Monthly Archives: March 2022

Why You Should Add an Egg Yolk to Your Mashed Potatoes

Mashed potatoes are important, and I take them very seriously. The epitome of comfort food, a bowl of roughed up spuds is the easiest way to turn an otherwise “healthy” meal into comfort food. Read more…

Google Audio Knowledge Panel To Listen In Your Language

Last month we spotted Google testing an audio based listen and translate feature for the local panel. It seems Google is now trying this out for standard knowledge panels. These will play an audio clip of the knowledge panel text in English or your local language, even if the language is written in English on […]

New: Google Data Studio Supports Discover & Google News Traffic From Search Console

Google announced that now the Search Console connector for Google Data Studio can now bring in traffic data for Google Discover and Google News. This means you can do more mashing up of your data, directly in Google Data Studio specifically with those two new traffic sources.

Google: Nofollow Is Not A Dampening Factor

Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that the “nofollow is not a dampening factor.” Meaning, when you put a nofollow attribute on a link, it does not dampen the value of the link, it totally does not give any credit or value to that link at all.

Now Seeing Volatility For The Google Product Reviews Update (v. March 2022)

Earlier this week I reported that we were not seeing huge changes yet for the March 2022 Google Products Reviews update. Well, it seems like some of the tools and a number of SEOs are now noticing larger changes specific to sites that would match the product reviews categories.

Google Search Highly Cited Stories & Come Back Later For Evolving Results

Google is rolling out to features to give searchers more ammunition when looking at the search results on news related topics or evolving topics. One is a highly cited label for top stories and the other is more information about search results that are changing quickly.

Broker Spotlight: Ryan Serhant, SERHANT.

Starting a brokerage in the middle of a pandemic might seem counterintuitive, but for Ryan Serhant, it was a natural progression. Find out how he differentiates his brokerage, SERHANT., and what he sees happening next.

It’s time to ditch mortgage lending’s outdated appraisal model

It’s time for the mortgage lending industry to move to an AVM-based appraisal model, says real estate coach Bernice Ross. There is too much room for error, especially in today’s super-fast-paced market.

ICNY: Nicole Lopez on preventing agent burnout and why it matters

Nicole Lopez has seen brokerages suffer due to agent burnout. She shares how she beat the burnout and built her incredible team at Inman Connect New York.

Welcome to the new neighborhood. These homes aren’t for sale

In recent years, some of the nation’s most prominent homebuilders have stepped up their focus on homes that are built to rent. In this historically competitive market, is it depriving buyers of inventory?

This is how real estate will look in 2030, according to industry leaders

Top real estate leaders met for three days in the desert at Inman Disconnect 2022 to offer their predictions for the future of real estate.

Googler Does A One Hand Handstand Salute

Google Now Using MUM For Detecting Personal Crisis Searches & BERT For Detecting Shocking Content

Google promised to let us know when they expand when they use MUM in search and Google did just that yesterday with this new announcement. Google announced how they are using MUM for better detection of queries around personal crisis. And Google also said the search company used BERT to reduce unexpected shocking search results.

BiggerPockets Podcast 590: From Struggling Renter to Cash Flowing Landlord Using $0 Down Loans w/Andre Haynes

No money down real estate investing usually sounds too good to be true. It seems almost impractical that someone without much experience, money, or property can secure cash-flowing rentals without […]

Realtor.com announces new chief revenue, growth hires

Bryan Ellis will take over as chief revenue officer, while Arthur Chapin will join the company for the newly created role of chief growth officer. Ellis has experience at Angie’s List and Tesla while Chapin joins the company from Expedia.