Keyword: Realtor.com

Defending third party real estate sites’ SEO tactics

Defending third party real estate sites’ SEO tactics

SEO methods under fire Last month, we reported that the debate over third party real estate sites’ SEO tactics has been renewed as listing syndication rules change and as various brokers across the nation pull their listings feed from the third party sites. The scene is changing. For years, third party real estate media sites have been under scrutiny by ...

AGBeat | 2012/02/06  | 20 Comments Editorials

Realtor.com Social Connections Facebook app to debut at NAR annual convention today

Realtor.com Social Connections Facebook app to debut at NAR annual convention today

Realtor.com Social Connections Facebook app We spotted online today a new app on Facebook called the Realtor.com Social Connections Facebook app that integrates Facebook into a Realtor’s marketing plan. App users can highlight their active inventory and share live market data in their local community to generate leads and create a value for consumers. The app integrates into a user’s ...

AGBeat | 2011/11/11  | 14 Comments News

Move Cycle will debut at NAR convention – Move Inc’s new product to generate leads, follow up, & close

Move Cycle will debut at NAR convention – Move Inc’s new product to generate leads, follow up, & close

From visitor to client Our reporters on the ground at the National Association of Realtors (NAR) annual convention have discovered Move Inc.com’s newest product, Move Cycle. The above video outlines the theory behind Move Inc.’s new Move Cycle product that incubates a consumer from their visit on Realtor.com all the way through the process and into Realtors’ Top Producer CRM ...

AGBeat | 2011/11/11  | 13 Comments News

Sneak peek into the NAR expo hall to open at 4:00pm

Sneak peek into the NAR expo hall to open at 4:00pm

Click to enlarge. We have a insiders on the Expo floor at the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and around the conference, listening, watching and reporting. The above picture was quickly snapped and sent to us with more to follow. The expo hall opens at 4:00pm PST. The quick shot above shows the Realtor.com and TopProducer booth which are extremely ...

AGBeat | 2011/11/11  | 11 Comments News

Realtor.com launches global real estate search powered by HTML5 technology

Realtor.com launches global real estate search powered by HTML5 technology

Realtor.com goes global In the last 90 days, roughly 2.6 million international visitors searched for U.S. real estate on Realtor.com with the highest concentrations in Canada, the UK, Germany, Australia and India. Janet Branton, Senior Vice President of Global Business and Alliances at the National Association of Realtors (NAR) says that most NAR members are unaware of the large number ...

AGBeat | 2011/11/03  | 25 Comments News

Top 20 most and 20 least searched cities for real estate listings

Top 20 most and 20 least searched cities for real estate listings

Chicago at the top, Anchorage at the bottom As one of the largest real estate search sites in America, Realtor.com ranks each of the 146 largest markets according to the number of visitors that search for a particular market each month. In September, Chicago kept the top spot as enjoying the most searches on Realtor.com over any other city, with ...

Lani Rosales | 2011/10/13  | 40 Comments News

Realtor.com launches new version of Apple apps – search wars heating back up

Realtor.com launches new version of Apple apps – search wars heating back up

New functionality added to Realtor.com app Realtor.com was one of the first to launch an iPhone app for real estate back in 2007, and they gained considerable traction with their 2010 product update and today announce further enhancements to their free iPhone app to meet the launch of the mysterious Apple announcement on October 4th (which everyone knows is the ...

Lani Rosales | 2011/09/28  | 24 Comments Smartphones

Could HouseFix become the CarFax of homes? Controversial idea

Could HouseFix become the CarFax of homes? Controversial idea

HouseFix launches to mixed reviews As illustrated above, HouseFix.com aims to bring social recommendations to the home repair industry, giving homeowners a place to opine with known social connections about contractors in context rather than blindly reading strangers’ recommendations of repair professionals. The service also seeks to give contractors a way to have a stronger web presence, but more importantly, ...

Lani Rosales | 2011/09/19  | 51 Comments Editorials

Move, Inc. now exclusively powers AOL Real Estate listings

Move, Inc. now exclusively powers AOL Real Estate listings

AOL Real Estate powered by Move Today, AOL has finally launched their new AOL Real Estate site which is powered by listings from Move, Inc. via their ListHub syndication network. AOL will now feature homes for sale, new construction, recent solds, foreclosures and off market listings while ForRent.com appears to continue powering their rental search. In January 2011, Move and ...

AGBeat | 2011/08/17  | 16 Comments News

Real estate search site you might not know about yet

Real estate search site you might not know about yet

More than real estate New York based startup, MoveThatBlock.com features search not only in real estate but essential life categories including jobs and dating with their hook being no premium memberships and no pay to play for posters or seekers. Founded by two college students in the classic garage to high-rise startup story, the site is aggressively marketed, claiming “768,000 ...

AGBeat | 2011/05/28  | 15 Comments New York

Wall Street Journal busts Realtor.com embargo on iPad real estate search app

Wall Street Journal busts Realtor.com embargo on iPad real estate search app

Honoring press embargoes In 2008, TechCrunch Founder Michael Arrington articulated his frustration with public relations professionals, embargoes, and the failure of companies to actually penalize those in violation of press embargo agreements (press embargoes are typically issued by public relations companies or departments and are designed to assess if a story will be picked up and by whom. Written agreement ...

Benn Rosales | 2011/04/26  | 21 Comments Editorials

Realtor.com iPad free app now live – emphasis on geolocation

Realtor.com iPad free app now live – emphasis on geolocation

Ten properties viewed every second According to Realtor.com, ten properties are viewed every second on their mobile apps on covers iPhone, Windows Phone 7, and Android which have been downloaded 3.6 million times. Now, Realtor.com announces their iPad app to cater to the rapid growth in mobile. Errol Samuelson, Realtor.com President and Chief Revenue Officer said that Realtor.com offers the ...

AGBeat | 2011/04/26  | 24 Comments News