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Katyhomefinder: Inman News May 2011 Top Websites and Search Terms

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Katyhomefinder: Inman News May 2011 Top Websites and Search Terms

During the month of May 2011 Yahoo Real Estate reclaimed first place by capturing 6.51 percent of traffic in this category while slightly beating out Realtor.com who had 6.46 percent of traffic. Yahoo had fallen into second place. The data was accumulated by Experian Hitwise. As many of you know, Realtor.com is owned by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and many of us who are Active Rain members are also members of this group. After seeing this search information all of us who are NAR members should check Realtor.com to see if our profiles are updated. I just updated mine as some of the information was incorrect.

The remaining top web sites were : 3) Zillow 4) Truila 5) MSN Real Estate 6) HGTV’s Front Door 7) Rent.com 8) Homes.com  9) AOL.com 10) Zip Realty.

I for one did not expect some of these sites to make the top 10 list.  As an action item You and I now know  that we probably  have several sites where I need to register with and we need do this as soon as possible or risk falling further behind our competitors.

The top 10 search terms also have great interest to me and should to all of you who are reading this blog. The search terms list is as follows:
1) realtor.com
2) zillow
3) truila,
4) realtor
5) zillow.com

6) remax, 7) century 21, 8) coldwell banker, 9) homes for sale 10) homes for rent.

Notice Zillow and Truila are in the top 10 for both web sites and search terms. Those of us who do not work for one of the Brokers listed need to incorporate terms such as “realtor”, “homes for sale” and “homes for rent” into our blogging.

I now have a much longer to do list after reviewing the above results. I suggest even if you registered on some or all of these sites you should check to make sure your profiles and other data is correct. I hope all of you find this information useful.

 

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Note: Katy TX is about 25 -30 miles due West of downtown Houston TX.

 

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Comments(8)

Dan Edward Phillips
Dan Edward Phillips - Eureka, CA
Realtor and Broker/Owner

Good Morning Robert, you make an excellent point on making sure the site information is updated and correct.  It should be on everyones 'to do list'.

Jul 12, 2011 10:13 PM
Bryan Robertson
Los Altos, CA

This is good advice.  I did a project about 2 years ago where I did a Google search of every site in my area that had agents in a directory and then I signed up for everything I could.  In addition to the ones you list, I suggest going to MerchantCircle, Yelp, Craigslist, Neighborthinking and Homecity to add profiles there.

Jul 13, 2011 04:06 AM
Robert Bob Gilbert
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Anderson Properties - Katy, TX
Your Katy TX ( West of Houston) Real Estate Expert

Dan,

Thanks for your comment and observation about updating to current. I have found most sites where I have registered has old data and you forget all about it as you have so many other things to do.

 

Bryan,

Thanks for the addiotional sites. I still have to get my Google profile done and then work my way through. Based on the fact you did this research two years ago tells me that it is important to register as you are one of my SEO guru's.. 

 

Jul 13, 2011 04:44 AM
Joni Bailey
101 Main St. Realty - Huntsville, TX
Your Huntsville / Lake Livingston Area REALTOR®

It was a pleasure talking to you today! I am excited to see that you are here in the rain! :)

Jul 13, 2011 07:27 AM
Robert Bob Gilbert
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Anderson Properties - Katy, TX
Your Katy TX ( West of Houston) Real Estate Expert

Joni,

I did not know you are part of AR.. Very cool.. I will subscribe to your blog.. Nice speaking to ypu today... 

Jul 13, 2011 09:13 AM
Yolanda Cordova-Gilbert
Richmond, TX

Bob,

           We have our websites here at David Weekley Homes and we are constantly changing plans, features, models and the like so we always try to check our sites at least 2 a month. Sometime the computer Gremlins change things back to how they were.

Jul 13, 2011 12:36 PM
C. Lloyd McKenzie
Living Albuquerque - Albuquerque, NM
Living Albuquerque

Robert,

Great information for all Real Estate professionals  Thanks for sharing

 

Jul 13, 2011 05:32 PM
Baker Home Inspection and Commercial Properties Inspections
Baker Residential and Commercial Properties Inspections - Springfield, VT
Home and Commercial Properties Inspections Vermont

Howdy there Bob my friend, members and non-member folks sure can always visit your blog and find and read all kinds of mighty helpful info which is for folks of all ages, which sure will help them in some way or another. This here sure is outstanding info for folks and they sure will appreciate you for posting this.

Jan 31, 2014 11:45 AM