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As most people now know, REW just this week has undergone the most major change in it's history. With this change has come several major positive enhancements which you can read about and provide feedback on at the new site forum, setup specifically for Q & A on this new platform.This post however is to address those people who are concerned about "loosing" backlinks or SEO benefits from their participation at Real Estate Webmasters and hopefully by the end of it, our readers will realize... Read Full Post

Update - new site is now live, please provide feedback at http://www.realestatewebmasters.com/forum/forums/100-New-REW-Website-Discussion On Monday, July 12th beginning between 10-12 AM Pacific Standard time RealEstateWebmasters.com will be going through its most significant change ever! We have completely redesigned the site (something we have done in parts in the past) but this time is different; this time we have redesigned (and re-coded) absolutely everything. The main site, forums, blogs... Read Full Post

In January we began testing a new IDX 3.0 system via our REW IDX brand. In March, LEC 5 launched as the very first website to have a "built in" or "search engine spiderable" version of this new backend / IDX technology - and now we are pleased to announce this technology is available in 3 brand new template designs. To view live demo's of the new templates please go to www.rewtemplates.com - there are screenshots of the three new versions. Click on one and you will see the standard install. Y... Read Full Post

Greetings to the good agents of Sotheby's International Realty Canada. For those you of who don't know me, I am Morgan Carey, CEO of Real Estate Webmasters, the producer and website vendor for your corporate site SothebysRealty.ca A few weeks ago, I flew over for a meeting with Ross McCredie (Sotheby's Canada CEO) and Hien Tran (Sotheby's Canada Technical Consultant) to discuss the possibility of providing website products for the various offices and agents of Sothebys International Realty Ca... Read Full Post

Greetings Royal Lepage agents from Calgary. This post is to give you information and ordering instructions should you wish to take advantage of the near $3000 USD discount available to Royal Lepage, Calgary / CREB members. So what's the deal? Normally, an REW template with integrated MLS technology like this one - would cost $499 USD for the template setup, and $2500 USD for the IDX setup + the standard $49.95 per month website / technology package and $30 per month IDX package. But for you f... Read Full Post

Imagine you shared a name with Tiger Woods's wife, or Heidi Fleiss's father and were trying to make a name for yourself online as a professional Realtor and responsible digital citizen. Potential clients Google you after meeting you and end up with pages and pages of scandalous references to something your famous relative had done. This is what is happening to our client and friend Carolyn Capalbo, and we want to help her. Read on, fellow bloggers, read on (it's going to be a wicked fun conte... Read Full Post

This promotion is now closed We are pleased to announce the brand new LEC 5 (Limited Edition Custom Version 5) and to celebrate, we are having a promotion! And yes, custom hours are on sale! Details of the promotion (what's on sale) Limited Edition Customs - 25% off of the setup fee of any limited edition custom website including the brand new LEC version 5. Looking at our LEC map, it looks like (just by leaking the word out early) we have already sold version 5 in 13 markets, so if you are o... Read Full Post

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 bee... Read Full Post

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 ... Read Full Post

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 ... Read Full Post