Sam DeBord

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TL has an absolutely great back end but unless you're spending $10-$20k a month I don't understand why people would use them. They take a nice chunk of your maketing budget to run your campaign (20%) and mark up the leads too. I was paying $20/lead with them, on my own it's between $6-$10. Then on top of that there is a license fee on the system of $900. So for my $2,000/mo I was receiving standard issue internet leads I could get myself with PPC and was paying $1,100 in fees and only $900 were going to actual ads, where I was paying 2-2.5x what I would pay on my own per sign up.

Here's a suggestion from NAR's associate counsel: "At the MLS Forum in Orlando, I informed the group about one way to reduce the risk of liability for copyright infringement of photographs. In sum, website operators that allow users to post content to their website can be immune from liability for infringement by satisfying the “safe harbor” requirements set forth in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA, 17 USC § 512(c)). This includes registering a “DMCA Agent” with the US Copyright Office and responding quickly to complaints of infringement. For example, an MLS may be immune from liability for a claim of infringement brought by Getty Images if the MLS has registered an agent, posted that agent’s contact info on its site, and responds quickly to Getty’s complaint of infringement by taking down the photo from the website and data feed."

David Cairns - what you are describing should be a simple permalink structure change. You shouldn't have to adjust your menu, just remove %categories% from your permalink settings. Anyone clicking on a cashed indexed page via google index will lend on a new page/post without a problem:-)

Plus the mags are a month out on printing. Hopefully, your listings have sold before it even goes to print. Then you've people who call about your listings and get frustrated when they're all already closed. The expense can't be justified to the return.

Www.fortmillhomeselling.com Hope that helps.