Especially given how tech savvy the Geek Estate readership is (and since this blog is hosted on Media Temple and experienced an outage earlier today), I’m curious — what web hosting provider do you use to host your website(s)? Please take the poll below to…

At Pubcon Matt Cutts anounced that your site speed may become a search engine ranking factor in 2010. Makes sense since good websites load quickly…and Google makes it’s money by placing good websites at the top of their search results. Resources: Video from Google on…

Back in July of this year I wrote a post about the 10 most useful iPhone apps for real estate pros in which I recommended a mortgage calculator titled “Loan Calculator – What If?” Since then Apple’s App Store has grown significantly and the number…

If I were Craig Newmark — the “Craig” in that little site known as CraigsList — I’d be looking over my shoulder with my eye on Seattle. There lies the corporate home of Zillow, where they just rolled out the latest addition to the second…

I can’t believe there have already been 168 real estate carnivals, but the 169th edition is now upon us and yours truly is at the helm once again. The last CoRE hosted here at Geek Estate Blog was Holidays with the Geeks (#121) — and…

Being this movie is one of my all time favorites, I couldn’t resist the quote. This time of year, we all are beyond super busy it seems. Whether you’re trying to wrap up any closings, finalize your year end sales #’s, or maybe it’s just…

REAL QUICK, in case you are coming late to the party (which I never recommend, because all the best hors doeuvres are gone and you are left with finger sandwiches) here is where it all started…. “Web 3.0 – A Post Intended to “Define” &…

I wanted to share a couple books that are perfect gifts. They are also worth picking up and reading yourself. The first book I would recommend is “Getting Real” by 37signals. It is written by the guys that developed: Basecamp, Campfire, Backpack, Whiteboard and Ta-da…

Does Google ever stop pumping out awesome imagery (see cities in 3d)? If their new Perspective Imagery is any indication — the answer is no. Even though this imagery is very similar to Microsoft’s Birds Eye View, it’s another possible source of imagery for real…

I just got a DM from fellow Geek Estate contributor Josh Ferris and thought it best to just answer the question publicly rather than privately given that it’s a question I myself had awhile back. Question: “what plug-in did you use for the author sidebar…