Literally. Google’s local listing in their search results are now larger then the organic listings. Take a look at this Google search for “Hawaii Big Island real estate.” The first 7 listings are large local results with only 6 natural listings below. The reason this…

Twitter search is now one of the most widely used search engines on the web.  With more than 1 billion tweets indexed each month, and more than 150 million Twitter members, that’s a lot of timely content and people at your fingertips.  I know you…

SEO, the Real Estate Blog, and Competition — As usual when Rob writes, it’s a great thought provoking read. And, wow, I wish I had time to write my thoughts on this one right now, but I’ve got to get ready for my flight from…

This is the first I’ve come across Brett Clements, but WOW. Seriously — is anyone doing video like THIS in the United States?? If not, WHY? From Larry Lohrman at Photography from Real Estate.

Will Google Instant Change The Longtail As We Know It? Recently, I was on Maui (I know…I live a tough life) helping top Wailea real estate agent, Dano Sayles, get up to speed with Hawaii Life’s back end tools. While I was there, I had…

A/B Testing is a way to test different headlines, calls to action, or anything else on your website with different segments of visitors.  Instead of just guessing which headline converts your visitors into clients, you actually test several version and pick the winner. Sounds great,…

This is just a hunch, but I believe the fact that NAR has allowed Realtor.com to aggregate MLS data & syndicate all their listings is a direct response to the Zillow deal with Yahoo! Real Estate. Zillow will be syndicating all their listings to Yahoo!…

Today, YouTube is testing their new YouTube livestreaming platform. Here’s the current line up of content: But this post isn’t about YouTube; it’s about the question of when this technology will become used in the real estate industry. The technology has been around – Jeff…

If you’re struggling to understand how to best start or maximize the return on your social media efforts you’ll want to check out this Webinar on 9/23 at 11 PST. There are a lot of people in the RE landscape selling solutions to social media….

Google Instant is here. And it’s cool — head to Google.com and try it out by starting to type in the search box. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElubRNRIUg4 As with any change with Google, there is a wealth of speculation. Speculation as to what Instant means to SEO and…