SEO is a confusing topic.  Many people run away from it because of a bunch of confusing jargon and the black box nature of Google’s ranking system.  Other people hire professionals to help boost their rankings.  I respect the pros that devote their lives to…

Head over to Inman to check the finalists for this year’s Innovator Awards…

Here are a few links I think many of you will find interesting: Tweetlister Promotes Properties Over Twitter John L. Scott’s (Mis-)Adventures in Social Networking AutoStitch – My New Favorite iPhone Panorama App An Example Of Cleveland Area Realtor Using PAP It bears repeating: MLS…

This is my open letter to Zillow respectfully requesting that you add a way for me to use google analytics in my Zillow profile.  While I have countless reasons for wanting this feature, let me give you a few bullet points: Track effectiveness of activity…

As expected, Apple rolled out several announcements regarding the iPhone. The 3.0 changes include the release of a new operating system and an entirely new phone. The new 3GS (s=speed) has many new features including voice dialing and the ability to capture and edit video…

I recently wrote an article on which tools you should be using first to gain traction with your internet marketing efforts.  One of those tools was Twitter.  As an agent you may be asking, how can twitter help my business?  This is FAR from an…

There was a list of the Top Twenty Open APIs and Mashup Resources for Web Developers (which i Tweeted about yesterday) published two days ago that the web developers reading this blog might find useful. Not all the APIs mentioned are specific to real estate; in…

There is an interesting post by Rob Hahn, AKA Notorious Rob, that touches close to home for me — Personal Business, Business Personality, and Social Media: An Interview with Todd Carpenter, NAR. The issue at hand is whether people should maintain two separate personalities online…

After my meeting with Zillow, a more valuable meeting may have taken place downstairs after our final handshake with the generous Zillow staff.  I had a discussion with Geordie Romer of Windermere about how dominating specific obscure neighborhoods could produce hotter leads than a normal…

The more Google relies on authority and trust to rank websites, the more we’re going to see large, well financed sites dominating the SERPs (search engine results pages). Even a brokerage site with solid SEO isn’t going to be able to compete across the entire…