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This web log records my activities with nwRealty.Net, Inc. and nwRealty.com. I endeavor to remain objective but frequently express my personal opinions.
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I know that FSBO's and Limited Service providers strike a raw nerve for REALTORS® exhausting themselves to provide the absolute best possible service.  But if there wasn't some basic need for limited service, it wouldn't have materialized.The most common reason Sellers give for going FSBO or hiri...
08/08/2007
In a previous postI introduced Google's free Webmaster Tools, leaving off with the report of the current top 20 placements for search queries driving traffic to http://www.nwrealty.com/.  (Before going further I need to disclose that these were only the top 20 of over 13,000 keywords and most of ...
08/07/2007
For many years we have considered advertising on IRED.com an investment well worth the $25 annual fee but for the past few months I cannot detect any SEO/back-link benefit.  Logs indicate that we do receive a handful of visitors every month, but our motivation is SEO.I've dug around quite a bit a...
08/07/2007
I received another email from identity thieves this morning.  It was spoofing as a legitimate message from the Bank of America.  The first really really obvious give away is "I don't have any accounts with Bank of America".  But I have received emails spoofing as institutions where I do have acco...
08/07/2007
Whether you're website is DIY or professionally maintained, Google offers a ton of free information about your site at http://www.google.com/webmasters/.  You'll have to create an account and confirm ownership of your site, but that is a very easy process.Once logged in, you're presented with a d...
08/06/2007
I just conducted a quick inventory of leads in Activrain's Referral Exchange.  This morning there are 120 leads in the system.  33 of them originated from our site at http://www.nwrealty.com/ (end of shameless self promotion).  Most of the leads identify an "Immediate" time frame but are several ...
08/06/2007
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Quite commonly I come across websites where an agent has framed his/her domain to their sub-domain/pseudo domain on their company site.  Example ... http://www.mydomainname.com/ framing http://myname.companyname.com.  This is a very economical method of using your domain name in your personal pro...
08/06/2007
"I've got 3 agents working for me!  I'll work with the first one that brings me what I want."  Those are the exact words a buyer said to me when he called last week.  Does he really think he can waste the time and effort of so many agents?  The number of agents truly working for him was probably ...
08/06/2007
I just received a "credit alert" from True Credit letting me know that someone took a look at my credit.  This and all previous alerts have been triggered by bona-fide personal uses.  But they always arrive by email within 24 - 48 hours of the credit check.  In the event that someone successfully...
08/06/2007
Last Monday (July 30th) numerous property owners voiced support for the rezone of property along West Valley Hwy from residential to commercial use.  Most of those that spoke were not included in the ten parcels current being considered by the Planning Commission and they voiced their desire for ...
08/05/2007
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