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Global property chief sacked Simon Baker, the man who grew a single Australian website into a multi-million dollar global property business with 22 websites in 10 countries, has been sacked as Chief Executive of REA Group.

A Place in the Sun cancels Earls Court show Exhibition organisers and publishers, Brooklands Group have “re-scheduled” A Place in the Sun Live, at Earls Court in October. The show will now take place in April 2009 and will co-locate with The Ideal Home Show.

Kyero launches Russian website Spanish property portal, Kyero.com has launched a Russian language site featuring over 100,000 Spanish properties. Agents listing on the site in English benefit by having their basic property listings translated automatically into Russian at no extra cost.

There’s no smoke without fire The UK libel laws exist to protect hard-won reputations precisely because people often believe “there’s no smoke without fire”. Harlequin Property have stepped up legal proceedings again this week. It’s a last resort, but what can be done to prevent it getting to this stage?

Property portals: the 50 most powerful websites Seattle-based internet marketing portal, SEOMoz launched its new Trifecta Tool this week. It measures the importance and notoriety of any website on the internet. We thought we’d put it to the test on 50 English-language property portals.

Finding your competitors’ best links Have your ever wondered why your competitors are beating you in the search rankings? One of the quickest ways to improve is to solicit links from the best sites that link to your rivals. Here are a few tips to help save you some time.

Link of the Week This is the third in our series of weekly link building recommendations for overseas property agents. We aim to save our readers time and money by pointing out some of the better link opportunities on the internet.

Who is buying overseas property? If you're struggling to sell property in the current climate, it can be better to change tack and target a more attractive market segment than keep slogging away doing the same old thing. We highlight some possible market segments to help you decide for yourself.

Global property group to launch overseas REA Group, which has interests in more than 10 property portals worldwide, is planning to launch a dedicated overseas site. With a global reach of nearly 10 million monthly users, the new site could prove to be a cost-effective marketing channel.

New data reveals competitor traffic figures I’m the kind of man that can get seriously excited about keyword data. As you can imagine, the dinner table banter in our house is positively scintillating! Well, the family are in for a real treat tonight...