I got a question from Lori Bee (a client of ours) this morning asking if I had any insight as to why she couldn’t get Google+ with her @loribee.com email address (which uses Google Apps). It was my first realization that Google+ wasn’t supported for…

Inman Next, Inman’s new agent channel, is getting close to launching — next week on July 11th to be precise. I’ve gotten to know Chris Smith, Inman’s new chief evangelist, fairly well over the past few months — and he’s no slouch in the area of…

Trulia, Inc. has released an innovative new tool that went live June 02, 2011. Crime Map gives users a birds eye view of what crime is like in the area that they’re thinking about moving to. Trulia made a genius acquisition in purchasing this new…

In an announcement made on the Google Developers’ blog, they recently announced changes to their terms of use for the free map API that many IDX Vendors and Brokers are using. Google announced that they will begin delivering advertising inside map imagery. They will also…

Chris Smith, better known in the RE.net as TechSavvyAgent (TSA), is joining Inman as their new Chief Evangelist. As many of you know, prior to this, Chris did sales for Top Producer (owned by Move.com) and was the face behind TechSavvyAgent (now @Chris_Smth). Now, he’s moving…

Zillow just announced a long term deal with ListHub syndication network. This is just smart business — in my mind, another strategic deal to combat the IPO questions they’ll get from investors. And, as a shareholder, I like it. It means they don’t have to…

Nothing like a bit of exciting news on an otherwise boring Monday to shake things up in the real estate industry. It was announced today that Zillow (my former employer) acquired Postlets, a free syndicator of real estate listings. The company was founded by Asher…

I recently came across a new website, Home Elephant, and wanted to spend some time explaining how it fits into the online landscape for a real estate agent.  This new social media site  is the Facebook for  Residential Homes and Communities. It is a place…

In the past, I always concentrated on optimizing my web pages for Google first, and Yahoo! and Bing second. That’s because Google’s competitors delivered a fraction of the traffic—making the search giant my go to source. But when Yahoo! threw in the towel and announced…

When it comes to real estate ad networks — Zillow has Yahoo! Real Estate & hundreds of newspapers. Trulia has CNNMoney. Realtor.com has MSN. Realtor.com just announced their deal with BlockShopper.com yesterday. I think, over the next 12-24 months, we will see a race between Zillow, Trulia, and Move (Realtor.com) to…