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A Timely Revisiting of IDX in Charlottesville
A snarky, ignorant anonymous coward is sending a letter to some sellers in the Charlottesville area, the text of which follows. I have removed the identifiable information. (Grammatical errors are the letter writer’s.)
The part that gets me the most is the anonymity. If you feel so much conviction that you find the seller in the MLS, searching out their name(s) on the tax records and then sending a letter (who does that anymore?), why not attach your name to your efforts?
You are being ripped off by [a Realtor firm in Charlottesville]
[This Realtor] has opted your
Diverse Solutions Speeds it up
And it’s all about speed … and accuracy … and functionality … searching for homes in Charlottesville and Albemarle just got faster.
Two days ago, we deployed a very significant change to the way our dsSearchAgent IDX product is served to our clients and our clients’ clients. Did you notice? No, there weren’t any new features this time around. This time, we focused our efforts on load time and performance.
Overall, we were able to make a number of changes that decreased the initial size of our IDX by nearly 30%!! We made
MLS Search Not Working
And apparently hasn’t been working for a few days now … The Charlottesville MLS folks are aware of the problem and are now working on it. My search isn’t working, Nest‘s is not, and neither is FranklyMLS, nor are a few more around Charlottesville – so it’s not just mine.
When the problem is resolved, I will post an update and move this post to the sideblog.
Darn it.
Update 16 April 2009: From Diverse Solutions’ CEO … this is how to handle a problem … basically we are dealing with two problems – one with … Continue reading…
Thoughts on IDX
More posts on IDX – Why aren’t 100% of listings in IDX? A New Question for Sellers to Ask When Interviewing Listing Agents in Charlottesville If Realtor.com can do it, Why Can’t I? Continue reading
A New Question for Sellers to Ask When Interviewing Listing Agents in Charlottesville
Meaning, will you be marketing my property not just in the Charlottesville are MLS (to other Realtors) and on the local Realtors’ Association site, as well as Realtor.com but – on every other Realtors’ site who has an IDX feed ( such as the one found here )- therefore substantially increasing traffic and exposure to my property? … There’s a lot happening the the acronym world about which we need to learn (NAR/DOJ/VOW/MLS/IDX/etc) Continue reading
