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By Matt Goyer May 10, 2007

A co-worker taped this to my monitor; from the Seattle PI:

I’m the founder and managing broker of Urban Living. I love lofts, floating homes, new construction and mid-century moderns but will help you buy or sell just about anything.

Get in touch to:

Understand the market
Find your perfect home
Sell your home

Contact:
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206-203-6242

11 responses to “Seattle housing cartoon”

Kate says:

May 11, 2007 at 12:21 am

Hello,
I just got a new site through real estate website design they told me it takes time to gain rankings or even be listed on the search engines. Is that true? Please advise.
Thanks
Peckham says:

May 11, 2007 at 2:27 pm

“they told me it takes time to gain rankings or even be listed on the search engines

Time and money. If you want to be in Google’s top ten, you are going to have to pay for it. It’s no accident when a site gets listed as number one — unless you are some kind of wild phenomenon that everyone is linking to. There is a process for driving brand, visitor traffic and search engine results.

There are companies that use “RichContent” technology to enhance existing content from video to audio, images and text, and then optimize it, add tags and broadcast it into dozens of high-traffic web portals. For example, RichContent Media Momentum’s engine (see http://www.richcontent.tv/) creates a unique relationship between all forms of media. The end results is what they call “Content Harmony” which multiplies search results in a non-spammy, long-term, trackable and cumulative way. IOW, get to the top of the Google, Yahoo, MSN search results. It’s not exactly free.
Peckham says:

May 11, 2007 at 6:27 am

“they told me it takes time to gain rankings or even be listed on the search engines

Time and money. If you want to be in Google’s top ten, you are going to have to pay for it. It’s no accident when a site gets listed as number one — unless you are some kind of wild phenomenon that everyone is linking to. There is a process for driving brand, visitor traffic and search engine results.

There are companies that use “RichContent” technology to enhance existing content from video to audio, images and text, and then optimize it, add tags and broadcast it into dozens of high-traffic web portals. For example, RichContent Media Momentum’s engine (see http://www.richcontent.tv/) creates a unique relationship between all forms of media. The end results is what they call “Content Harmony” which multiplies search results in a non-spammy, long-term, trackable and cumulative way. IOW, get to the top of the Google, Yahoo, MSN search results. It’s not exactly free.
CG says:

May 11, 2007 at 3:48 pm

REDFIN TO BE FEATURED ON “60 MINUTES” THIS SUNDAY

So reports John Cook, the venture reporter in this morning’s Seattle PI. We’ve been hearing about this imminent story for some time now — glad it apparently will actually air. Hey, will our favorite Urban Living blogger cum online real-estate-brokerage muckety-muck be getting some national exposure this weekend? Hope so!
CG says:

May 11, 2007 at 7:48 am

REDFIN TO BE FEATURED ON “60 MINUTES” THIS SUNDAY

So reports John Cook, the venture reporter in this morning’s Seattle PI. We’ve been hearing about this imminent story for some time now — glad it apparently will actually air. Hey, will our favorite Urban Living blogger cum online real-estate-brokerage muckety-muck be getting some national exposure this weekend? Hope so!
CG says:

May 14, 2007 at 8:20 pm

WHO’S AFRAID OF REDFIN? WHY, THE NAR, THAT’S WHO!

From a posting today on the terrific blog of Holden Lewis of Bankrate.com
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/mortgages/mortgage_update.asp

REALTY REALITY: I didn’t catch it last night, but “60 Minutes” had a report from Lesley Stahl on real estate agents’ commissions and how “the sacred 6 percent is under assault from online discounters.”

Last Friday, two days before the “60 Minutes” report aired, the National Association of Realtors sent its members a list of talking points in case any pesky local media came calling for reactions. Among the talking points:

— The segment represents a very small part of the issues “60 Minutes” explored and the segment that aired could have been much worse.

— The National Association of Realtors supports all business models and favors none. Members include Realtors who work on a full-service basis as well as those who consider themselves to be limited service, fee for service, minimum service, and discounters.

— Real estate is a highly competitive business, and has become more competitive during the market slowdown.

— The real estate industry has harnessed technology for the benefit of consumers.

— There is no such thing as a standard commission. Commissions are negotiable and prices vary.

Says Lewis, “If your local newspapers or TV stations do follow-up stories, you’re likely to read or hear these talking points in action.”
CG says:

May 14, 2007 at 12:20 pm

WHO’S AFRAID OF REDFIN? WHY, THE NAR, THAT’S WHO!

From a posting today on the terrific blog of Holden Lewis of Bankrate.com
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/mortgages/mortgage_update.asp

REALTY REALITY: I didn’t catch it last night, but “60 Minutes” had a report from Lesley Stahl on real estate agents’ commissions and how “the sacred 6 percent is under assault from online discounters.”

Last Friday, two days before the “60 Minutes” report aired, the National Association of Realtors sent its members a list of talking points in case any pesky local media came calling for reactions. Among the talking points:

— The segment represents a very small part of the issues “60 Minutes” explored and the segment that aired could have been much worse.

— The National Association of Realtors supports all business models and favors none. Members include Realtors who work on a full-service basis as well as those who consider themselves to be limited service, fee for service, minimum service, and discounters.

— Real estate is a highly competitive business, and has become more competitive during the market slowdown.

— The real estate industry has harnessed technology for the benefit of consumers.

— There is no such thing as a standard commission. Commissions are negotiable and prices vary.

Says Lewis, “If your local newspapers or TV stations do follow-up stories, you’re likely to read or hear these talking points in action.”
mattgoyer says:

May 14, 2007 at 8:22 pm

You can catch the segment online: http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=2796105n

If I wasn’t swamped at work I’d be blogging!
Matt Goyer says:

May 14, 2007 at 12:22 pm

You can catch the segment online: http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=2796105n

If I wasn’t swamped at work I’d be blogging!
jo says:

May 14, 2007 at 9:48 pm

That is AWESOME

My favorite quote: “postage stamps are going up in price, that cuts into our bottom line”.

When time goes to sell my condo in about a yr and a half, I’m going to use Redfin.
jo says:

May 14, 2007 at 1:48 pm

That is AWESOME

My favorite quote: “postage stamps are going up in price, that cuts into our bottom line”.

When time goes to sell my condo in about a yr and a half, I’m going to use Redfin.

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