow – this makes cross linking to old content MUCH easier than it used to be A new admin bar Post Formats support which allow for different styling for different types of posts…

If you are a real estate professional in the greater Seattle area and looking to further your business in 2011 — there are two events coming up that you don’t want to miss, RE BarCamp on March 3rd and Agent Reboot on March 9. Having…

Congratulations to my good friend Dale Chumbley for blogging for 365 days straight; I think it’s safe to say his 365 Things to Do in Vancouver campaign has paid off for him (today is Day 365). Here’s a short video interview with Dean Ouellette at…

I’m as big a fan of email communications as the next guy, but emails must be sent with my permission. Or I have to know the person emailing me. Or heard their name from someone at least. Or be able to find out how I…

I know there are many real estate pros out there who know they should be on a WordPress.org platform, but haven’t made the switch yet. But what is making the switch going to cost you — both in dollars and in time spent? Well, let’s…

My parents are both real estate agents in Lafayette, CA.  Citing my own usage of the Yelp, as well as my typical “why not be on every site you can be?” stance, about a year ago I encouraged them to create a local business profile…

Geek Estate contributor Tony Kawaguchi is running a social media/SEO experiment to give away an iPad. If you want a chance to win a brand new iPad (who DOESN’T?), head over to his blog and get the details. Right now, his Facebook page has 60…

The advantages of search are widely talked about; even elementary to some. We’ve all heard it before, but do we really appreciate it enough to invest enough time and cash that actually hurts on the onset?