Schizophrenic Search Engine, or, Two for the Price of One At least according to Google, this blog now ranks 4th amongst Twin Cities real estate blogs. And also 8th. Huh?? The explanation: the old, blogspot version of this blog shows up #8 on Google — that, despite being inactive since early January. Meanwhile, after six...Read More
Everything You Didn’t Want to Know About Blog “Plumbing” Want to know why — amongst other reasons — Google is a $200 billion behemoth? Because it collects big bucks from advertisers to place their ads on millions of big and tiny Web sites, blogs, etc. (mine is decidedly in the latter camp). Meanwhile, Google essentially...Read More
2011 Hennepin County Property Taxes Every time I think I’m a Democrat, they do something stupid. Every time I think I’m a Republican, they do something greedy. –Jay Leno What do you call proposing to steeply raise property taxes against a backdrop of weak home prices and an economy just emerging, maybe, from recession? How...Read More
“So, How’s the Market?” “A recession is when your neighbor loses their job. A Depression is when you lose yours.” –uttered by Presidents Truman and Reagan (and many others) Little remarked — but equally true — is the converse: a “bounce,” at least in the real estate business, is when you are busy; a “boom”...Read More
Message to Google (See Above*) Don’t be evil. –Google corporate motto I suppose it’s the blogging equivalent of losing an election to a deceased opponent, or “none of the above” on a ballot. What am I talking about? Routinely being buried on Google’s search engine rankings by dozens of other Twin Cities real estate blogs....Read More
