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It's not often that you get an opportunity to test out things like "does a properly handled 301 redirect actually allow you to maintain rankings?" - Why? because who in their right mind would put their hard earned rankings and authority at risk just to validate some statement they read online how "this guy" read "somewhere" that you can do a 301 redirect and keep your rankings etc.

Unfortunately for my full service SEO customer, Greg Eckler (owner of jakemarsh.com) this very situation has been forced on us by his MLS board.

What? What happened OMG - you have worked on that site for like 6 years and it ranked top 3 for everything!

Yup, that's right - one of my very first SEO customers in real estate was Jake Marsh and his partner Greg Eckler and…

I truly appreciate all the interest in the new REW IDX product and those offering to test and give feedback on the solution. This post will serve as a place for discussion surrounding the request and acquisition of an REW IDX testing account .

Don't know what I am talking about? REW IDX? Seriously!

Real Estate Webmasters is entering the low cost IDX space with our very first iframeable (low cost) IDX product for mass consumption - click the view the new REW IDX  - it will start at $25 a month for a killer IDX search product that will work with any website (REW or non REW alike) and comes with full lead management (even in the lite version) and our exclusive "IDX builder" (video here) technology that places the customization of a Realtors IDX search…

I have been receiving a lot of inquiries for when the LEC version 5 will be launched, how much it will cost etc and I am just about to send out a blast email to our customers so I figured it would be a good idea to create a blog post where folks with LEC 5 questions could post them and receive answers.

So here you go folks - ask away (in the comments section below) I am happy to answer any questions you may have. (Also I have posted some of the most frequent Q & A below:

Q: How much will the setup of LEC 5 be
A: Just like LEC 4 - version 5 retails at $10,000 USD

Q: Can I reserve my city now?
A: Yes - a 10% deposit is required to reserve your city *note this is a first right of refusal as per email

Q: What does "first right of refusal mean?
A: It…

Now that we are sold out for 2009 it allows us time to finish off our latest product - the REW IDX Iframed Solution. I for one am personally (and hugely) excited about this new product. The industry is screaming for a new (and better) iframable IDX solution at an affordable price. Come January 2010, your new solution will have arrived.

New map features

• Polygonal parameter searches (with drawing tool)
• Spherical (dragable / resizable) radius searches
• IDX custom search builder (customize your OWN search)
• Schools / ammenities overlay
• Streetview enabled
• New map search results pagination
• Much more, we promise

Screenshot of map search

Oh yeah!

It's that time again - with Christmas right around the corner, and a brand new year of positive real estate sales and market rebounds predicted - Real Estate Webmasters is once again offering it's annual 12 days of Chistmas Sale. It's a great time to finally step up and purchase that REW website (template or LEC) you have been wanting, or if  you are an existing customer, trick out your already awesome website with a selection of our most popular features / upgrades / modules (up to 50% off!) Here's what we are offering:

Free template setup (save $740). Everyone, no matter what their budget is, should have a great looking, search engine friendly website. Just pay the yearly SAAS / hosting fees and you have yourself a great starter website and can begin…

I received an email from my LEC 4 clients Matt Barker / Brandon Hedges regarding an interesting inquiry they received at their LEC 4 website http://www.homesofminnesota.com - someone was accusing THEM of copying their design. Huh? Wait a sec - the LEC 4 is a design / architecture belonging to Real Estate Webmasters - they own the copyright and intellectual property rights to it - what is going on here? So they email me the complaint.

Naturally I go through the ROOF! - Turns out this hack company "The Pros Advantage" sold this poor Realtor OUR DESIGN! (Charged him $3500 to rip it off basically) but of course the victim one David Bigham (Minneapolis Minnesota) had no idea that not only had he been swindled - he is now liable for intellectual property theft…

I thought about "polygonadoodleallday" but I thought that might be a little out of left field.

Welcome CIR Realty Agents. As many of you now know, I have been working with Linsey Smith to put together a package for you that combines the Real Estate Webmasters awesome backend / IDX (MLS search) features with an affordable yet search engine friendly front end (website design) that will allow every agent to be able to compete in the web 2.0 landscape.

Enter the CIR Realty websites:

For CIR Realtors ONLY - you can view the new CIR websites at http://cir.rewidx.com. When you get there, you will notice a black bar across the top (this is not part of the site) it has a dropdown to select your CIR template choice and also has a button called "add-ons" and one for "order"

Here's how it works - I suggest you first select a template:

• CIR Classic
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