Top 100 Global Property Portals?

globaledge.co.uk have released a top 100 list of the world’s property portals. Although the list is somewhat arbitrary, and the methodology focusses on SEO and the number of internal links to a portal, it’s a worth a look at the top twenty they came up with:

1. Realtor.com – US
2. Soufun.com – China
3. Zillow.com – US
4. Immobilmente.com – Italy
5. Funda.nl – Netherlands
6. Focus.cn – China
7. Trulia.com – US
8. Move.com – US
9. Realestate.com.au – Australia
10. Gdeetotdom.ru – Russia
11. EscapeArtist.com – International
12. Immobilienscout24.de – Germany
13. Rightmove.co.uk – UK & Overseas
14. Immowelt.de – Germany
15. Domain.com.au – Australia
16. Immonet.de – Germany
17. TheMoveChannel.com – Overseas
18. Seloger.com – France
19. HomesGoFast.com – Overseas
20. FindaProperty.com – UK & Overseas

The list was compiled by globaledge.co.uk creating a shortlist of 200 or so portals, eliminating vast ones like oodle so as compare like-for-like, then running each portal through SEOmoz LinkScape Tool to see which portals were the best referenced on the internet. globaledge.co.uk assessed two main metrics:

1. The number of unique inbound links each portal has.
2. The MozRank domain score which evaluates not only the number of links but the importance of those links.

Comments on the list reflect a number of anomalies in the rankings, but it’s an interesting starting point for a discussion on what makes a global top 100 portal…

globaledge.co.uk is a UK based trade portal designed to help real estate agents and property developers do business overseas.

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