http://www.nwrealty.net look under Settings - General - Tagline Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:22:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en OUCH! We expected September's report to reflect a decrease in web traffice due to the economic downturn.  But the significant drop across the board was a surprise.  Most sites we monitor experienced a loss of traffic ranging from 9% to 48% compared with traffic holding rather steady during the same time frame last year.  ... http://www.nwrealty.net/nwrealty-network/sept-08-web-trends/ Here's a SHOUT OUT to the new friends of nwRealty.com! These Washington real estate brokers and agents accepted our invitation to link us from their websites.  In return we display their contact information whenever one of their real estate listings is viewed on www.nwRealty.Com.  Their support helps strengthen our site and increases the ... http://www.nwrealty.net/nwrealty-network/google-juice-for-new-friends/ Many thanks to Maria Kevorkian for linking to www.nwrealty.com from her site at www.propertiesbymaria.com and her blog at www.CollectiblesbyMaria.com.  The links from Maria's website will help us get more attention for potential buyers of her listings.  And when these buyers view her listings on our site, Maria's contact information and weblink ... http://www.nwrealty.net/nwrealty-network/sharing-the-love-in-bonney-lake/ We installed upgrades to www.nwrealty.com yesterday and notified our customers that their contact information, photos and logos can now appear with their listings on our site.  Additional information is available at our Reciprocal Link Policy page and Linking Examples page.  Here are some questions and answers about this new feature ... Why doesn't my ... http://www.nwrealty.net/nwrealty-network/questions-about-agent-information-on-listing-pages/ Summer vacation is history and its Back To School for the kids.  As expected, traffic for our main real estate site at www.nwrealty.com decreased about 13% from July.  Here's the surprise ... Our competing sites seemed to hold steady and a couple even showed slight increases. The larger sites that we monitor (publishing ... http://www.nwrealty.net/nwrealty-network/washington-real-estate-web-trends-bts-08/ For the past several weeks viruses of moderate severity have been proliferated after legitimate sites are hacked.  Subsequent visitors are automatically redirected (or click links) to malicious sites.  The hackers employ a "SQL Injection Attack" to exploit vulnerabilities in a site's programming.   Last week the NWMLS Discover website was hacked and their tech staff ... http://www.nwrealty.net/announcements/security-alert/ The latest edition of the Northwest Real Estate Magazine is now on the stands featuring these properties in our monthly ad.  You can download a pdf version of our ad here. $249,950 LAKEBAY 4 bdrm, 2 bath, 1782 sqft Manuf-Double Wide. Call LuAnn Frans, John L. Scott, Inc., at 253-686-4642 about MLS ... http://www.nwrealty.net/marketing/nw-real-estate-magazine-1310/ We are extremely pleased with performance of nwRealty.Com during the month of July.  We maintained the historical trend of July being a very strong month while all competing sites experienced a decrease of visitors ... some losing 30 - 40%.  A change from previous reports;  we replaced Machpersons.com with Southsoundhomes.com (operated ... http://www.nwrealty.net/nwrealty-network/washington-real-estate-web-trends-summer-08/ Upcoming Data Changes On July 3rd, NWMLS Database Download Policy/rule revisions will go into effect as approved by the Board of Directors.  The download policy (available on the Discover website) is being adjusted so that the real estate "Website Fields" better describes the data authorized for member use and display.  Another change ... http://www.nwrealty.net/announcements/nwmls-data-downtime-insurance-etc/ we received request to add four real estate virtual tours last week.  One in Island County and three in North Puget Sound region. Coupeville Rambler $324,900 Like new one story home in the town of Coupeville. Built in 1999, 3 BR, 2 full BA, 2 car garage. Great Room floor plan w/vaulted ... http://www.nwrealty.net/nwrealty-network/virtual-home-tours-070308/