frontdoor.com Adds Style Tagging

Following on from the release of its branded widgets at the end of June, HGTV real estate website frontdoor.com has added a new style tagging feature.
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New Widgets from frontdoor.com

frontdoor.com, the real estate website of cable network channel HGTV, has introduced a set of free, self-serve widgets offering access to video and real estate content.
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Hitwise: Yahoo! Bumps zillow.com

The latest Hitwise figures show a major reshuffle among the top 20 US real estate websites, with realestate.yahoo.com bumping zillow.com out of its number two spot.
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Interview with Kelly Roark – frontdoor.com

frontdoor.com is a US based property listings and information website. It is owned by the Scripps Networks digital media group, which means it is also affiliated with the popular real estate and home cable TV network and website, HGTV.

Here, vice president of interactive sales and development Kelly Roark talks to propertyportalwatch.com about recent developments at frontdoor.com as well as the website’s business model, its use of social media, and its future plans:
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openhouse.com Joins frontdoor.com

HGTV’s frontdoor.com has revealed that it is expanding its information and services through the addition of real estate open house listing website openhouse.com.
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frontdoor.com Newspaper Deal

frontdoor.com, the online real estate information service of US cable network leader HGTV, has announced it will serve as a national real estate listing partner for a collection of more than 250 newspaper Web sites nationwide. The partnership will be offered as a component of the real estate platform solution by Gabriels Technology of New York.
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frontdoor.com Joins Internet Broadcasting

US listings and property information website frontdoor.com’s extensive home sales listings and home-related content and video are now available on local media websites through a strategic content partnership with the Internet Broadcasting network of sites.
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Two More Websites Connect to Facebook

Both US listings and property information website frontdoor.com and map-based real estate search engine hotpads.com have recently updated with Facebook connect functions.
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realestate.com Enters Hitwise Top 20

Hitwise have released their March figures for real estate websites in the US and the results show very little movement on the list overall.
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frontdoor.com Launches City Guides

US listings and property information website frontdoor.com has launched a range of city guides.

Users can explore over 21 US cities online with a range of statistics and demographics, articles, user-generated reviews, neighbourhood information, interactive maps, images and videos. Cities featured on the homepage currently include Sonoma, CA, and New York, NY.

frontdoor.com has over 3.5 million property listings. It is owned by the Scripps Networks Digital media group which means it is also affiliated with the popular real estate and home cable TV network and website, HGTV. This opens the door to a wide range of video content for the portal.

The portal’s vice president and site director, Rich Lacy, was quoted on Inman News as saying the guides were the very first stages of a larger project, which may end up with 28,000 local areas covered. The information is firmly rooted from the perspective of the resident – with a heavy focus on consumer reviews – and will tie into social media networks in the future.

Areas covered at the moment include: Aspen, Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, Houston, Knoxville, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Sonoma, Tampa and Washington, D.C.