Baron Briefs

We are releasing a new WordPress plug-in soon which will allow WP bloggers to host a real estate Q&A in the sidebar of their blog.  The questions are “crowdsourced” from participating web sites and pooled together to create a network of questions.  The answers to the questions are provided by local real estate agents and moderated by RealtyBaron.

The plug-in offers three distinct value propositions for publishers:

1. Free – no cost to download, install, and/or use the plug-in
2. Revenue – a new source of revenue from advertising embedded in answers.  Ad impression, click tracking, and payment collection is handled by RealtyBaron
3. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) – When a blog sources a question, the blog earns a “clean” link back to the blog from all web sites publishing that question.  Plus, there is potentially thousands of new pages of free, relevant content for search engines to index on the blog’s site.

We’re making a development copy of the plug-in available today to get some early feedback:

Download RealAnswers WP Plug-in 1.0

Update: Download from WordPress Plug-in Directory

Let us know what you think!

I made the switch to WordPress over the weekend. I just couldn’t take Blogger’s down time and limited features anymore. Pardon the hiccups while I continue to ramp up on the new blogging platform. Thanks!