At Agentpoint we have just finished developing a google base wordpress plugin which allows a real estate agency to automatically post their property listings on Google Maps Australia the new real estate listing site in Australia.

What is great about the plugin is that the url for the full property details is the actual property link back to the agent’s website. Why is this essential? Because it means browsers will click through to the agents website to view further details meaning as an agent you can market your other properties and capture enquiry details.

Many of the third party portals agents send their listings to also send the properties to Google meaning these portals receive the traffic back from Google. Google have constructed their real estate listing system so that if the original agent lists their property on Google, any other ads for that property from real estate portals on google will be removed and a secondary link placed in the agents listings. This basically means that the majority of browsers who view your listing on Google Real Estate will end up back on your website rather than a real estate portal.

How do we do this? Through a wordpress RSS Plugin which searchers all active listings in the database and then notifies Google of them. If you are interested in getting your listings on google then please contact me and we can discuss this further.

Here is a link to view one of our client’s properties Richard & Wrench Mosman 6 HAMPDEN STREET BALMORAL, NSW

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WordPress today launched the latest release of their CMS system WordPress 2.8 named “Baker”. We have been using WordPress 2.8 in beta form for the past month and are very impressed with the speed of the wp-admin interface. It is remarkable the progression WordPress has made over the past 12 months to their wp-admin. Not only have a world of gadgets been introduced and speed increased but the styling (beauty) of the admin system is much better than before.

Undoubtedly, over the past 12 months WordPress has cemented their position as the number 1 and most popular CMS for blogs across the World.

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We have been very busy in the past 24 hours launching two great WordPress websites. The first was a redesign of Business2, a real estate news and technology blog we operate. We are making the Business2 WordPress Theme available to purchase for anyone who wants a really nifty blog with the latest in Social Networking & Web 2.0 technologies.

The latest website we have launched is Lawford International project website. We were required to re-develop much of our current technology and a new design and layout was used for property pages.

If you have any questions about how Agentpoint can help you with a WordPress real estate website or if you are interested in purchasing our Business2 blog theme, then please do not hesitate to contact me.

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Over the past 8 weeks our developers have been absolutely flat chat working on some fantastic WordPress applications for the real estate industry. Some are client based and others are joint ventures we are involved. I can’t say too much but two of these projects should be complete within 4 weeks and another in about 6 weeks, all of them are designed to increase an agent’s web presence and are unique in the industry. Read the rest of this article »

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Property Developers within the real estate community are often left out in the cold when it comes to websites specifically addressing their needs. Most real estate websites which are available or custom built are designed for real estate agents and property managers not property developers. As a result of the wonders of WordPress we have developed a WordPress Property Developers Theme website which caters to the needs of property developers. Read the rest of this article »

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