Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Giving Visitors What They Want

Over the last several months you have probably recognized some pretty drastic changes with this website. During the past thirteen years, we have brought the Lakehomes.com name from one of the first online niche real estate destinations to a regular stop for those who are thinking of buying or selling lake properties in Minnesota and Western Wisconsin.

As a visitor, your main purpose of using this site - or any site for that manner - is to get the information you want. And...you want to be able to get it without a lot of work. Our goal has always been to fill that need to the best of our abilities.

In February, Lakehomes.com took on a new look. Instead of just being a website for Lakehomes.com Realty and its agents, we decided to blend the site with both agents from our own real estate company and local experts from other companies who could give you the best information and service possible. So, instead of just seeing agents from Lakehomes.com Realty on our site, you may find those from Edina Realty, Coldwell Banker, Keller Williams, or any other company where we have teamed up with a local expert who we feel can give you the lakeshore expertise you need.

It is a great combination effort. And whether you are a buyer or a seller, you can be assured that you will be able to connect with a real estate agent who understands the local market - or markets - you are focused on.

From everything we are seeing, it is exactly what you are looking for. The number of visitors on the site has increased about 400% since mid February, and our page views have seen about a seven-fold boost. In these days of "way too much information," it seems we are providing the refined data that people are looking for...at least as far as waterfront real estate is concerned.

We will continue to grow into more markets - and provide more localized information and expertise - as we move ahead. But whether we remain a great informational lake property website for Minnesota and Wisconsin, or a national brand, we promise to continue to bring you the information that you are looking for as best we can.

As we continue on our quest to be the ultimate waterfront real estate portal, we intend to add business directories, rentals, and other services to help you find all the information you need in one online destination. So when it comes to lake properties, and information on the areas surrounding them, you shoudn't have to go anywhere else - other than Lakehomes.com - to find exactly what you need!

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