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Old 05-22-2008, 01:32 AM   #1 (permalink)
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I have been talking about it for months and it has consumed most of my time during that span, but we finally re-launched the Hilton Head 360 web site.

The old version of the site was a piece of junk (as far as modern sites go), but it's design and structure made it tough to get top 2 search engine rankings with Google. Still, there were a bunch of top 10's and the site currently gets almost 2 million unique visitors each year. With better rankings we hope to add another million visitors in the next year.

As you poke around the site you might notice that we don't have any info in our Real Estate Guide and Vacation Rental Guide sections. That is because these sections are new to the site and we are actually selling these pages to local advertisers. They will provide most of the content, photos, and videos for these pages.

The Home and Lifestyle section currently has 8 or 10 articles, but we have almost 50 more to publish. These architecture and decor articles come from our print publication, Low Country Home Magazine.

In the upcoming months we are adding 3 more 360 web sites in South Carolina (Bluffton, Beaufort, and Charleston), 2 in Georgia (Savannah and Atlanta), and one in North Carolina (Charlotte). All in all we are developing over 150 local 360 sites throughout the country as well as regional and national sites. It's a big, big project that will keep me busy for quite a while.
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Old 05-26-2008, 02:17 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Another well organized project!

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Old 05-26-2008, 09:47 PM   #3 (permalink)
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You're seeing the old site and not the new one. We had to turn back on the old one for a few days because the virtual tours that were integrated into the old system were not converted to the new system.

I'm a bit PO'd about this right now because after working on the new site for months no one had bothered to tell me that there were VT's integrated into the old platform! These guys are going to have to work 18 hours a day for the next few days to convert 600 or so VT's.

I'll post again when the new site is back up.
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BTW - good to see you on the forums again Matt!
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Let us know when the site is up and running.
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Yeah I am anxious to see what you did with this new one. It seems like you put a lot of work into it.
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BTW - good to see you on the forums again Matt!
Thanks Shawn! Good to know you're still alive and kickin'!!!

I've been so busy that I hardly 'forum' anymore, but when I do I chat on Max's real estate forum.

Post again once you're live, again.
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OK - the Virtual Tour guys finally got their stuff updated and we're back to the new and improved Hilton Head 360 web site.

There are still some things left to add to the site, especially the Real Estate Guide and Vacation Rental Guide sections. But that content will be provided by our advertisers and we are just starting to sell that now.

I'm also going to add a new section called "My Hilton Head Vacation" where users can upload vacation stories and photos about their experiences here on the Island. Think of it as kind of a blog/social networking section about HHI.
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