Online Title Insurance Blog

Steve Poizner, the insurance commissioner for the California Department of Insurance, recently stated that "the title industry is broken." In many respects he is correct and I, for one, agree with many of his recommendations. Especially the idea that title insurance companies need to change thems...

I just got my latest newsletter from Search Engine Watch and it discusses a new update to Ask.com that looks fairly interesting. Ask.com is making their SERP much more robust. They are calling it Ask3D and I like the way they are displaying the different steps of the search on the results pages. ...

So I have been reading a bunch of stories about the new Milan Table from Microsoft. If you have not heard it is a touchscreen computer set in a coffee table. At first it seems like a frivolous toy but after watching the video it appears that there are almost limitless options for use in retail an...

  Yahoo Search Blog reported that they were in the process of updating their search index. I usually don't pay too much attention to Yahoo but I recently noticed a pretty significant increase in the number of visitors coming from Yahoo so I did some investigation. Unlike the last few Yahoo update...

The Closing University at myClosingSPACE.com provides a detailed breakdown of the processes and fees associated with real estate transactions. Whether you are refinancing your current mortgage or purchasing a new home this tutorial provides a good start. The goal of myClosingSPACE.com is to help ...

Many of you know that the US GAO has recently issued their report on the title insurance industry and as expected they see a lot of problems and issues that need to be addressed. To see the report visit the following links. Highlights (PDF) Abstract Full Report The fundamental message from the re...

Part 3 in my series discussing Search Marketing in 2007 continues the discussion on links that started in Part 2: Proper Link Building Techniques. The post discussed an overview of the proper way to build links to your site. Many AR members are very aware how much back links improve search engine...

I recently came across an oddly overpriced listing in the town where I live. After reading Randy L. Prothero's post about agents who steal clients by telling them they can sell their house for way more than it is worth I had to wonder if that is what is happening here. This listing for $825,000 i...

In the first part of my series of discussions about the Search Engine Strategies Conference in NYC I went over some new PPC features in Google AdWords. To read that post please visit my Search Marketing in 2007: Part 1 Post. Part 2 will have an SEO focus and in this post I would like to proper li...

Well, I just got back from SES (Search Engine Strategies) in NYC and would like to break down some of the things I learned. If you are not familiar with SES take a look at their site to learn more. They run a series of conferences featuring some of the top search engine marketing folks as well as...