Those are real interesting statistics. It just confirms how powerful the internet has become with respect to the Real Estate business. Hving a web presence is of the utmost importance.

These #'s show how what an important part "blogging" is to internet presence.  Great info.

Will a post/blog title that starts with an address of a listing be found quicker than a post that starts with the City & State and then the title?

My argument is that more people would start a search for the city and state first and then any real estate market information or address secondly.

Justin...POWER in numbers!!!!

Love reading these stats...I was most interested in Google vs Yahoo as I only use Google myself.  Thanks for sharing this with us.

Justin, What an informative post! The internet is an amazing place, isn't it? I was thrilled to see the stats, espcially 92% of all local searches converting to a sale. Thanks for the information!

Did you do a " year over year " comparison ?  I'm sure it shows significant increases.  Thanks for an interesting post. 

Thanks for the statistics Justin. The Internet is a powerful marketing tool that everyone needs to have in their arsenal.

Very interesting stats indeed. We just need to keep at it.

@Bill - No, didn't do a comparison... you may want to check out searchenginewatch.com for more complete data.  There were just tidbits taken from all over the place...

Justin~ Thanks for the valuable information.  I guess I didn't really know just how strong the internet and search engine use really is!

good info to think about, it is a little out side some of our zones but we need to get use to it to survive.  cheryl

Thanks for the information.  Makes me think it is worth continueing to blog.

Wow! Thanks for the info! It great to actually see the statistics and conversion rates. Blog on!

Thank you for this information Justin.  I'm pretty new to the blogging game. This information is very useful for someone like me.

This is fascinating stuff.  I love statistics.  Thanks for sharing this information.

Justin,

Power in numbers.

Thanks for sharing.

Happy Blogging.

Well, that's a lot of blogging, splogging, and maybe some flogging, isn't it?

Cool info to read.  A comparison next year to these numbers will be quite interesting, I would think.  Bet the numbers will astound us, and even more telling would be to be able to see how many who were blogging last year and this year are around next year.

Thanks for the research!
Ann

Justin,

Thanks for sharing. I have been telling my agents that today Google can help them excel if they market on the internet. 

The real question is how to get people on your site...

It's still good to see there are more regular blogs than spam blogs created every day!

Steve

Obeoman

Wow. Some powerful numbers. I think this is good news for real estate agents who blog about their local businesses everyday. You are either number 1 locally, or you are going to fight for less than 45% of the search market in your niche. That's why I blog about my local Covington GA homes.

Great stats to know. Thanks for your research

Rich

Hi Justin, Those were some astounding results. On Monday I will be working with Chris and perhaps he will teach me how to optimize my blog to be an integral part of those finding and transacting business. I can't wait. As always the Tomato leads the way for us.

Sincerely,
William

Justin,

25% of searches are unique is a high number, I think. Meaning when you dabble in keywords for your website content, this knowledge can make a big difference. Try to find unique keywords might be the secret.

Good info! Thanks for doing this legwork.

I would recommend looking at these statistics on a regular basis. It's important to keep up with the trends if you'd like to be up at the top.

Justin - great new blog - but do send statistics more frequently than once a year. It seems very high that 28% of blog readers actually take action. That's wonderful news.

I want a bigger piece of the pie.  I am slowly working toward it.  Thanks for the moral boaster and the numbers

Hi Justin,

Thanks so much for the info, I love reading about this. It re-affirms our/my time spent online. I'm also going to be incorporating your results into my listing book. I'm doing my best to educate my sellers that it's about online marketing. IMHO print media is pretty much history.

92% of all local searches will eventually convert into a sale...this is the impotant stat. Scary!

That is definitely very interesting stuff. I have never heard of splogs before. I think I have come across a few though!

This is amazing stats! If there are so many blogs out there, we certainly need to work harder to make sure we provide quality content for our readers.

Cheers,

Cindy

Very interesting.  I blong becasue  I can, I have a voice and I want it heard

Interesting numbers, Justin. The combination of "25% of searches are unique" and "92% of local searches result in a sale" certainly supports a well-designed long-tail (or money-tail) strategy.

Hey coach, hurry with my tags...I'm getting tired of looking at them now :).  Liz

I bet if you broke that down into Boomers vs. gen x and y the differences would be staggering.  I don't any of my friends that use a phone book and we all look online to check things out.

Justin: Great stats. Melina is probably right. I share an office with someone only 10 years younger than me. I grab the phone book and the dictionary. He googles. I feel so lame.

Yet, I blog and people of all ages find this totally amazing. Like it makes me some sort of computer genius.

Alas, you and the other tomatoheads know the truth.

Nice post and congrats on the feature.

Justin....great statistics here.  I must have taken you quite some time to put them all together.

Thanks Justin.  I'm still waiting for my first referral from AR and your numbers tell me that it will happen if I make it happen.

Very interesting.  I watch my website statistics regularly and have seen that 47% to 54% of the people on my website find me directly using one of my domain names.  The rest did so via one of the search engines.  My goal is to capture an even higher percent once they find me initially via Google, Yahoo or such.

Thanks for the stats, Justin. We are starting to see some activity after months of blogging. These figures are encouraging.

I love stats but I love leads more it is starting to work and the activity and your numbers urge me on to keep on BLOGGING. Thanks

Justin - Great numbers and information.  Thank you for sharing.  It will be interesting to look at these numbers again in another year and see how things change.  I really enjoy blogging...just wish i had more time :-)

Thank you for the great information. It is really amazing to know how much people now rely on the Internet search to find things and how much opportunities we have to change our marketing accordingly.

Enrico Pozzo, Coldwell Banker Bain: Seattle Condos, Lofts, Houseboats and all Seattle Real Estate Listings

Hi justin, Those are very interesting numbers! Sort of makes me feel that are so many blogs and posts, mine is just going to get lost in cyberspace.

Justin - thanks for that tip on using google alerts to find customers.  I keep meaning to try it and that was enough to convince me.  I just setup my first google alert -we'll see how it works!

Best part of it..."92% of all local searches will eventually convert into a sale "