What People Are Getting Wrong This Week: The Bigfoot Sighting in Colorado

Most people are wrong about Bigfoot this week—both the believers in Sasquatch and the people who are sure there’s no such thing. The coin is still in the air, and has yet to come up heads or tails. Read more…

‘Biophilic Design’ Is the New Home Decor Trend

“Biophilic design” is a term used to describe an overall connection with nature in the composition of an interior space. Humans have a tendency to be attracted to other life forms, and biophilic design taps into the inherent allure of our ecosystem–even as our architecture often separates us from it. While there are… Read more…

Use the ‘OHIO’ Method to Manage Endless Tasks and Messages

When wading through all endless emails, Slack messages, and other notifications, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. When that happens, it’s best to have a strategy going in. There are a few different ways to approach it, but you have to find the one that works for you—and the “OHIO” technique is one to try if […]

You Can Get These JBL Headphones for up to 53% Off

Amazon is having a sale on JBL headphones, earphones, and Bluetooth speakers, of up to 53% off. I’ve rounded up some of the best deals available after checking their price history to make sure they are, in fact, good deals. Here are the best JBL deals currently available on Amazon. Read more…

Google Places ‘Shop All Deals’ Banner In The Search Results

Google is testing placing what looks like a banner ad in its own search results. It says “Shop all deals” and takes you to a query for “shop deals” but not with the original query you entered.

Twitter (X) Now Is Blocking Bing Search

X, well, Twitter.com, is now blocking Bing Search, specifically Bingbot, from crawling and accessing content posted on Twitter.com, on the X platform. Twitter specifically added to its robots.txt file a directive to disallow Bingbot from crawling the content on its platform.

How to Keep Potted Herbs Alive Inside All Winter

I almost never buy fresh herbs at the store unless I have a specific need—but when they’re right outside my door in the garden in the warmer months, I use them in everything. When things cool off, though, you can keep fresh herbs close at hand by growing them inside—but that’s not without its challenges. The […]

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Google Search Stop Showing Even Rich Results – Bug?

Google seems to have stopped showing rich results for event markup in the Google search results. The event lists are no longer showing up event URLs in the Google search result snippet.

Google: Search Generative Experience May Link To Paywalled Content But Here Is How To Block SGE

Google has updated its paywalled content search developer documentation to explain that Google Search Generative Experience may link to content behind a paywall. Google wrote, “SGE overviews may include links to paywalled content as a way for people to discover those pages.”

New Google Rich Result Test Paywalled Content Structured Data Check

Google upgraded the Rich Result Test now to support the validation of structured data for paywalled content. This means you can check live sites, any site, to see if they are implementing the paywalled content structured data properly and if Google Search understands that URL has paywalled content or not.

10 tasks real estate agents delegate (but absolutely shouldn’t)

If the 80-20 principle is correct, then agents must delegate tasks. But broker Nick Schlekeway says many agents have taken it too far. Here are the areas agents should stop delegating and personally handle with care.

Diversity, equity and inclusion confusion: Equality isn’t favoritism

People often fear operating within equity and equality means selecting individuals solely based on that, Broker Zak Shellhammer explains, but equity and equality are not about favoring one over another. 

Home values surge to new record as median prices climb to $350K

The median U.S. home price rose to $350,000 in the third quarter, 2 percent higher than the previous record set a quarter earlier, according to new data released Thursday by Attom.

Broker Spotlight: Victoria Levitam, The Agency Panama

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