American Dream Realty Launches New Site
Well we finally launched our site’s new web design. The old one was online for close to five years. Not all the functions are up and working yet. We would love to get some feed back as to how you like it and what it is lacking. We are really interested in making it a great site for the user.
Our old provider Cybersunshine made it really easy for us not to use them any longer. Their customer service kept getting worse and worse every year plus they got caught not totally integrating something we paid them to do. The old site was very slow and dated as well. We did not think they were a company that was capable of integrating something that was fast and was going to be good for our users.
Website ReDesign Update
Well I have found a couple young guys that run a real estate web design company here in Honolulu. I have had several meetings and it looks like they are going to do the re-design of the site (look and feel). We are trying to decide whether we have our existing website company that does the IDX and programming push the new design or try somebody new. I am going to be deciding over the next several months what is better long term. They have created what I needed up until now and it has worked fine. I think we need to explore our options and see what else is out there. Technology has changed over the past 5 years and we want to make sure we have an up to date site. We also need to make sure that our users are experiencing the best possible experience they can. It is all about keeping it simple for the user and giving them the tools they need to help them see what Hawaii real estate has to offer.
We have been working closely with National Relocation and Real Geeks development team because they are creating an IDX solution to help real estate agents with their online marketing. We will have to see what they come up with and if it is better than what we have now.
We know one thing from our 5 plus years of online experience. Need to keep it simple and easy to use for the home buyers.
We will keep you updated.
American Dream Realty Update
We are currently exploring the possibility of re-designing our site. It was create over 5 years ago and is pretty dated and needs to be brought up to this century. We are looking for any advise or comments as to what they think users are looking for in a real estate site.
What is the most important thing about a search? Is a map search a priority of a normal search results page? Should the search results page be displayed first for easy glancing and then a interactive map search as a secondary tool. Should the user be able to pick the frequency of the email alerts? What other features are users looking for when searching on a real estate site?