Team Thayer Real Estate Blog

Hello Everyone. Yesterday I had a post about how to rank well with Google, (SEO Beginnings: How can I create a Google-friendly site?) and one of the suggestions was to make sure that you have submitted your sitemap to Google for proper indexing. I did not mention in that post however, that I had ...

How can I create a Google-friendly site? If you are like me, then you are using Google Primarily for your web search queries. According to a  recent Nielsen Rating, almost 1/2 of us use Google as our search engine!!! So when we think SEO, we need to be addressing the majority of our audience. Bas...

So you have learned how to create an RSS feed (If not click here), now what? How are you going to get your content out of the bubble and unto the masses? Syndication is your solution, and it requires submission to feed distribution networks. There are many feed distribution networks, and software...

So I have now received 3 emails from AR contact form in which the person says they need to have a private conversation with you, and when you email a reply to them they send you a message with the typical African Scam.Beware of people sending you messages through the AR contact form and asking yo...

Hello and good day to all my AR friends! I am often asked what websites I use for what. In my office and my local RE community I am the resident computer geek. Not a title I am proud of until I can pass on some of the rewards of that. So I have decided to compile a list of my favorite websites an...

You Probably know that many of the feed aggregators and ISP homepages allow you to add RSS feeds of live content to your home page. I have several feeds that keep me up to date on what's going on in the market. I also spend a lot of time contributing to what's going on by participating in AR disc...

We know that our clients care about the details of their neighborhood. In Eugene, we know what to tell them in each neighborhood for any question, but we typically will not answer certain questions to avoid liabilities. Where do you find the information about that neighborhood, and what informati...

There are so many ad campaigns you see on TV about Real Estate, and why you should or shouldn't use a realtor, and which of the lead aggregator websites you should go to for real estate information.  Why do you not see a comparable amount of NAR advertising showing the advantages of working with ...

We all know the value of online forums and the communication capabilities they provide us. Yet I still hear the question whenever I refer someone to AR, "Well, why would I spend my time on that?"We members of AR are, of course,  more interested in members who are going to  participate with qualit...

SOCIAL SECURITY:(This is worth reading. It is short and to the point.) Perhaps we are asking the wrong questions during election years. Our Senators and Congresswomen DO NOT pay into Social Security and, of course, they do not collect from it.   You see, Social Security benefits were not suitable...