Heath Coker, Real Estate Broker

When Bing (Microsoft) get hold of Yahoo, most of the ads will still be run by Yahoo and they'll get most of the revenue, according to a few news reports. But what does it mean for SEO for these search engines?

Do you now SEO for only one of the two combined search engines? And how do you know which one will carry the weight for search? if they are staying relatively separate for advertising revenue at least to start with, will they also keep their respective search algorithms?

SEO is not easy already. With billions of sites already developed, and sites being added every minute, SEO for a specific site is very time consuming, labor intensive, and expensive. Unless you are in an undiscovered niche, SEO is complex.

For now, SEO for yahoo and Bing appears to be what it has aready developed into. Maybe their "ARIA" which is supposed to be launched in December, is their combined search.

Monday November 23rd 7PM the Falmouth High School faculty and staff will exchange their good reputations for your contributions for to the Falmouth Juniors' Class Fund. It will be held in the FHS Auditorium and all seats are genera admission. Get there early to avoid standing in the back!

Tickets will be available at the door. Admission is either $5 or $4 and a canned good for the Falmouth Service Center. While the Juniors like to support the Falmouth Service Center, they also hope you'll contribute to their class fund which helps with prom and graduation costs. Come see teachers and staff dance, sing and generally make fools of themselves.

All funds collected will go to support the Class of 2011. Donations of food will go to the Falmouth Service Center.

The Falmouth High Class of 2012, also known as the current sophomore class at Falmouth High will be doing light yard work on Saturday, October 24th for all town residents who would like to hire them. From 8:30 AM-5PM the students will do light chores in your yard for a small contribution to their Class Fund.

The rain date is Saturday, November 11th. Please contact ebourgeault@falmouth.k12.ma.us or
crankin@falmouth.k12.ma.us to reserve students to work. The minimum request is 2 students for 2 hours for a contribution of $20.

Jobs that require climbing ladders are not allowed. There are some other restrictions for safety reasons, too. Please contact the sponsoring teachers (above emails) for further clarification.

The traditional Powder Puff Football Game between the Junior and Senior girls will be held on Tuesday, November 24th. It will begin at 6:30 PM at the FHS soccer field. There will also be a rally for the Clipper football team at half time of the traditional Senior Junior girls flag football game.

Some students are planning a Tailgate Party to begin at 5PM in the faculty parking lot. In order to hold this event, parent assistance will be needed. Parent volunteers are needed to cook and to oversee student set up and clean up.

Donations of hamburgers, hot dogs, rolls, chips, soda, water, condiments and paper goods are being sought from parents of the kids involved. Gas grills will be needed as well. There will be a sign up in the field house lobby in the main entrance during the FHS Open House on Thursday, October 22 from 6:30 - 8:30 PM.

You may also volunteer by calling Deb Werner in the Student Activities Office at 508-540-2200 x3037.

Massachusetts has joined the list of states with "foreclosure confusion". A judge ruled yesterday that because a bank did not prove it owned a couple of loans before it foreclosed on them, the foreclosures are not valid! Oops - to say the least.

In one of my blogs last year: http://activerain.com/blogsview/525644/More-Foreclosure-stuff-MERS-Mystery I tried to summarize what my research on MERS had shown me. It seems that these two loans were both examples of that kind of "lost paperwork".

This judge's decision raises some questions. 1) If banks now have to prove ownership before they foreclose, will that delay the foreclosure process? 2) If a loan has "disappeared" into a MERS like filing system, what checks are available to validate the current owner at the "reappearance" of the chain of ownership? 3) If a file cannot be found in MERS or a like system of non-public recordings, what happens to the property? 4) If the chain of ownership was passed around inside a MERS like system, who is going to check to make sure it was done properly and according to law? Will they give access to outsiders or will that have to be legislated? Will legislators make it happen or let it slide?

Whether foreclosures continue is now a matter of how well the bank can document its ownership. Some will proceed whether they can prove ownership or not. The uninformed public often isn't aware of the proper procedures in a foreclosure. Make sure those you know at least ask questions and get some local advice.

It seems that the foreclosure mess has hit another bump in the road. This bump has the capability to turn the truck over though.