Widgets for Real Estate
Widgets are nothing new to the internet world, but there are now many new widgets available that are relevant to the real estate world.
What exactly are widgets you ask? Widgets are fun little technology applications that you can embed into a website or blog that provide specific tasks or information. They can be as fun as interactive games, a virtual pet or fishtank that you can display on your site, or useful information like the local weather conditions, a digital clock, or google maps.
Now the online real estate world is starting to get a taste of widgets and are startign to be wideley used among brokers and agents. The newest one comes from vFlyer who have released a few new widgets for agents to use on their sites. They’ve created a widget that enables you to have a small box that includes your branded information along with a scrolling gallery of your listings for sale that you can embed in any website, blog or social networking site. How cool is that?
The sometimes controvercial, but useful Trulia is another real estate site that has begun offering widgets for agents to use. In TruliaMaps, agents can create an interactive map of thier listings to place on their site. Customes can see all the listings you have, where they are located on the map and even a short description and picture. When the customer clicks on a listing on the map, it takes them directly to the property information page right within your site. You can even customize the size and color of the map.
Want to find more widgets relevant to real estate for your website? Or just want to add something fun? Try Widgetbox. Widgetbox is a directory where you can find a whole host of widgets for your site or blog. They’re relativley easy to use, and best of all, they are free!
