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http://www.channel4homes.com/
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| Exposure Offered | ||
| Exposure on Google |  |
4 Homes did not appear on the first page for any of the 10 searches performed |
| Exposure on Yahoo | |
4 Homes did not appear on the first page of results for any of the 10 searches we performed on Yahoo |
| Exposure on MSN | |
4 Homes did not appear on the front page of any of our MSN test searches |
| Exposure on Property Portals | |
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| Mailing list of buyers | |
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| Alexa Ranking |  |
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| Property Indexing on Google | |
Deep indexing has been deliberately blocked. |
| Incoming Links | |
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| For Sale Boards |  |
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| Advert Features | ||
| Virtual Tours | |
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| Floor Plans |
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| Maximum number of photos | |
One photo only in basic listing. Additional photos available for £5 each |
| Professional Photographs | |
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| Direct URL | |
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| Image Clarity | |
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| Printable property details | |
Print version of details costs extra |
| Competing Adverts | |
Considerale external adverts on all pages of the 4 Homes website |
| Advert Duration | |
4 Homes do not state how long your advert will run for. |
| Maximum words | |
Summary text only on basic listings. Longer descriptions are charged extra for. |
| Security | ||
| Secure Payments | |
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| Spam Filtering | |
No spam filtering appears to be in place. |
| Privacy | |
A comprehensive privacy policy is in place, as would be expected from an organisation of this size. |
| Established Since | |
Although Channel4 are highly established, the 4homes service is relatively new. |
| Management | ||
| Advert Editing | |
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| Statistics | |
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| Advert Turnaround | |
No turnaround time is stated on the site. |
| Customer Service Response |  |
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| Site Issues | ||
| Site Presentation | |
As part of the Channel4 website, the design of 4homes is predictably spot on. However the site is so slow at times it is almost impossible to use, which greatly reduces the effectiveness of the website. Buyers will simply not wait 30 seconds plus for each page to load at busy times and will go to another site. So far it has taken 8 attempts to complete this review because of problems loading parts of the 4homes site and many parts of the site have still not been checked. |
| Portfolio Size | |
Massive portfolio of around 160,000 properties when tested, although this does include sites provided by PropertyFinder (which will include many of those advertised on other sites listed here) |
| Search Options | |
Text match searching only |
| Accuracy of Searches | |
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| Telephone Enquiries | |
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| Ease of online contact | |
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Reviewed on: 10th May 2008 @ 07:54:24 PM If you believe that there is an error in the 4 Homes review or anything
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