Homepage of The Breeden Group This month we’re showcasing tombreedenhomes.com, the Atlanta real estate website of Tom Breeden of the Breeden Group. Created by Cherie Young and the pros over at Online Marketing Strategies, Tom’s site integrates widgets and modules from our IDX plugin and mapping IDX in a beautiful website that’s a great ... Read more +
taking WordPress IDX to eleven We recently added new SEO Settings to our IDX plugins that give you more control over your site’s meta tags and title tags. If you’re not already familiar with meta tags or page titles, be sure to read part 1 of this series, where we define these terms and explain how they affect the way your site appears on ... Read more +
Both of our WordPress IDX plugins now include an expanded set of SEO settings that give you more control over how search engines index the IDX listings on your domain. We’ve had a few users ask for help understanding how (and why) they should optimize these settings, so we put together a couple blog posts to make things a bit easier. In ... Read more +
This morning we launched dsIDXpress Pro, a new IDX option for WordPress real estate websites. The new Pro version of dsIDXpress adds more widgets, better search and user registration to our existing plugin to create a full lead capture IDX solution for WordPress. REALTORs looking for a WordPress IDX plugin now have two options: dsIDXpress and our ... Read more +
Our client spotlight this month is Ryan Zook of Dwellus.com, whose website for Washington, D.C. area real estate offers a fun approach to real estate sites along with some fresh ideas to using IDX search. Built with the help of the marketing firm Virtual Results, Dwellus.com features lots of ideas worth checking out for inspiration for your site. ... Read more +
It has been a while since a real estate site impressed as much as SouthMetroHomeInfo.com, this month’s pick for our client spotlight. Built to serve the Metro Minneapolis area, Jesse Schneider’s site has incorporated our IDX plugin, mapping IDX, and data from additional 3rd party plugins to build a great resource for buyers and sellers in a ... Read more +
IDX email alerts are pretty amazing. Home buyers want updates on the latest listings and real estate agents want to stay in touch with buyers on a regular basis. The solution is simple: IDX email alerts. Buyers see the value in getting access to the latest listings, so by offering updates via email, agents have an easy solution for staying in ... Read more +
Agents comparing IDX solutions will often ask us whether they should use dsIDXpress (our WordPress IDX plugin) or dsSearchAgent (our full mapping IDX search) for their website. Well, the answer isn’t necessarily one or the other, as both products work nicely in conjunction with one another. Our IDX plugin was designed as an affordable, quick ... Read more +
Attracting a readership is a tough thing to do. At times, it might seem like no one is reading, and you’ll want to give up. Or, it might feel like you’re not growing your audience fast enough. Here’s a few reasons why you might not be getting the amount of traction you’re looking for (and what to do about it)… 1. You ... Read more +
Say you have a great looking website and an IDX system for lead capture. That’s great, you have the tools necessary to start generating some leads. But the next step is to start driving some web traffic, and also, to get those web visitors to stay on your site longer as they consume, read and engage with your content. The more time they spend... Read more +