Trulia Background Info
The following is some background info on Trulia that I have compiled. Over the last few years, Trulia has become a very popular national housing search website. Due to some outstanding SEO work, Trulia ranks on the first page of Google for just about any township when I search for real estate.
Trulia, Inc. (www.trulia.com),
a U.S. residential real estate search engine, has revolutionized
online home search by offering home buyers the best place
to start their real estate search. Consumers can quickly and
easily access information on homes and review local real estate
guides and agent-buyer discussions to help them make better
decisions in the home-buying process.
Trulia Snapshot
5.0 million unique users per month
6.8 million visits per month
3.0 million homes for sale
75.0 million property records
40.0 million page views per month
12.0 minutes average time on site per visit
Trulia.com Monthly Traffic
Trulia users are a valuable, affluent audience.
35+ years old………………………………….66%
Married/committed relationship………………..74%
Have children…………………………………..41%
Currently a home owner………………………….. 60%
Annual Household income over $100K…….42%
Annual Household income over $200K……. 11%
Graduated from college…………………….81%
Have a graduate/professional degree……..36%
Actively employed…………………………..80%
• 72% plan to purchase home in the next year
• 53% plan to buy a home in the next 6 months
• 42% are pre-qualified for a mortgage
The following are statistics that I have compiled from our company website:
CrossroadsRealtyNJ.com
Since the day I started tracking it, the search engine giant Google is consistently #1 when is comes to bringing visitors to our website. Most of the other top website sources continue to fight for their place to this day.
In 2006, Realtor.com held the #2 spot as Yahoo climbed up behind them at #3. Then, right around April 2007, Yahoo passed Realtor.com and never even looked back. During late 2007, Realtor.com managed to hold onto the #3 spot, but then, Trulia was starting to become strong competition. For almost a full year after that, Realtor.com and Trulia.com would trade places fighting for the #3 spot, each taking a turn in the spotlight for short amounts of time. That is, until we redesigned our company website and added a few key features.
The battle between Realtor.com and Trulia for the #3 spot would have still continued on until today if it was not for the new features of our redesigned website. Our new website started syndicating all active listings to Trulia during July 2008. Since that time, the amount of visitors that Trulia brings us has far exceeded that of not only Realtor.com, but also Yahoo. And when looking at the numbers, it is hard to imagine a chance for recovery anytime soon.
RJ. thanks for all the great work you are doing