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Your Real Estate Web Presence Where are You

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Real Estate Agent with RE/MAX Preferred Inc. Realtors

The Internet is a fabulous venue for promoting Real Estate. This last week as many of you may or may not know there has been a long protracted dialogue on the_Community_Update_Post_on_Activerain  to the tune of 160 comments and counting.

At first the entire dialogue was about a decision to stop points for listings. That was subsequently worked out and points were restored. A full decision on how it will be monitored has not been verbalized or written about as of yet. The dialogue on the other hand has continued on spawning several side issues.

One such side issue debates the merit of chastising those that steal content visa vie listings of others for thier own use without the permission of the originator. It is an interesting dialogue and has merit on several sides of the issue.

The question about the use of ones own information specifically an exclusive listing and  its promotion by others with or with out permission caused me to start wondering where I might find information on my listings like  437_NE_Webster_as_seen_on_Homes.com  for instance.

Subsequently for the past few days I have been doing some searching to find out just how many places I can find this little gem of a home ( 437 NE Webster ) in Portland Oregon. I am sure there are many more sites than these few that I have initially found. Boy of boy was I surprised at what I have found so far.

These are just a few of the ones that I have found although because of my relationship with Point 2 Homes they additional find exposure through Live Deal, City Cribs, Vast, Edgeio, Prop Smart, Real Estate Advisor, The Housing Pages, Video Homes.com, House.com, World Wide Real Estate.com, Hot Pads .com, and Condo .com. I am also sure that some of my other web sites have reciprocal links as well.

In fact my Alamode site at Portland_Real_Property_._Com  has a button on the home page that links to  Out_of_State_Homes_For_Sale. There I link to several States that display my listings on their web site as I display their listings on my web site.

So have you gone searching for YOU ? Have you found yourself somewhere that surprised you? I have. How about YOU?

Web Site Url's from above :

www.homes.com                              www.portlandrealproperty.com           www.househuntportland.com 

www.portlandflips.com                      www.hotpdxhome.com                      www.rmls.com     

www.rmlsweb.com                            www.remax.com                               www.realestate.msn.com 

www.realestate.yahoo.com                www.realestate.com                          www.realtor.com    

www.herbhamilton.point2agent.com   www.localism.com                             www.portlandflips.wordpress.com 

www.portlandrealproperty.com/rosecityblog                                               www.base.google.com

www.oodle.com                                www.trulia.com                                 www.craigslist.com

www.backpage.com                          www.wweek.com                                AND OTHERS MENTIONED ABOVE

 

Comments (8)

William Johnson
Retired - La Jolla, CA
Retired

Totally Amazing Post. Great reference material so I have this book marked. An eye opening exercise that would be awesome for a lot of REALTORS.

All the Best.
William

Jun 20, 2007 02:33 PM
Real Estate Agent
Windermere, FL
Great Post. Thank you!
Jun 20, 2007 02:42 PM
Marchel Peterson
Results Realty - Spring, TX
Spring TX Real Estate E-Pro
Herb:  How did you figure out all the places where it is listed?  I would like to do that for one of my listings but I'm not sure where to start.
Jun 20, 2007 02:51 PM
Herb Hamilton
RE/MAX Preferred Inc. Realtors - Portland, OR
Real Estate Broker ,CDPE, Downtown Portland
Marchel, I did a search of blogs and links to other web sites promoting listings. It was the proverbial " one thing led to another "
Jun 20, 2007 03:15 PM
Missy Caulk
Missy Caulk TEAM - Ann Arbor, MI
Savvy Realtor - Ann Arbor Real Estate
Herb, after I read this post last night, I went and re-read the Community Updates again. Am I missing something in the post ? I didn't see where they were restoring points and mine haven't been. Can you share with me that comment ?
Jun 21, 2007 01:14 AM
Carolyn Pennington
REMAX Allegiance - Reston, VA

Thank you for this information. I am going to follow your research and do the same! Did you track how many of these sites will provide traffic numbers of times viewed?

 Thanks again!

Jun 21, 2007 01:24 AM
Herb Hamilton
RE/MAX Preferred Inc. Realtors - Portland, OR
Real Estate Broker ,CDPE, Downtown Portland

Missy,

To reinstate your points all you need do is go to your listing and edit. After you save your points will be re-instated.

Carolyn, No I did not but great idea. Not sure I have the time as numbers are nothing without contacts.

Jun 21, 2007 11:15 AM
Christina Ethridge
The North Idaho Dream Team powered by SKE Realty Group - Coeur d'Alene, ID
Herb - as of yesterday, no points are being awarded for listings.
Jun 29, 2007 02:37 AM