I have been working on Data feeds for more than 8 years and I am just horrified at how many MLS's have no clue how to even pull their own RETS feeds. We have been dealing with a number of MLS where they have decided to move to another RETS provider because they are cheaper or because the board made the decision not realizing the impact on their agents and their vendors.

To me the answer, that we get when having issues with some RETS providers,  that other Vendor's do it is not a response because they have no clue how many hoops other vendor's have had to go through to change feeds. I would like to see MLS's pull a full feed (in house) and then a partial feed from their RETS provider and ...

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A number of our clients have recently been asking why there is a new keyword in their Google Analytics called "Not Provided". Well simply put Google is now Encrypting searches performed by those clients of theirs who are logged into Google.  Google Estimates that the percentage of these users should be in the lower single-digit but that will depend on your sites traffic. You can read more about this by clicking here. I am all for Google making changes,  I just hope they keep the little guys in their light of sight as well.

We have been so busy working on new features and moving MYRSOL into new areas that we have not had the time to post but today I was asked by one of our Designers to read a post she had written based on some stats from a site she just recently moved from one of our competitors platforms.

Agents are always asking me what does MYRSOL offer that makes them stand out from the other Real Estate Websites. Well in a word "Traffic". I could spend hours writing up the perfect blog for you  to read but I believe the proof is in the reality of a clients site and how well their site performs after moving from one of our competitors platforms to ours.

If you have a moment take a look at this post and...

I want to thank Suzanne Stephens for sending us this blog post. With her permission we have posted this on our site because we believe it is very important that agents understand what they are getting when they simply frame in their property search. Enjoy

Mark Fitzgerald

Executive Director, Myrsol LLC

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Do you know the difference between iframed (aka framed) IDX search pages and fully integrated IDX listings, and why integrated listings can help with your search engine optimization? Here's are some graphics that may help explain the difference.

First, you need to understand that Google and the ...

What a week, I must hand it to everyone in the District of DC. Your average 8 hour work day along with the 3 or 4 hour commute to work each day can really make for a very long week.

We were very excited to attend the NAR Midyear 2010. We met with a number of agents looking for a complete solution. At first glance agents would walk up to our booth and say “Another Web Company”, This is expected from agents who’s prior web companies have left such a bad taste in their mouth. The good thing about being a part of Myrsol is you get a chance to show agents just how good a web company can be and back it with the testimonials from other agents. Nothing speaks better than a referral as every a...

As promised, Myrsol will be at the 2010 NAR Midyear Trade Expo May 12th-14th Booth 225. Come out and see what so many agents are now talking about. Come see just how much freedom you can gain from having your website with Myrsol work for you. We want to meet you and get to know you! We are the first web solution built by agents for agents and we show our pride in an ever growing product.

There will be video demos of our system during the show and personal demos by request. Our Executive Director Mark Fitzgerald will be there all day every day of the show. We want to meet you and show you all we have to offer.

If you have a website already then come see what we can provide for you. If ...

Wow! Let us first thank all our clients who took time out of their busy schedules to not only come out to see us but also take time at the show to share their love for MYRSOL with other agents. Our hat is off to all of you for being there as well as Heather, Roger and all the others at the Coastal Carolina Association of Realtors for such a great show and being so well organized.

I must say this being MYRSOL’s first trades show we were shocked at the number of agents who approached us looking for a better IDX solution. It was a pleasant surprise to see so many eager agents wanting to know what we do and how we could help their business.

For all our clients outside of the South Carolina ...

Myrsol will be at the Myrtle Beach Trade Expo. April 23rd 10:30am to 2:30pm.

We are offering 40% off our Myrsol Quick Start Layout's at the trade Expo. This means you will be able to get on the Myrsol platform for $699.99 and remember with our system all features are included once you are on our platform.

Here are just a few things that are included once you are on our platform: aka, have a site with Myrsol.

Would like my site to be?:

A broker site with 100's of agents.  NO CHARGE. A site where agents can login and only see Leads assigned to them.  NO CHARGE. An integrated blog on your site.  NO CHARGE. Able to have unlimited pop email accounts as well as web access to ...

After our holiday upgrade we had a few of our clients put in suggestion. Some of these suggestions were complicated and we hope to have out in the very near future and some were a bit less complicated and we have included them in this release. There will be another release with our advance Broker system coming out in a couple weeks and yes it is included as is all our features.  Below is a list of the features in this release. Don’t forget to follow us on tweeter.  We are here to make your web experience as easy as possible.

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We have been so busy working on new features and adding new clients that we have not blogged as often as we wanted. We are growing stronger every day and have been working on a number of great features that will be coming out at the end of November, first of December. For the past 2 quarters we have been taking request from our agents as to what they would like to see in their website and we are working very hard to get as many of those request into the new version as possible. Soon we will be rolling out our much requested Ajax Registration, Powerful Lead Management tools, Custom Listings module for Bank Owned;FSBO; Rentals, Google Maps 3.0, Updated subdivision/neighborhood module, SEO e...

It’s been a number of months since my last post due to the fact that we have been putting a lot of focus on expanding. We never imagined that Myrsol would have grown so fast and in so many areas the first year but here I am telling you that Myrsol is now in more than 20 MLS Boards in more than 10 States. As most of you know we made our product public December 15, 2008 even though we had been working on the product for two years prior to our launch date. In less than a year we have exceeded our expectations every month and continue to grow even today in a trying economy. We can tell you that the economy of America is not failing but picking up momentum. Clients, in this new economy, are no...

During the past few months I have had a number of REALTORS® tell me I should write to everyone and inform them of my beliefs when it comes to their website. This being such a passionate topic for me I found myself writing countless pages and finally making myself stop in order to post a reasonable size blog rather than a novel. I am sure this post is far overdue, but late or not it is a vital read for any REALTOR® who wishes to understand the importance of his/her website.

“My website is a small part of my business.” I hear this all the time and I can tell you that your website is not a small part of your business in any way, but rather a vital part of your business. I would even go as...

As long as your association of realtors has some form of IDX, RETS or HTML feed yes we can and there is no extra cost to you for us to setup a new area. Just about every association of realtors has their own feed along with their own set of rules. Myrsol was built with this in mind and we are able to setup most feeds within a few days. Let’s review the process to get a data feed setup and working.

If you have had a website before I am sure the acronym RETS (Real Estate Transaction Standard) is something you are familiar with. The keyword here is standard and though it sounds nice this standard is far from a standard when it comes to venders. Each and every Association has the right to se...

As a realtor you are commonly faced with the decision of what is the right web solution? Though there are a number of providers there are only a select few methods. Some Associations even have a website and or frame solution that they will provide to their agents for a very small fee compared to most venders. But do these solutions really help you get the traffic and Quality Leads you are looking for and a solution you can grow your business with? In order to answer these questions lets first understand what a framed solution is.

When it comes to framed solutions for most agents it seems like a very good fit. You have low upfront cost and very low monthly cost to boot. But with framed ...

As with any Complete IDX Solution there are MLS data feeds for each and every Association of Realtors and when property data is involved the inevitable questions is always asked. How often do you update your feed? Will changes to the feed cost more?

When it comes to MLS data feeds we work very hard to make sure your property data is updated daily. For the majority of Associations this is not a problem at all but there is always maintenance with each and every MLS data feed and we have to keep a close eye on each and every one of them. For the Association of Realtors that we are not able to update daily we will inform our clients of the frequency of updates allowed by the Association of ...

Before I kick off this topic let me first introduce myself. My name is Mark Fitzgerald aka “Fitz”. I have been around Real Estate most of my life and have written a number of tools over the years to help realtors in their day to day business. For 9 years I was the VIP for development for a company in RTP called Random Games. We contracted out a number of game titles from Scrabble, Hasbro’s version(s), to War hammer Chaos gate 40k. During this time I was also working with realtors to help them with their software needs. After 2002 I moved into Real Estate Web Development full time and stepped out of the game industry for good. One thing about working in the game industry is you lose your l...