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Is anyone actually going to that website?

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Services for Real Estate Pros with VIO Media Group/ HItxt.com

Here are some useful resources when trying to evaluate if a website is worth your marketing dollars and time.  Of   course there are the no-brainers (Craigslist, Google, etc) but there are tons of other sites out there claiming that they will drive prospects.

Compete.com and Alexa.com are two free services that will tell you the approximate traffic (and much more) going to any website.    This is one critical data point in determining the amount of people who will see your listing and whether you should invest.  Sites with VERY low traffic will not register on these services but even a few hundred people per month should generate some results.

Also, these services are a lots of fun to use...for example ActiveRain gets about 450,000 visitors per month :-) 

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Frank Schulte-Ladbeck
Frank Schulte-Ladbeck Professional Real Estate Inspections - Houston, TX

Many of those visitors are just people browsing at our musings, or just trying to learn something about real estate. I wish more of them would tell us what they think. However, I dropped in to tell you something: hello.

Welcome to Active Rain. You will find that this site offers you many opportunities to learn, to teach, and to connect. 

Mar 18, 2008 07:36 AM
Candy Henthorne
Results Realty - Spring, TX
Spring Texas Real Estate
Michael - Welcome to AR.  I find your post very interesting and will keep as a reference.
Mar 18, 2008 07:48 AM
Michael Ouellette
VIO Media Group/ HItxt.com - North Attleboro, MA
hitxt.com
Thank you both!  I'm already learning from the members and hope to be able to contribute regularly.  
Mar 18, 2008 07:53 AM
Nancy Brenner
Referral Associates of Georgia, Inc. - Roswell, GA
Roswell Georgia Real Estate Agent
Those are sites that I'm not familiar with but will check them out.  Like those before me...  I'd like to welcome you to ActiveRain.  The puddles are fun to play in and the learning experience is awesome!
Mar 18, 2008 07:59 AM
Tony Fantis
Fantis Group Real Estate - Salt Lake City, UT
Realtor,Principal Broker - Salt Lake City
YAY! Welcome to Active Rain.  I have to tell you, your first post is AWESOME!  It is short, and to the point.  I went to one of the websites and instantly learned how much traffic some competitors are getting AND what keywords people are entering to find the sites.  YAY!
Mar 18, 2008 09:07 AM
Danny Thornton
R & D Art - Knoxville, TN
WordPress Guru
Michael, first, let me welcome you to ActiveRain. Secondly, thanks for blogging here in the Rain on your first day. And lastly, if there is anything that I can do for you to help your experience here in ActiveRain a better one, please do not hesitate to ask.
Mar 18, 2008 09:07 AM
Michael Ouellette
VIO Media Group/ HItxt.com - North Attleboro, MA
hitxt.com
Thanks Tony and Danny!  I'm looking forward to being an active member of the community. 
Mar 18, 2008 09:13 AM