There’s a proposal for NAR to change IDX policy to include a link back to a listing brokerage’s website within every IDX listing display. This has been suggested and supported by Redfin’s Glenn Kelman and WAV Group’s Victor Lund. References: Geekestate by Drew Meyers Notorious by…

I kid you not, the following was an inbound search term that found Geek Estate today: how to find easy real estate clients using craigslist Really? Are real estate agents really that lazy? If a client is going to pay you thousands of dollars in commission…

Real estate media is all about traffic right now.  Broker sites, agent sites, and the national portal websites are battling for SEO, ad placement, and brand recognition. Those of us in the SEO-centric crowd focus a lot on domain names, and how much value they…

I get a bunch of calls and emails every week asking for information about the RealGeeks website system we use.  I’m happy to discuss it, but I figured if I just wrote a review of our experience, it might save me a little bit of time…

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…

Three things are making me write this post… 1. To win at SEO, you need links. Without fail, 90% of conversations I have with agents or brokers involve search engine optimization — and link building is where SEO is won or lost. 2. Everyone has a…

Good news for 4 people – I’m offering an online marketing consultation for agents or brokers for $5 to the first 4 people to pay. Here’s the background as to why. I’m currently at Startup Weekend in Amsterdam working with a team building a platform that enables you…

How Much Real Estate Will I Sell if I’m on the First Page Google I just saw this as a search query in my Google Analytics. Meaning at least one person is out there trying to figure out the answer. Of course, we all want…

I was scanning my feedreader today, and saw the news that Alain Pinel, a well known brokerage in the Bay Area, launched a redesigned website with Onboard Informatics Lifestyle Content. Great. A brokerage finally invested in their web presence. Alain Pinel is well known, so…

There was an article in the San Diego Union Tribune that was one of the many attempts to explain the listing data integrity and syndication debate to the general consumer. As most of us and some of the big players in the industry have already…