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2009 Inman Innovator Awards Finalists

2009 Inman Innovator Awards Finalists

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

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Google Analytics on Zillow Profiles

Google Analytics on Zillow Profiles

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…

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Authority Websites Got You Down? If You Can’t Beat ’em, Join ’em

Authority Websites Got You Down? If You Can’t Beat ’em, Join ’em

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…

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Goomzee Enables Text Message Chat Conversations Between Buyer and Seller

Goomzee Enables Text Message Chat Conversations Between Buyer and Seller

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…

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Hits, Visits, Page Views – What’s Important?

Hits, Visits, Page Views – What’s Important?

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…

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Finally, a Techmeme for Real Estate. TheClozing.com

Finally, a Techmeme for Real Estate. TheClozing.com

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 &…

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REonomy – Yes, They Have Some Cool Data Availabl

REonomy – Yes, They Have Some Cool Data Availabl

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…

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Coldwell Banker On Location

Coldwell Banker On Location

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…

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Zillow Launches iPhone Application

Zillow Launches iPhone Application

Effectively immediately, iPhone users can now download a free Zillow application for the Apple iPhone. I’ve been working with a pre-release version of the app over the past couple of days. I put it through its paces doing a search with my oldest daughter and…

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Century 21 Adds "Communities"

Century 21 Adds "Communities"

Century 21 just announced the new “communities” section of their website (via FoREM), which is a question and answer product allowing agents and consumers to communicate publicly (somewhat similar to Zillow Advice and Trulia Voices). In addition to the new Communities section of Century21.com, they…

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