A while back I featured Kenneth Leland Realty, Inc. for their website and property listing capabilities. Recently, I had the chance to develop a site for Ron Holtan Realty, Inc. With this project we took listing capabilities to another level.

Through a service from flexMLS, has now a fully featured property listing directory for Albert Lea and the surrounding area. Features for this interface include easy access to details, photos, maps and a host of other features.

Without a doubt if you’re looking for a home in Albert Lea, this is the best site to visit. And if you’re looking for great agents to work with in buying or selling a home, Ron Holtan Realty is the place to go. These folks really know how to get things done right.

Here’s a great new site in Albert Lea that also uses WordPress. In addition, the CVB used Brian Gardner’s “Revolution City” Theme. This theme takes WordPress to another level.

Using the Multi-level Navigation Plugin plugin for dropdown menus, WordPress becomes more of a content management system than a blogging platform. Why use WordPress instead of a more traditional cms? WordPress is, hands down, far easier to use than most other content management systems like Joomla and Drupal. Though Drupal and Joomla are more robust, they aren’t as user friendly.

Another great site in Albert Lea. Check it out.

I’m focusing on this site, www.lelandrealty.com for a couple of reasons. The first being it’s “View OUR Listings” page. It is very easy to scroll through all their listings. If a person wants more detail he or she can click on a small thumbnail of a property.

Upon clicking the thumbnail, one then see a series of pictures that usually give a person enough information to decide whether or not he or she would like to look at it. On the same page as the photos is list of specifications and essential details about the home. Again, all of this information together, presents a very nice snapshot preview.

The second reason I like this site is that it appears to be well optimized for search engines. In particular, if you type “Albert Lea Realty” into Google, you’ll often find www.lelandrealty.com at the top of the list.