Morgan Carey's Blog: REW Directory

Ok so we are going to be syndicating listings for our new REW directory so we must accomodate this feature along with our agent directory.

So what are our challenges?

• New look featured agent directory
• Listings pages (Features from Point 2 and REW)
• Relocation information

Where to start? That's easy, the homepage

The homepage needs to be setup so that it gives equal attention to the realtor side and the listings side (Perhaps even the relocation side)

I do like how homes.point2 has graphical click to start type boxes for agents and listings, we should look at something like this.

Of course we also will want to provide html text links to both the states and provinces. These should be prominant and we need to educate visitors… Read Full Post

I need to create a document that teaches the staff how to write optimized content (Obviously not the copywriters, but secretary, etc) so that it could be contributed to the directory and start generating interest and traffic.

Also, I need to get these guys on the blog train - these blogs (Other than mine) have nowhere near the posts I want in them. I would like to see at least 15 of blogging from every staff member each day - paid time of course :) Read Full Post

We should make it so that if someone clicks on the link for a city, that city page is opened in a new window, this is make is so that if a user leaves the site via a listing or adsense, they will still have where they came from open in the background to easily search other listings. Read Full Post

I am starting to work on a revamp of http://www.realestatewebmasters.com/real-estate-directory.php and one of the things we are working on is the display data for the individual listings for realtors on both the sponsored and non sponsored levels. I was thinking we should display the agent / broker / or listings offices address so that it shows up on Google maps, perhaps even display a Google map with a tab for details and contact. Read Full Post