1. Registering Your Web Address Today! … For fun I checked the date that CB Commercial registered cbrichardellis.com, reflecting its acquisition of REI Ltd., the holding company for all Richard Ellis operations outside of the United Kingdom. …Hmm. … The acquisition was announced on December 9, 1997, but the new domain name was not registered until March 4, 1998. … Then I looked up the Insignia Financial Group. … Insignia currently operates two separate web sites: insigniafinancial.com and esgordon.com. … Reflecting their name change to Insignia/ESG, they registered iesg.com and insigniaesg.com in April 1998, but neither is operational. … Mack-Cali Realty resolves both its domains, calirealty.com and mackcali.com (registered on December 19, 1997), to the same web site. … Don’t delay; register your domain name (or potential domain name) as soon as possible. … My advice: use your web development firm or ISP. … For additional background on the process, consult the PikeNet Knowledge Base (Web Related, "How to register your Internet address.") or use the link below:

http://www.pikenet.com/pike?func=showPublicPage&page=
questions/questions/question057

2. Web Success--Amrex Delivers Daily News. … Steve Orser with Quadrant in Seattle reports that he likes to use Amrex for real estate news. … "In addition to daily Executive News, which is a summary of real estate news reports from various sources, they also have market research information including demographics, market reports, building starts, etc." … I’ve posted step-by-step instructions for accessing this news in the PikeNet Knowledge Base in the News section. … Do you have a Web Success story? … Send me e-mail. … For hyperlinks to this week’s story or the Knowledge Base, click one of the URLs below:

http://www.pikenet.com/pike?func=WebSuccess07
http://www.pikenet.com/pike?func=showPublicPage&page=
questions/questions/question066

3. Knowledge Base--Locate Chemical Hazards by Zip Code. … Warning: The Chemical Scorecard is actually designed for environmental activists. … However, it does contain a wealth of information and could be of value when performing due diligence analysis for a property. … Want to look up pollution manufacturing facilities by Zip Code? … I’ve posted step-by-step instructions in the PikeNet Knowledge Base under the Property and Market Information section or use the link below:

http://www.pikenet.com/pike?func=showPublicPage&page=
questions/questions/question065

4. Message Board--Registering and Posting. … Remember, you don’t need to register to browse the Message Boards. … However, to post you need to register by clicking the Registration button at the bottom of the screen. … To register, you enter information in three fields: name, e-mail address and a password. … Registering is easy! … If you forget your password, send me e-mail and I'll send you a new one. … (I do not know your original password.) … Remember, most of the time you want to Add a Discussion, unless you are posting a Message in response to a Discussion started by another person. … Here’s the link to the PikeNet Message Boards:

http://www.pikenet.com/cgi-bin/WebX

5. Web News. ... ChainLinks and Chicago Office Bulletin. … ChainLinks is a network of independent retail specialists across North America and Europe. It recently launched an attractive web site, including public and private forums "to provide an interactive medium for information sharing and networking." … The Chicago Office Bulletin is another new site, which provides an attractive interface for searching for space available in Chicagoland. The service is free to the browser, but charges a fee to list space.

6. PikeNet Banners. … Each week I send an automated e-mail report to advertisers showing how many times their banner was seen, how many times it was "clicked through," and the resulting "clickthrough" percentage. … This makes it easy to change your banner and track the results. … For full details on advertising at PikeNet, click the online "Media Kit" under the Billboard on the home page or use the hyperlink below:

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