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03 Sep 2010 Leave a Comment
Loving the Facebook social plugin – “Like” Box for your website
31 Aug 2010 Leave a Comment
Vancouver Sports Massage Therapist
31 Aug 2010 Leave a Comment
I was so pleased to see that Vancouver Registered Massage Therapist Camelia Eisentraut received an awesome gift from her happy massage clients – the Olympic Dutch Speedskating team!
You can see a photo of the signed jersy they gave her – it's framed in her "office".
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11 Aug 2010 Leave a Comment
Microsoft Warns Webmasters: You Might Be Dropped From New Search Formats
22 Jul 2010 Leave a Comment
Both Microsoft and Yahoo have announced that the two companies have begun testing the partnership originally inked a year ago, which will bring Bing search results to Yahoo.
The testing is currently affecting a quarter of Yahoo's search traffic and, while not site-wide, Microsoft is warning on its blog that webmasters should be diligent in making sure that their sites are showing up in search results correctly, lest they be left behind. To that end, Microsoft is releasing a completely redesigned version of its Bing Webmaster Tools.
Microsoft is warning webmasters that, just because their site showed up as they wanted on Yahoo search does not mean it will be the same for Yahoo search when it is powered by Bing and there are a few steps they should take:
During this testing phase, it's important to look at how your site is showing up in search results on Yahoo! and Bing today, so you can assess if there are any tweaks you need to make or feedback you need to share with the team to make sure your site is accurately represented in Bing's results. In particular, now is a good time for you to review your crawl policies in your robots.txt and ensure that you have identical polices for the msnbot/Bingbot and Yahoo's bots. Just to note, you should not see an increase in bingbot traffic as a result of the transition.
The updated webmaster tools give webmasters control over three areas: crawl, index and traffic. Through the use of these tools, webmasters can control how and where their website shows up in Bing search results, as well as look at traffic on the search engine. Here's Microsoft's explanation:
Index Explorer gives you unprecedented access to browse through the Bing index in order to verify which of your directories and pages have been included. Submit URLs gives you the ability to signal which URLs Bing should add to the index. Other new features include: Crawl Issues to view details on redirects, malware, and exclusions encountered while crawling sites; and Block URLs to prevent specific URLs from appearing in Bing search engine results pages. In addition, the new tools take advantage of Microsoft Silverlight 4 to deliver rich charting functionality that will help you quickly analyze up to six months of crawling, indexing, and traffic data.
When we looked at this partnership a year ago, we posited that it could create some competition for Google. In the last year, Google has lost little ground in the search marketplace, but Yahoo and Bing both hold the number two and three spots in search engine popularity worldwide. We'll see if Bing-powered search results do anything to change the status quo. In the meantime, webmasters would be wise to heed Microsoft's advice and monitor their site in the search results.
New Ubertor Feature: Third Level Navigation
21 Jul 2010 Leave a Comment
Now within the Ubertor system Approved Vendors can add 3rd level navigation. Actually, they could add 3rd level, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc. Not sure if you would need that many levels to your navigation, but either way, the power is there for Approved Vendors to expand your navigation.
Calgary Realtors John Hripko and Josh Nelson have taken advantage of this new functionality and added it to their new Ubertor website. Check out their website, not only have they added a ton of pages to the website but they have utilized the third navigation functionality so that you can dig down into the different condo buildings in different areas.
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10 Jul 2010 Leave a Comment
YMCA New Ventures Social Media class29 Jun 2010 Leave a Comment 
Just a quick demo of how posting to Posterour works! Tami Paris, Realtor with Prudential Sussex Realty (North & West Vancouver)15 Jun 2010 Leave a Comment Tami Paris, Realtor with Prudential Sussex Realty (North & West Vancouver) recently contacted me to create a clean, professional and simple website for her real estate business.
We were both very pleased with the results!
She's using her reciprocity with the REBGV to load listings to her website when she sees properties she likes or holds open houses. The easy-to-use website looks professional and is a quick learn.
Enjoy your new website, Tami!
~ Dara REBGV hiring Social Media Communication Coordinator (with Video Production skills)07 Jun 2010 Leave a Comment From http://www.rebgv.org/employment-opportunities
(full details on this PDF: http://www.rebgv.org/sites/default/files/REBGV-SocialMediaCommunicationCoordinator.pdf)
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
The Real Estate Board is presently seeking an individual to fill the following position: POSITION: Social Media Communication Coordinator (12-month contract position with possibility for renewal) SUMMARY: Reporting to the Assistant Manager of Communication, the primary responsibilities of this position are to develop, maintain and monitor the Board’s social media presence and video production activities. The Social Media Communication Coordinator will work with the communication team to achieve REBGV’s strategic goals, ensuring that REBGV has an active, professional and measurably productive presence within social media and a video production capacity that meets our quality objectives. RESPONSIBILITIES: • Develop social media strategies for REBGV and to recommend courses of action on social media issues. • Monitor and coordinate participation in social media components of the Board’s internal and external websites. • Monitor and coordinate participation in the Board’s presence on social media sites, i.e. Facebook, Twitter, Linked-In, You-Tube and others. • Monitor and coordinate participation in blogs and other social media commentaries. • Work with the Director and the Assistant to develop and maintain social media guidelines for REBGV, and social media recommendations for Brokers and REALTORS®. • Video Production: • Conceptualize, develop and direct the artistic aspects of the Board’s video production. • Write scripts, prepare storyboards, and conduct filming, lighting, video editing, sound editing and posting final product online. • Organize production schedule and prepare talent. • Set up, operate and maintain all video and production equipment. • Organize and archive video library. • Other Communications duties and projects as may be assigned from time to time. EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: • Post secondary training – in video production, script-writing, and writing for other media – via film school, broadcast journalism, communications or a related field. • Familiarity with the internet, social media sites, search engines, discussion boards, blogs, video sharing sites and podcasting. History of active social media involvement. • 1-3 years of professional video production and writing experience. • Familiarity with leading video equipment and editing software programs. • Knowledge of common communication principles. Interested applicants should forward their resume stating their education and experience as it relates to this position to Mary Galaugher, CGA by Friday, June 11, 2010 |
