By now, you’ve probably figured out my interest in SEO. Anyway, Rand Fishkin of SEOmoz has a great post explaining his thoughts on how Google’s rankings have changed over the past few years. I’d highly recommend heading over to read the whole post.

Here are a few links from the RE.net you may find interesting: Trulia vs Zillow (A spirited Real Estate “SEO” discussion).  Jim posted a follow on post on Active Rain that has attracted more of a discussion in the comments. Dawn of a New Era…

Michael Wurtzer has a great post relating to the question of whether the costs of an MLS coverting to a standard format is worth the long-term benefits over at the FBS Blog that I thought many of you would probably find interesting — check it…

Marlow Harris has the scoop on a broker, Chuck Marunde, who has built an online newspaper for his market — Sequim Port Angeles Newspaper Online. This seems like a great move for a broker looking to gain mind share with consumers given the ongoing struggles…

Last week, I drove up to Pasadena, Ca, to attend my first RE BarCamp.  For those of you who don’t know, RE BarCamp is a “FREE Social Media Marketing event based on BarCamp.org principals.“  Basically, people from the RE community(Realtors, vendors, developers, etc) attend these…

If you are an agent, broker, or web developer in the New York City real estate market — there is a new real estate API from the New York Times that you may want to check out. Here are the four specific API calls that…

If not, you’ve got some work to do to compete. Here is a great example of a real estate site that is optimized for SEO – Laguna Beach & Newport Beach Real Estate Guide. Here’s the kicker though — it’s not sacrificing the user experience…

What do you want a website or blog to accomplish for you? Are you only interested in listings? If so, you want to present a nice site that showcases listings well for future presentations and business generation. Do you also want buyers? That expands the…

We know the Diverse team has been busy, but this is working overtime….from Robert on the Diverse Solutions Blog: I’m proud to announce that Diverse Solutions has been working hard to develop a free offering for the Real Estate community. We all know that creating…

John Rowles at MainRhode LLC (they build enterprise search solutions using Google technology) just announced the launch of RealEstateUSA over at BloodHoundBlog. You can take a look at the new site at RealEstateUSA.com. What is it you may be wondering? RealSearchUSA.com will be a network…