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There is a very intersting debate going on regarding a realtors right to use the phrase "MLS" on their website or in their marketing.

Basically the discussion came about because a member of real estate webmasters who is also a realtor for John L Scott in Washington received an email from the NWMLS (North West MLS) threatening to fine him for using the phrase "Seattle MLS" in his description for his website posted here at REW. The gist of the description went like this:

"At my website you can search all active listings on the Seattle MLS"

You can read about the backlash this has caused at this thread:
http://www.realestatewebmasters.com/thread9678.html

My stance on this is that first a foremost, the NWMLS does not own the trademark or have a… Read Full Post

Instead of counting the individual stats for a page, in terms of pageviews, currently the pageview counter is summing all pageviews for all articles in a category - now this could be handy I suppose, but wasnt what I wanted, Mike if you are reading this, we need to fix this on monday :-)

That being said, I think I running total for all category posts would be good to. Read Full Post

Most of us all know the search engine ranking benefit our websites receive from getting inbound links to our websites from other relevant topic specific websites.

When you think about it though, for the most part the way agents are exchanging links currently (Peer to peer link exchange from buried links pages) this is the only benefit being gained from the exchange.

So I think it is time we evaluated this proposition - consider the following:

#1 - The real estate industry is built on referrals and networking as much as any other medium of lead generation, some agents make a living solely on referrals

#2 - Links (When they are properly included in a website) are a great way to send qualified traffic to the destination website that the link… Read Full Post

We need to make the pageview counter work so that each time a post is viewed the counter ups by one. Read Full Post

The way the comments are posted it is newest on top, this makes no sense, I need to reverse the order in which comments are posted so they are more readable and users can follow them. Read Full Post

Nanaimo is now experiencing a great deal of growth, especially in the old city area and on the waterfront. There is some fear of overdevelopment as building sizes begin to increase, blocking water views from further back along the city.

The current council is also working hard to solve the drug and biker issues often associated with Nanaimo. Nanaimo is also experiencing a significant increase in tech related work, especially with regards to the internet. High education levels and a low cost of living make Nanaimo a great candidate for expansion in an ever increasing tech / web field with rising costs.
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Ed if you look below this post you will see a place for comments, you are referring to those little quotation elements within the blockquote correct? Read Full Post

Well it's Saturday and it came down to Bowling or minigolf for my son and I and he chose minigolfing so we are off to paradise golf course in parksville - always a good time. Read Full Post