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Launching a real estate website, as with all new projects, requires a good deal of planning and consideration. There are a few points that should be considered before undertaking the actual development itself.
Web syndication is a form of syndication in which website material is made available to multiple other sites. More commonly, web syndication refers to making web feeds available from a similar website in order to provide other people with a summary or update of the website's recently added content (for example, the latest news or new listing information).
SEO has evolved from a business of attaining rankings to one that drives quality traffic to a website. Often our SEO clients will want to rank for very broad search phrases such as "real estate" or "homes for sale", however these phrases are unlikely to draw a targeted visitor. While there may indeed be a large volume of these searches there appears to be little intent so the likelihood of a smaller agency being able to match such a broad search is slim. Conversely large real estate portals can often match such a broad search as they are likely to cover a larger number of areas, additional services or more information.
Today most property searches start online. Those searching for a new home or office will often turn to the internet for information on what is available. This quickly moved having a website from a nice to have form of marketing to a necessity. If you can't be found online, you won't be generating a lead.
We have covered many aspects of paid search over course of this month however most of the points covered have been focused on the cost-per-click model and primarily in the form of Google AdWords.
I often hear people quote hits as a measurement of website traffic or popularity. This however can be a misleading statistic as many might not understand the difference between a hit a visitor or a view.
There are many sources that could lead traffic to your website. We've broken down the various sources with the aim of better explaining what they mean and where these visitors are originating from.
The "Bounce Rate" is an internet marketing term used in web traffic analysis, generally used to determine the quality of traffic to a website or webpage. The bounce rate is recorded as percentage of visitors to any particular website who navigate away from the site after viewing only one page.