The last 3 posts on blog.ByTheOwner.com and ByTheProgrammer.com are now displayed directly on ByTheOwner.com’s home page.

This new feature allows the visitors to see easily if a subject that meet their concerns is talked about in the Real Estate blogs.

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Here is a little trick to use if you’d like to know more about a website’s indexation on Google.

The “link:” option

This option allows the webmasters to see rapidly what are the websites, known by googlebot, that are linking to a particular website.

The “site:” option

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Viacom, owner of MTV and Comedy Central, complains that almost 160,000 unauthorized clips of Viacom’s programming have been available on YouTube and that these clips had been viewed more than 1.5 billion times.

Google said that it and YouTube had yet to see the lawsuit but added they feel “confident that YouTube has respected the legal rights of copyright holders and believe the courts will agree.”

• blogs.business2.com
• money.cnn.com

Google bought YouTube for $1.65 billion last year.

The new Download my pictures link, now available into the Your account section of ByTheOwner’s sellers allows them to save a copy of their home’s pictures onto their personal computer. This new page is usefull for the ones who wish to keep those photos in their files or use them in another advertisement on the free classifieds websites.

In order to download your pictures :

1. Right-click on the picture;
2. Select the Save picture as option;
3. Choose an easy to remind folder on your local computer;
4. Rename the picture as you wish;
5. Click on the Save button!

A new column was added to the Room dimensions box in the fsbo listings on bytheowner. Owners can now assign the floor covering type of each room in their property, to help visitors figure out more about their home.

Frédérick Dubois, ByTheOwner.com
Web development and programming

The english version of neuves.DuProprio.com, the selling tool custom made for builders is now available at newhomes.ByTheOwner.com

Have a look!

Frédérick Dubois, ByTheOwner.com
Web development and programming

A new search panel was made available today on bytheowner’s front page.

Located at the top of the right column, four(4) new ways to find a property for sale rapidly and efficiently are now available.

1. By keywords, search for the specific criteria of your dream home
2. By phone number, get to the listing that you saw in the newspaper or on the street
3. By street name, visit the home that you saw for sale while you where driving home
4. By access code, go directly to your property for sale on the website

The keyword search has been disabled for one year. Many people asked for its comeback so there it is!

Frédérick Dubois, ByTheOwner.com
Web development and programming

Clients asked me lately why some streets weren’t showing on the maps we use for ByTheOwner when they do show on the maps.google.com website. Unfortunately, this ain’t due to a version bug, we can’t fix it. Here’s why.

The maps Google uses on his website are provided by Navteq. The maps we are allowed to use through the google maps api are provided by TeleAtlas. This is why the maps aren’t exactly the same everywhere. Navteq didn’t gave google the permission to share their maps through google’s api.

If you’d like to read more on the subject :
http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2005/10/google_maps_and_their_data_pro_1.html

Frédérick Dubois, ByTheOwner.com
Web development and programming