Pocket Listings in Seattle? June 23, 2008
I was a meeting this weekend with an agent in Southern California where he showed me a website he says he visits a couple times a week. A competitor had built up a large repository of “pocket listings” for the Beverly Hills area and then stuck them behind a registration wall… of which he visited [...]
A Special Tribute for RCG’s 3rd Birthday! March 19, 2008
When I told my wife that RCG turned three years old today, she looked at me in disbelief…
Not because the site has been around so long, but because it seems impossible that RCG has brought so many (wonderful) changes to our life in only three years.
While RCG started out as an experiment to cheaply market [...]
You may be the most impressive part of RCG March 2, 2008
I was just updating some of the stats that I use in my presentation in prep for this week’s event, when I noticed something that I thought RCG readers (and contributors) might appreciate.
The total number of visitors to RCG has always been impressive, but I found it wild that out of all the people who [...]
Robbie, the Jedi Knight, accepts a position with the Rebel Alliance February 13, 2008
A huge congratulations goes out to Robbie! He has been an extremely valuable member of the RCG community and I only hope we can keep him interested in real estate (especially since he runs the backend of my wife’s MLS search site!).
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Guilty of Slandering Seattle January 27, 2007
Irony only goes so far and apparently, my list of things you should know before moving to Seattle was only the tip of the iceberg in terms of the way I’ve been known to slander Seattle…
The story behind the story… Apparently, the powers that be on wikipedia agree that “Rain City” is not an [...]
Rain City Guide Year In Review December 20, 2006
The most popular articles on RCG from this past year as measured in total hits:
February 27: 8 Common Mistakes Made by Real Estate Bloggers
March 22: Why Google Base Matters
October 24: Popcorn Ceiling Removal
February 13: Real Estate Photography — Camera Choice
February 8: Zillow’s Impact on Day 1
February 24: A Closing Date Without a Closing
March 1: [...]
Some SEO changes December 5, 2006
Back at the Blog Business Summit, I asked Dave Taylor what I could do to improve my ranking in some of the “other” search engines… It seems that over 90% of RCG search engine traffic comes from Google and while I appreciate the traffic from Google, I would like a little love from the other [...]
The Big List of RCG Plugins October 3, 2006
My list is a little longer than Greg’s…
Akismet. A must for WP blogs… I’ve complained in the past how their service is somewhat of a blackhole and I can’t seem to rescue a few of the people who leave comments on RCG from the Akismet spam filter. Nonetheless, the service catches hundreds of spam messages [...]
What real estate sites do you use? September 28, 2006
John Cook is on vacation and while he is gone asked, ‘What Real Estate Sites Do You Use?‘. It’s kind of a loaded question because he implies that transactions are going to be on the internet in the future, and he’s looking to find out which website is leading the way…
Reading through the [...]
10 things I learned from my stats tonight September 7, 2006
It’s been a long while since I posted about traffic on RCG. Two reasons come to mind… One, I’ve been swamped in starting my new job and never got around to updating my excel sheet and two, I knew we weren’t seeing much growth, so what’s the point
However, I took [...]
