Millennials are Finally Looking to Make a Move! Picking up from my previous post, one of the best quotes in Google’s recent article “House Hunting Season: 6 Key Trends That Search Reveals” was made by Jonathan Smoke, chief economist at Realtor.com. Smoke was quoted as saying “It is likely that we are on the cusp of […]
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Is Local SEO Dead for Real Estate?
Lost in the noise of the proposed Zillow acquisition of Trulia, something cataclysmic occurred on Friday, July 25, 2014. Google launched a local search algorithm update. The result of the update was the removal of the Google Local 7 pack of mapped results for common keywords like city name real estate, city name realtor, and […]
2 Hard Truths About Your Home Page Design (that other designers are too scared to tell you)
Let’s admit it. We all love a little praise. Maybe it’s praise for some great feat we’ve accomplished or some goal we’ve met, or for something we’ve created. Something we’ve poured our own blood, sweat, and tears into. And this is never more evident than with our babies. You know, those we’ve worked really hard […]
No Dorothy, Your Kansas Real Estate Website isn't on Page One!
There is a common misconception among real estate professionals that a newly or even a recently launched website with a new domain name should rank well fresh off the shelf. To exacerbate the problem, some agents also have unrealistic expectations that if they launch a website and upload a smidgen of content to the site, […]