Microformats in plain english: Microformats is specific website coding standards (called Semantic information) that allows search engines to “read” the addresses and categories of inforamtion on your website, display the information in search results (like google maps), and allow the consumer to quickly download a vcard or address book card directly from the search result using a browser extension like Operator for firefox. As mentioned in the WAV Group White Paper on Localism - Geo Targeting strategies for real estate websites - search engines are often unable to view listings on most IDX Property Search solutions.  Companies like Trulia, Zillow, Loopnet and others real [...]

In 2005, WAV Group looked at Transaction Management adoption and wondered why it hadn’t taken off.  Everyone was saying they wanted it and everybody said it was a good idea, yet, the more we delved into it the more we found a lack of real adoption.  The study, which is still available for download here. identified many of the issues affecting adoption and why there was a gap between what the industry was saying and what the industry was doing. The study also made recommendations on the best ways to create adoption by rolling technology out in a series of steps [...]

As a consultant we are afforded the opportunity to look deeply into the life of technology companies.  WAV Group has structured sales departments, restructured help desks, co-authored product roadmaps and evaluated code bases.  Even with the best product and the best people in the industry, the biggest challenge to running a software company is setting goals and staying on track. Project Management is the cornerstone of this endevor and among the best products is At Task. I read this press release this morning with interest when learning that Real Estate Technology supplier Wolfnet, developers of MLSfinder IDX and other products [...]