LiveDeal, Oodle, and Google Base to Include Listings on Web Sites
Platinum advertisers in Harmon Homes publications already get their listings in a print magazine as well as on HarmonHomes.com and Homes.com. As a result of the new partnerships formed with LiveDeal.com, Oodle.com, and Google Base, advertisers now have the option to feature their property listings as part of the online marketplace. Advertisers with Harmon Homes will now have even more online options for their listings included in the online distribution.
The alliances will make all listings that are currently featured in Harmon Homes publications nationwide and online at HarmonHomes.com, Homes.com, and in eBooks at eHarmonHomes.com, also available on each of the partners Web sites.
"With more and more people using the Internet as a tool in their home searches, it is important for us to increase the coverage that our advertisers receive online for their listings," says Dave Mangold, Vice President of Business Development for Harmon Homes. "With this additional coverage, our advertisers will have the option of directing their online listings to where they will gain the biggest online audience of homebuyers."
More than 3 million unique visitors accumulated over 50 million page views while searching HarmonHomes.com and Homes.com for real estate in the month of September. Adding our advertisers' listings to each partner's online marketplace will expand the number of visitors reaching the listings, and thus increase our advertisers total audience reach online.
"We're looking forward to the benefits our customers will enjoy as a result of these new partnerships. This is one of the ways we're working to increase their online listing exposure to generate more leads and response. Since consumers search the Internet in a lot of different ways, this partnership will get our customers' listings out to a wider base of prospective buyers and sellers," says Ernie Blood, Executive Vice President of Harmon Homes.
About LiveDeal.com
LiveDeal is one of the leaders in the free local online classifieds market with more than $5 billion worth of goods listed for sale, in every city and zip code across the U.S. Buyers and sellers come together through the vast LiveDeal.com marketplace, which is ideal for trading items you want to see or try before you buy, such as automobiles, furniture, appliances, real estate and more. LiveDeal is also the perfect place for sellers seeking to place pets in loving homes and for buyers to find the pet of their dreams. LiveDeal partners with online and offline media to quickly and cost effectively power their classifieds via its dynamic LiveDeal classifieds platform. LiveDeal was founded in 2003 by Rajesh Navar, an original member of eBays engineering team, with executives from other pioneering Internet companies As part of its global expansion, LiveDeal recently launched LiveDeal Canada (LiveDeal.ca) in partnership with Torstar Corporation and Gesca Ltd. For more information about LiveDeal, see www.LiveDeal.com.
About Oodle.com
Oodle.com is a search engine for local classifieds throughout the U.S. Their marketplace is a collection of listings that includes automobiles, musical instruments, pets, real estate, volunteer opportunities and more. All of Oodle's listings are searchable by keyword or by location and they also offer alerts for customers to tell Oodle what they are looking for in order to receive a response when Oodle finds it. Oodle also offers information on local charities and organizations where people can donate unused belongings for better use. With over 1.5 million home listings and powerful searching and mapping capabilities, Oodle.com is an incredible online destination for buyers and sellers searching for local real estate. For more information about Oodle, visit www.Oodle.com.
About Google Base
Google is a universally renowned online search engine that focuses on organizing information and making it quickly accessible to their users. One of the first stops for many people searching online, Google has many ways to search the worldwide Web including Froogle, Images, Local, Maps and more, in order to narrow search results. Google Base (www.base.Google.com) is an online portal that allows buyers and sellers to search for and post content on many products and services, including real estate listings. Listings that are posted on Google Base are described by attributes listed by the user in order to produce hits in the search results. Listings in Google Base also produce results in all of Google's searching programs, including traditional searches at google.com.
Harmon Homes, a division of Dominion Enterprises, provides innovative marketing solutions for real estate professionals across the country. With a nationwide network of more than 250 targeted print publications including Harmon Homes, Distinctive Homes, Home Solutions, Homes Magazine, and New Homes & Living and a dynamic range of Internet offerings including HarmonHomes.com, Homes.com and eBooks at eHarmonHomes.com, Harmon Homes provides homebuyers with the tools they need to find a new home and serves as a convenient and effective advertising forum for real estate professionals. For more information, visit HarmonHomes.com, call 1-877-9-HARMON, or email results@HarmonHomes.com.
