Google’s speedy indexing of pages not always a good thing
(For those of you who are not Realtors or bloggers associated with real estate - the general theme of this discussion is freedom of speech, governmental intervention, property taxes and assessments and blogs. If you care to catch up, you can start here.) Especially if…
Are (real estate) blogs commercial?
What is the definition of "commercial"? What defines a real estate blog as being "commercial"? If you have a link to an MLS search, are you therefore offering the potential for you to make money, and thus commercializing your blog? Is it possible even to…
Tuesday links 10-30-2007
Close the UVA library to the public. Please don't infringe on the virgin ears of students. Damn public. The library's first concern should be, not to preserve public openness at all costs, but to preserve a comfortable, welcoming environment to students and faculty. The academic…
Top Real estate bloggers named by Inman
It's all over the RE.net. Inman News has named the 25 most Influential Real Estate Bloggers. If you're not reading these blogs and you're a Realtor and/or in a leadership position within the real estate profession, you need to be. If you're a real estate…
Collaborating in real time
Remember when you worked on a document or presentation with somebody and you would email it back and forth with the changes? That is so last month. In working on this presentation on blogging for the past week or ten days, we used Google's Presentation…
Virginia Real Estate BloggerCon
Count me in. I'm curious to see how many show up. The response to the "Beer with Bloggers" at the Inman Connect Conference in San Francisco was extraordinary. Let's hope there's beer. That always helps. Thanks again to Ben Martin for his initiative. (read an…
Blog Action Day – 15 October 2007
Normally I don't buy into these things, but this one seems worthwhile and credible: Blog Action Day (and their blog) On October 15th, bloggers around the web will unite to put a single important issue on everyone's mind - the environment. Every blogger will post…
Insight into blog readers’ minds
They come from all over and provide tremendous insight into what's on consumers' minds. In no particular order: - can a builder discriminate against a realtor - sure, why not? But if that Realtor has a qualified buyer, what good would come from shooting yourself…
A Google map for every blog
Coming next week. Update 8/22/07: And they're here. Transparent and Ubertor discuss.
2000 posts
I feel as if I should have something profound to say after blogging about the Charlottesville region's real estate market for 32 months, but as with most any other milestone, it's just another day. Actually, this is post #2001. Hopefully the next 2000 posts will…