www.bostonrealestate.net - Leap of faith - Total redesign

glyphbane · #1 (**permalink**) 11-03-2004, 08:25 PM

Hello all,

Our old site had fantastic placement in the major search engines. We got tons of traffic, but it was circa 1999 in its design. We took a huge leap of faith and completely redesigned the site.

Please take a look and offer some comments. One of our goals was not to loose ranking. The major goal was to stand out as a technology and trend leader in the real estate industry. This site is used to attract buyer and seller leads and get them to register with our agents. It is also our main voice to the world.

Http://www.bostonrealestate.net

Thanks

info202 · #2 (**permalink**) 11-05-2004, 01:11 AM

very good looking site.. loads quickly and navigates easily...
while it is perfectly aligned while viewing in 800x600, the site is a bit askew when viewing in 1024x768.. Personally, I prefer to see this kind of site centered.
Perhaps this next comment is unnecessary, because you are already established, but you seem to be lacking text on your index page... (although your photo is just great).

I took a tour (not the virtual one) of your featured house... the photos are large and delays the page loading, but are well worth the wait. and anyone who is interested in viewing the house will most likely wait... your photos are crisp and very good looking.

I feel you should have a link back to your index page... not everyone knows that clicking on your logo/site name will return you to "home".
I also feel that you should have some text links on the bottom of each page, so that your visitor need not scroll back up to navigate your site.

all in all, it is a great looking site...

glyphbane · #3 (**permalink**) 11-05-2004, 03:59 AM

Thanks for the reply.

All very good suggestions.

Interestingly enough, even with an index page that is light on text.. the site itself has maintained positioning in most search engines.

Thanks!

Brit · #4 (**permalink**) 11-15-2004, 09:05 PM

When I visit this website the first impression I get is that you are professionals and take what you do seriously, and also that there is a lot of information to be found on this website. I like your menus. I know that Bostonians will automatically take a liking to you with that Red Sox logo. Offer for the computer when you list is a FANTASTIC idea. I wish I could get some of my clients to do things like this! Featured agent is another great idea. I have seen A LOT of RE websites, and this is a good site. It's really hard to find a RE website with good information.