Hi everyone--I am brand new to this site and so far I am very impressed...many many of my questions have been answered--which leads me to more questions yet. Thanks to all the knowledgable people and administrators that make this site what it is!
I work in an office with about 120 other agents (I know) and I am truly looking for a way to differentiate myself. If I had a really functional website that brought me leads, I tell you I would be the only one in my office with that, believe it or not. With that said...here is my question:
Are any of you familiar with Godaddy and its website building program? It seems affordable and easy to use (I am not very tech). They also have a service called TrafficBlazer that claims to do a lot to drive ppl to your site. Any ideas or suggestions? Appreciate the help!

I read about their traffic blazer last monthat a clients request and didn't think much of it. I'll be interested to hear your thughts if you try it.

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As you can see by looking at my site, I register quite a few domain names -- all with Godaddy. For domain registration I can find no better and have been using them since their formation.

Some month's back, I was asked to assume administration of a URL and site that had been registered and hosted with Godaddy. After a few month's of frustration with their hosting service, I moved the site.

My recommendation is to compare the Godaddy hosting plans with the competition.

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I know basically nothing about godaddy.com but i will say that it is usually better to pay too much for something that does the job than too little for something that doesn't do the job. In my experience with working with realtors and in this business I have found that most agents who start out with a site like that soon learn a lot more about seo and what a website can do for them and soon find out that the lower cost site does not have the capabilities of doing for them what they now want it to do. Most that I know of started out with the expense of setting up a lower-cost site and than in a few months putting out the expense again, but this time for a higher quality site. Of course it all depends on your budget and what you want to get out of your website.

I've been extremely happy with 1&1 Internet, http://www.1and1.com They have good prices and a lot of space and transfer for the price. Lots of extras too.

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Aaron

Minneapolis Real Estate | Twin Cities Real Estate | Edina Realty Agent

I've read good reviews of http://www.1and1.com/.

For the past few years, I have been using http://www.site5.com for "Multisite" hosting; i.e, I can put several domains (and their attendant sites) on the same hosting plan.

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Really? All I've ever been told about 1 and 1 were horror stories

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I have 4 or 5 active domains with them on Linux and have not had much of a problem. FP extensions dropped a few times but it was easy to fix. The admin functions are fairly robust and it has database and cgi/perl capabilities that I've had no problems with. For what little they charge it is a much better deal than many hosts I've seen.

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Aaron

Minneapolis Real Estate | Twin Cities Real Estate | Edina Realty Agent

www.asmallorange.com has been a postive surprise for me
By the way, here is one horror story about 1 and 1
http://www.v7n.com/forums/showpost.p...5&postcount=19

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I am a big fan of Godaddy for domain registration. Recently helped a friend set up a site using the Godaddy site builder. The tool itself was easy to use and very intuitive. The templates available were OK, but not great. The gotcha with Godaddy hosting is that the plans have page limits. The one my friend purchased only allowed for 8 or 10 pages.

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