Can this be true?

Everything to do with using your own website to advertise your rental property. Design, usability, hosting, getting listed on the search engines, optimising your site, pay-per-click, etc, etc.
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Can this be true?

Post by gh »

Found this site- independentowners.com/home.html
which says you can list for free and will help with getting your web site up and running.

Anyone know of them? Can it really be free?

Interested to know what others think. Bit sceptical.......
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Post by mpprh »

Hi

never heard of them. But they are google page rank 5, so ought to be taken seriously ?

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Post by gh »

Cheers Peter, value your reply.

Sceptical in as much as in 'free' doesn't exsist. There must be a catch surely.
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Post by Lesblancs »

I could not actually find any holiday properties listed for France.

Are they that new, or am I doing something wrong?

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Post by Mountain Goat »

At a very quick glance it looks good, and innovative.

Their blurb says they are supported by their sponsors:

independentowners.com/whyisitfree.html

but I don't see how or where their sponsors appear.

I was impressed.

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Post by Guest3 »

MG said
but I don't see how or where their sponsors appear
Ditto that...just curious though.....(not that it matters, as it is a free site and has a Google rating of 5!)
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Post by oskar »

Bear in mind that Page Rank in itself is meaningless. It´s a website´s position in serps which counts, and there are many factors which determine this. With only 2 inbound links, this website won´t appear anywhere near the first few pages for important search terms. A waste of your valuable time I feel. :(
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Post by Mountain Goat »

oskar
True, but it's early days for them, there's only a handful of listings.

I do feel this one is something different - I haven't seen a free site with so many extras.

I've sent a few questions to them, so will be interesting to see how long they take to reply.

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Post by CostaBlanca »

The site looks good and great for anyone not having the skills required to set up their own website. Where is the catch?

Anyone brave enough to register yet?

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Post by Paul Carmel »

Yep me............but they have no drop down for Corsica yet, It was very easy to do, we shall see.
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Post by CostaBlanca »

Thanks, Paul. So haven´t been able to set up your webpage yet?
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Post by Paul Carmel »

Sorry Maria,

Do you mean my own site? or this new one.
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Post by oskar »

True, but it's early days for them, there's only a handful of listings.
2 inbound links since Jun 2005????

They´re going nowhere fast! :wink:
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Post by CostaBlanca »

Paul Carmel wrote:Sorry Maria,

Do you mean my own site? or this new one.
Yes, I meant on Independent owners site. Let us know the link when it is completed.

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Post by Paul Carmel »

Will do.
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