There is some big news coming from the Google team in Australia today — real estate listings are now integrated in Google Maps. Previously, you had to navigate to the Housing section of Google Base to find real estate listings on Google. Now, you can…

The latest release of Firefox (3.5) is now available for download. So far I am extremely impressed with the stability and speed. There are quite a few changes for a .5 upgrade, not the least of which is support for the long awaited HTML5 tags…

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

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…

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…

Goomzee just announced a new next messaging marketing product called InterAct. The technology enables text message chat conversation between buyer and seller: When enabled, the InterAct feature will record additional text messages received during a specific time period and link them to the initial buyer…

As real estate professionals who want to make a success of our Internet presence, we should know some of the terminology. But, we should also know how to concentrate our time and efforts on what’s important when it comes to tracking visits to, and activity…

It’s no secret that I’ve been wanting a “Techmeme for Real Estate” for over a year now. I hoped 2009 would be the year — and, last week, my wish was granted! The idea became a reality when TheClozing was launched by Anthony Barba &…

Announced yesterday, there is a new player worth noting in the real estate data space – REonomy.com. It’s a subscription model geared towards real estate professionals, which immediately makes it lose some of its’ appeal (to me) because I can’t look at anything without signing…

Coldwell Banker is now on YouTube with their Coldwell Banker “On Location” channel — http://www.youtube.com/coldwellbanker — where consumers will be able to view agent profiles, walkthroughs of listings, community snapshots, and advice videos from Coldwell Banker agents. For further details, head over to Inman for…