google: Google Voice. Voice Mail was Never this Much Fun. - 10/27/09 08:21 PM
Google Wave. Google Search. Google Docs. Google Apps. Let's face it. Lots of us are Goo-goo over Google.
And for good reason. Simplicity is what we all crave.
Aren't you just a little tired of dealing with five, seven or even ten different companies out there who mange your website, Top Producer, … (15 comments)

google: ArGh! Now I Have to Sort Through Twitter Tweets. - 10/22/09 06:18 PM
I've been micro-interrupted so many times with my iPhone with people Tweeting on Twitter I've just turned the damned service off so I can get some work done. 
I could care less that Arnold was pissed off that a photographer caught his wife red handed driving with a phone stuck to … (54 comments)

google: Google Opens OnLine Bookstore. Good for SEO, too. - 10/15/09 05:54 PM
Competition for Amazon Bookstore? Maybe. It depends on how you look at it.
Amazon has gone Star Trek. Sort of.
Did you ever watch the TV show or any of the movies? All of them have these five inch by seven inch pads or electronic PADS. They seem to download stuff … (4 comments)

google: Need Leads? GoodBye HomeGain... Hello Google. - 10/08/09 02:46 PM
Could there actually be an AGENT or BROKER without a Website somewhere in San Francisco or San Diego...?  
According to Google, there has to be more than a few businesses out there without a website presumed hiding in San Diego or San Francisco.
Google is testing a new advertising … (13 comments)

google: How many websites can I point (safely) for Google to rank me higher? - 10/06/09 05:56 PM
A friend of mine asked me how many websites could he safely direct to his one main website's landing page.
Directing too many websites to another using specific, relevant rich keyword text links can be viewed by Google as a gray hat SEO technique and will do more harm than good … (28 comments)

google: Google Wave. A cool, new idea for Open Houses or Hot Sheets? - 09/30/09 02:37 PM
I should feel like a movie star because Google today rolled out the red carpet treatment to me and invited me to be a part of Google Wave. 
Google only invited 100,000 people to test it. Apparently I was important enough. An honor to be sure -- but I'm already on … (61 comments)

google: Coming Soon: Paid Search for Home inventory. Google Crossbow. - 09/15/09 08:43 PM
A few SEO gurus are starting to paint a new suite of Paid Search services that might soon be coming to Google. If they prove successful, you can bet your next commission advance that Microsoft will once again try to copy cat it for Bing.  Have you seen Windows 7?
I … (1 comments)

google: Your Website Domain is Worth $300,000 or More - 08/04/09 01:34 PM
One of these days, you might want to sell your real estate business.
Imagine yourself, basking in the sun with your toes in the sand, enjoying one of those tropical coconut drinks with a tiny umbrella in it.
Most of us, one day see ourselves selling our real estate business … (11 comments)

google: Secrets of Getting Higher Google PageRank - 07/18/09 11:27 AM
 
As promised, here are the REAL steps you can take to get higher PageRank on Google.
Step One:
Find a half dozen other Websites, like ActiveRain.com, Curbed.com and others that you can organically type text with the key words for your local market. For example, if you are in Colorado … (4 comments)

google: SEO Bozo Alert. Bozo Alert **** - 07/18/09 11:00 AM
Here they come again. More SEO bozos.
This one is called 123-Ranking.com. The website claims to boost PR (Google PageRank values).  DO NOT USE THIS FIRM. DO NOT USE THIS FIRM. They are offering a $7 book, and their testimonials are 100% UN-verifiable. There is no tangible proof to their claims … (3 comments)

google: Website Usability? I fixed it and we're making $50,000 a month now. - 07/11/09 08:24 PM
This one's an interesting story with a very happy ending.
Our website, has been ranking page one #1 and page one #2 on Google for six years.
So last year, to save marketing dollars -- the board of directors elected to REMOVE the toll free phone number off the top right … (6 comments)

google: CNN owes me 670.90 and Owes All of Us an Apology - 07/07/09 09:24 PM
It was a sad day when Elvis died. It was a sad day when Michael Jackson died. Farrah, too.
The Internet has become such an important part of life for everybody today, especially REALTORS that we sort of become so used to have fast, perky screens open and close... that we … (9 comments)

google: GPS Overload? How Much is TOO Much? - 07/06/09 02:24 PM
Mappying Frenzy for Websites sort of began several years ago, 2004/2005 when Google announced Google Maps (then beta) for folks to start taking Nasa photos of the earth's terrain with Google technology and blending it into an Application Programming Interface (called API). We jumped on the mapping band wagon and so … (31 comments)

google: Get Rich with Google Scams? Watch Out. - 06/26/09 11:51 AM
The SEO Bozos are getting pretty shifty with unbelievable get rich quick schemes.
If firm's like MerchantCircle or LeapFish can't get you suckered into buying their pumped up SEO service cleverly disguised as nothing more than a stupid directory listing in somebody's portal that less than .000004% of your web customers … (8 comments)

google: Crap! Google AdWords Just Got More Expensive! - 05/14/09 10:05 PM
Have you heard the buzz around the water cooler?
The END of the Buyers' Market ended six or seven weeks ago. What? YES, it's TRUE. It ENDED.
With Home Sales up 5.1% in March, nearly 6% in April, and with home inventory now sitting at 6 months of inventory (as opposed … (5 comments)

google: Google Changes Ahead. Watch Out For Screaming REALTORS. - 04/22/09 10:23 PM
Call me a doom sayer, but the sky is going to be falling. Maybe real soon. So WATCH OUT for Falling Pixels and Google Page Rank. Something is a foot at Google. And it's starting to smell a lot like November 2003 again.
Okay, if I just LOST you, let me … (11 comments)

 
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