Cool Technology on an Agent Website
By Drew Meyers | December 13, 2007
I agree with Marc Davison — THIS intro on Darren James’ website is catchy! Additionally, once you get past the intro and into the actual site, there is some cool AJAX (I think) technology behind the scenes that gives the site a web 2.0 feel. When I clicked the “View Darren’s Listings” link (green button below his name), I was expecting some fancy AJAX to pull up listings automatically without refreshing the page — but instead, I was directed to this page. On the whole, I’ve got to give him credit for a great looking site nonetheless. Anyone know which tech vendor or individual designed and coded the website?
Also, if anyone else can point out other slick agent websites in the comments, I’d love to check them out to see how they compare.
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9 Responses to “Cool Technology on an Agent Website”
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December 13th, 2007 at 9:02 pm
It looks like Flash based to me. Nice though.
December 13th, 2007 at 9:55 pm
lol - I guess that proves I’m not a true techy
December 13th, 2007 at 10:04 pm
I might be wrong about this, but that Flash intro page, and the excessive Flash use in the index page might cost him dearly, SEO-wise. Of course, if he’s the only “game” in town, it won’t matter. Otherwise, a nice-looking modern agent site.
December 14th, 2007 at 2:26 am
I wouldn’t do it, as it seems distracting, but Google now index’s flash:
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2004/09/07/google-can-now-index-flash-an-interview-with-michael-marshall
December 14th, 2007 at 10:24 am
The page that displays his listings looks to be coded by the company that does his virtual tours. As for the rest of the site, I can’t say for sure.
December 14th, 2007 at 11:09 am
Looks to me like a lot of “Flash” but not to much content. Anyone take a look at his blog? Two month gaps and the last post was in October? Looks like he paid some big bucks and then forgot about it. Hope it was worth his money, because it doesn’t look like it was worth his time.
December 14th, 2007 at 1:51 pm
Many thanks on the nifty intro, it was designed by our IT department as well as the entire site.
Any Inquiries at all, send them to:
ryang@121ltd.com
I’d be more than happy to accomodate you.
December 17th, 2007 at 9:28 am
Well, it’s certainly ‘flashy.’ No SEO to speak of, Louisiana is in the image, and the title, description tags say nothing about what area he serves. He’s not in the top 100 at Google for ‘baton rouge real estate’ and doing an info:www at Google shows that they have only the intro and site page indexed with zero content (as it’s all imbedded in the flash). It may appeal to humans, but it’s got zero effectiveness for SEO.
Flash is okay to use as long as you also have good, clean content that the spiders can get to and index!
January 7th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
I am the owner of the site, and am looking to make it more search engine friendly and customizable. Any suggestions on who can do it for me would be appreciated. The company who built it is charging $40/hr. to make ANY changes. They’ve been good thus far, but I want effectiveness, combined with a good look and content.
Darren James
darrenjamesrealtor@gmail.com
225-335-7666