Posts by : Mark Fitzgerald

Why Dynamic IDX? Our realty tech is the most flexible on the market. We let our clients decided who they want to use for their SEO and Marketing and design and if that provider is not what they want, they can simply change their SEO, Marketing or Design company and not have to up-root their entire site and content to move to another Platform. Dynamic IDX is a fully integrated IDX/MLS for both single agents, teams and brokerages. We have a personal connection with our clients and yes you can reach us by the phone. If you're looking for a personal touch to your business along with a very powerful real estate website solution. Then look no further than Dynamic IDX. Our team has been building...

Why Secure Your Site with HTTPS and SSL?

1. Google ranks HTTPS sites higher.
2. Visitors feel more secure because popular browsers such as Chrome and Firefox have started to alert users against using non-secure sites by displaying warning messages and labeling them “Not Secure”.
3. Facebook requires you to provide a secure URL for your web page in order to set up your Facebook tab.
4. It’s really no longer an option if you want to look professional to your clients

It’s no secret that Google and other search engines now give a possible SEO boost if your site is secure with an HTTPS. A great blog to read about the changes Google made can be read here.

In 2014 Google made an announcement that ...

So you're not getting any leads with your website? Are you just playing roulette with your website money?  The first thing most people do is look at moving to a different website provider, but that’s not always the best solution. 

With most website providers, you don't have the flexibility to select a designer.  You don't receive marketing services or even an SEO expert outside of their company. So in order to have more options, you end up having to move your website to another company. What does that cost? Well let's see... first you have to find a company that has a great reputation. Next, that company needs to have the features that you need to run your business and the flexibility yo...

For the past year, I have had a number of agents come to us from inexpensive $5.00 and $10.00 a month sites who were upset about the money they put into those sites, only to get a site that ran slower and slower every month and was very limited on what they could really do, in return.  Though these inexpensive sites might be okay for a part time agent, full time agents should make a stronger investment when it comes to something that will represent them in their market.

There are a number of Real Estate solutions out there for agents to shuffle through, but if you're really looking for a solid Real Estate website, then you might want to take a few things into consideration.

Below is my l...

Dynamic IDX now supports property emails, as well as property RSS feeds for your clients saved searches. Though we have had RSS feeds for a very long time, we have been asked by our clients to also provide an email system for properties to their clients. We have taken a lot of time to make sure this system was put in place. All emails comply with the unsubscribed standards and are sent from a separate system in order to preserve your email integrity. You will also have the ability to modify the email templates that are going out to your clients. We are not stopping there, there is more coming soon!

I have been working on data feeds for more than 8 years and I am just horrified at how many MLS' 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.

The answer, "other vendors do it" is one that we get when having issues with some RETS providers, and to me, is not a solid response because they have no clue how many hoops other vendors have had to go through in order to change feeds. I would like to see MLS' pull a full feed (in-house) and then a partial feed from thei...

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 line of sight as well.

We have been so busy working on new features and moving Dynamic IDX into new areas, that we have not had the time to post. 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 Dynamic IDX offer that will make me 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 a...

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 oth...

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 ag...

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 their emai...

After our holiday upgrade, we had a few of our clients put in suggestions. Some of these suggestions were complicated but we hope to have them out in the very near future. 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 are all of our features. Below is a list of the features in this release. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter. We are here to make your web experience as easy as possible!

- Blog Tags
- Added Tagcloud snippet {{tagcloud}} to be used within layouts/elements.
- Added Blog Archives snippet {{blog_archives}} to be used within lay...

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 to the 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 modul...

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 Dynamic IDX would have grown so fast and in so many areas the first year but here I am telling you that Dynamic IDX 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 eco...

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 sized 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 a...