Like most agents or brokers who run their own websites, I’m always looking around to see what’s the latest and greatest in terms of website design, IDX, and related real estate tech tools. A couple of months ago I stumbled onto a broker’s website that…

Lots of agents, brokers and real estate web masters are implementing Google authorship markup on their websites and blogs. It’s a great way to get increased visibility in the SERPs, improve CTR, boost your personal branding and claim your original content as your own. However,…

Thank you to everyone that took me up on the offer for a free link. Without further adieu  here are those in the Geek Estate community on Oh Hey World (sorted on closest geographically to me)… Sam DeBord – SeattleHome.com. Currently in [currentlocation user_slug=”sam”] Hayk Saakian – Skyreal….

Here’s the deal. Everyone knows link building is VITAL to your SEO efforts, and usually fairly time consuming and/or expensive. So I’m going to give you a break and give you a link. I’ll make it drop dead easy…and free. EVERYONE with a profile tagged…

I spent a few hours yesterday going through an in depth demo of the Quicksilver Real Estate Solutions platform.  I thought the GEB community would like to hear my thoughts in case anyone here is considering them for their web platform. The first thing that…

Trulia is like the 8’th grade bully that looks like a 19 year old, stocky, goatied, man-child that looks like he can pile-drive you to the leaves with his left hand, only after you stand up for yourself and fight back he promptly leaves you…

Realtor.com just went through a major design overhaul and I thought it would be interesting to see the reaction of the tech crowd. It looks to me like it’s a move in the direction of most of the larger internet-based companies: simplify, streamline, and create…

Companies want more leads. The first thing that comes to mind is “I need more traffic.” But is that really your problem? More traffic is not what you need In my previous job, one of the first things I did with a new or potential…

Greg Fischer just launched a new website, FWLocal.com. Yet one feature is surprisingly absent. IDX. It’s no secret most of “leads” from agent or broker websites are converted to contact information with IDX. So, is ditching IDX a risk? Sure it is. I’m guessing Greg’s…

I was engaged in a recent chat thread on a private Facebook group regarding the maximization of pay for clicks via Google AdWords to generate leads. I guess I took it for granted that if you pay thousands of dollars on ad words, then you would want to…