Improving clickthrough and conversion for Craigslist and Twitter links

I totally understand...in fact, that hesitancy to click on something you don't trust is exactly why I created the tool. Bit.ly gives you no clue what a URL is about before you click on it because it's targeted to everyone...meaning it's targeted to no one. :-)

http://featuredlisting.org is exactly like Bit.ly, but with a domain that hints "real estate listing" to those who might otherwise be hesitant to click on the link. So if you have a long URL for your real estate listing you're promoting, like:

http://yourusername.idxcompany.com/idx/1234/detail.php?blah=0&blah=0&blah=0

Then you can shorten it to something more email/Craigslist/Twitter/human friendly, like this:

http://featuredlisting.org/123

This is to replate a bit.ly URL, which would give the end user no idea of what to expect on the other side. With this system, they have a reasonable assurance that it's going to be a real estate listing.

Make sense?

The best way to explain it is an example.

1. Here's one of my client's featured listings straight out of the box: http://listings.sellidaho.com/idx/3724/details.php?idxID=082&listingID=98412733
   
2. Here it is on bit.ly: http://bit.ly/9bXeOs
   
3. Here it is on featuredlisting.org: http://featuredlisting.org/6

So the link is much shorter and more descriptive. And it's free. That always helps. :-)

--Kevin

No problem - when you've got some content on it, let me know! I'll give you some pointers.