Dot-com offers new online products.Homestore.com, Inc. an Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the home and real estate network, recently announced that through REALTOR Realtor In the United States a designation used to describe a member of the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Notes: The term "realtor" is a registered trademark and encompasses agents, brokers and associates who are members of a real-estate firm associated with .com it has introduced a broad range of innovative new marketing products and services for real estate professionals, and increased the value of its popular i-LEAD web site products for both professionals and consumers. The i-LEAD product is a personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. web site for real estate professionals, which contains detailed real estate company, and personal data; electronic checklists; tools for instantly adding photos, showcase A showcase, or vitrine, is a glassed-in cabinet or case for displaying delicate or valuable articles such as objects d'art or merchandise in a shop, museum, or house. banners, and custom home descriptions to their listings on REALTOR.com; and inclusion in the REALTOR.com agent directory. The new offerings from REALTOR.com include the following products and services: * Open Houses, a new feature which benefits consumers by enabling real estate professionals to advertise open houses on REALTOR.com. i-LEADTM customers simply log in at imarketing.REALTOR.com, select a property to advertise as an open house, and enter the time, date, and details. * Homestore Messenger, powered by REALTOR.com, is a new service that enables i-LEAD agents to communicate instantly with consumers browsing See browse. their listings. Consumers will find a new "Chat With Me" icon that appears on real estate Realtor.com, introduces new marketing products, and services professionals' i-LEAD pages and property listings. If a consumer clicks the icon and the REALTOR is registered for the service and available, the two parties can conduct a real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. chat using the AOL Instant Messenger See AIM. software. * The i-Lead Showcase Tab is an optional enhancement to REALTOR.com's i-LEAD web site product. Intended to help real estate professionals further distinguish themselves online, the Showcase Tab makes it possible to customize personalized i-LEAD pages by adding any images, text, and links the customer chooses, giving them greater flexibility and control in the look and feel of their online presence. * With the addition of 11 new i-LEAD themes, REAL TORS can now select from a rich library of 35 scenic templates. * Real estate professionals can now list their rentals on SpringStreet.com's Apartments & Rentals tab for free. With this new service, real estate professionals can gain greater exposure for their clients' rental properties and provide consumers with an increased quantity and variety of listings that encompass other types of rentals and cover a wider geographic geographic /geo·graph·ic/ (je?o-graf´ik) in pathology, of or referring to a pattern that is well demarcated, resembling outlines on a map. geographic pertaining to geography. area. |
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