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Google tools for real estate agents

Did you know Google has a page for Real Estate Agents?!  FOREM posts on some of the top google products for real estate agents and here is my take on a few on them.

I have long since championed the need to tie yourself with Google, not more so because it is free, but if you [...]

Google is officially taking over the world

I have been fortunate to work in three of the largest online industries, namely travel, tickets and real estate.

What have I always prophesied?!  That google would one day come and absorb these spaces like some colossal Star Trek space cloud.  Well, I believe we are now witnessing the edges of the cloud curling around these [...]

Google explains organic link building

Property Ad Guru found a very useful post from the Google Webmaster Blog regarding best practice for organic link building.   As with all google posts, this is not just someone filling the page with content, this is useful advice worth reading.  Indeed, it is essential reading.

A few of the main points are as follows:

get involved [...]

Google property search in the UK

Well, the thinkable has happened.

As we have been discussing for two years odd google real estate touches down on UK soil today with its property search firmly embedded into its map search. Reported in the Telegraph and almost every other industry blog and twitter feed the rush to get information out is on.

The big questions [...]

Google places – is google real estate getting closer?

Google Places was announced yesterday, which appears to be a re-launch of its local Business Center.

Why is this important to the real estate industry?  The clue is in the title, ‘local’.  Google Places allows businesses to upload detailed information about their business and services.  Google says they already provide the business with the abaility to [...]

Rightmove price increase

As you may know, I don’t normally jump on the Rightmove bashing bandwagon, but I see on estateagenttoday that Rightmove are to increase their charges by 20%.

What is it with these guys?  First, they say google are rubbish, don’t worry about them and then go on to say,  in fact…. we are so good we [...]

Don't worry, it is only Google and they are not very good

This appears to be the view of Rightmove.

Martin Smith spotted a letter from rightmove to all their staff on the FT.

Didn’t someone famous say don’t worry it isn’t loaded then had his head blown off?

Anyway, rightmove may have a small point about having a strong big brand,  but big brands go down just as much [...]