Redfin Adds Schools to Real Estate Searches The integration of education data in Redfin's real estate service is more than skin deep, as each school is now profiled on the site, with basic facts and even parent's reviews. According to Redfin's blog , the service will even soon let you search for homes within a specific district, a big deal for some families. You can even start with a school's description and find homes for sale in the neighborhood , effectively turning the real estate search process on its head. MORE >>

» Are You Getting Bad Real Estate SEO Advice? Hat tip to Matt McGee for bringing this to my attention, but I have long thought that real estate agents and brokers were getting bad SEO advice. Specifically, an article on the National Association of Realtors’ website tells real estate agents what to do, but I wouldn’t trust it completely. In a nutshell, the article encourages real estate agents to focus on one task per week, then in six week’s time they will be on their way to increased Web visibility. Not great. MORE >>

Today still most websites receive less or even no traffic. Those websites are not marketing optimized and offer no user experience! More fatal they don’t offer any kind of valuable and remarkable content. They have no lead generation process implemented. Content is the key to attract target audience, to generate lead and to convert those lead into revenue! First thing which you should consider when you plan to setup a marketing optimized website, is not to ask a web designer! You should talk to a pro, to internet marketing specialists which are qualified to help you. Send article as PDF. MORE >>

  At the top are these blog posts:   They're clearly not getting a good response.    If Featured Discussions are relatively popular and blog posts are relatively unpopular, wouldn't it make sense to switch them? Put the discussions at the top and move blog posts lower down (or remove them entirely). Look at GovLoop's online community.    Why have something which is not getting a good response taking up the most valuable area of your community? Beneath these posts are the featured discussions (below). MORE >>

Cover photo dimensions are 850 x 315 pixels – major real estate you don’t want to waste. Rumor has it Facebook will be rolling out Timeline for brand pages any day now. The most frequently given date is February 29. Until Facebook makes their official announcement, however, we don’t exactly know how Timeline will work for brand pages. Assuming it’s going to be a lot like Timeline that’s already rolled out for people, here are 3 easy ways brands can prepare for the change: 1. Prepare your cover photo. Establish your timeline of events. MORE >>