Development

If you have a website and you’re using Google Maps then you have a Google Maps API key.  In order to use that key Google requires you to put a credit card on file and they give you $200/mo credit and if you go over that you will get charged.

What many don’t know or are just too busy to know is that your API key is easily found by others and if you did not restrict it to your domain or IP then others could be using your API key costing you money.

Our suggestion is to add a site restriction for each of your Google API Keys and also add a budget so that if you do go over the $200 you will not get an unexpected bill.

Set up a budget:
https://cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/budgets

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Top Producer is the leading Real Estate CRM solution available with tons of useful features to convert your leads to sales. Recently, Top Producer rolled out a new batch for their Top Producer 8i product, which includes support for real time lead importing from the Dynamic IDX system.

Our integration method is fairly smart, as well. New leads to your website will be imported to Top Producer automatically - and if that same lead makes an additional inquiry, they will not be imported again.

There is NO EXTRA charges for Top Producer 8i users to have this turned on - We will walk you through the setup, or do it for you at no charge.

We are in desperate need to fill (1) position in assisting us with expanding our template arsenal and doing some user interface improvements to our product.

1. Are you local? (Myrtle Beach, Surfside, Murrells Inlet..)
2. Are you fluent in CSS?
3. Are you a Photoshop guru? (creating your friends little "sigs" does not count)
4. Do you have a strong understanding of web UI patterns?
5. Do you stay up to date with all the new trends and techniques used on the web?

Basically, if you answer no to any of the above, or if you build your websites in Frontpage, you are probably the wrong person for this position.

Thumbs up if you know the following as well:

• OOP in PHP using CakePHP.
• Understand of ...

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. Dynamic IDX 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 vendors. Each and every Association has the righ...

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 vendors. But do these solutions really help you get the traffic and quality leads you are looking for? 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 solutions, you still have to purchase a web ...