Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

 Dear Friends,
 
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you and your families, friends, and business partners! May the upcoming year bring you millions of opportunities to make your lives and lives of your families, colleagues, friends, and neighbors better, happier and more enjoyable. We wish you the best of health, wealth, good luck and prosperity for the year to come.

It has been lots of fun working with all of you over the last year. We hope to continue working with you on existing and new projects that you will undoubtedly start in the coming 2013.

Yours very sincerely,
WorksForWeb team members

Winter Holiday Sale 2012

WorksForWeb is hosting a traditional Christmas and New Year sale. The discount campaign started on 20 December and will finish on the New Year’s Eve, 31 December 2012. For details, please visit our Winter Holiday Sale page.

Version 6.1.2 of iRealty Real Estate Script Was Released

WorksForWeb team announces a new release of iRealty real estate script http://www.worksforweb.com/classifieds-software/iRealty/.

Please check out the most significant improvements and additions of the version 6.1.2:

• A new PDF Export Module;
• An enhanced Banner Management Addon;
• An ability to edit the design.css file via the admin panel;
• A new sort field value option for all levels of tree-type fields; and
• A number of minor enhancements and improvements.

Please read our official release publication to learn more about the new release, features, and enhancements.

Try the v.6.1.2 on one of the online demo:

• Real Estate Script

Do you want to try the software in action on your server? Feel free to install a fully-functional free trial copy on your own website.

Ideas? Questions? Suggestions? Please contact our Sales Team for additional information or your project requirements, and we will be more than happy to help.

We Are 7 Years Old!

December 5, 2012 WorksForWeb Celebrated the 7th Anniversary of its Foundation

Dear customers and colleagues! Having turned seven, we have covered a long journey together with our loyal friends and colleagues. It has been fun, and we really appreciate your being with us. We thank you for your support, feedback, and contribution to making our products better every day!

With best regards,
The WorksForWeb Team

Send Up To 10GB of Files Via Gmail Client

Google announced that Gmail users can now upload and send up to 10GB of files hosted on Google Drive directly from the Gmail client. It is 400 times larger than a traditional attachment. This feature will only be available in the new compose page. Read more

Facebook Is Considering A New Classified Ad Service

Facebook may create classified ads for jobs, apartments and item sales. This service will differ from Facebook Marketplace. Creating new classifieds listings could put Facebook in direct competition with Craigslist. Read more

EBay Became More Personal

eBay has redesigned its home and product pages, search functionality and payments. The idea is to make the eBay experience more personalized for consumers. Read more

New SMSCoin Payment Gateway Addon

New SMSCoin Payment Gateway Addon is available for iRealty real estate classified software packages v.6.0 and above. This module enables website owners to accept payments for all classifieds website services via SMS. This addon  SMSCoin supports hundreds of mobile phone operators from 98 countries worldwide. Payments via SMS are an easy, quick, and secure way to pay for classifieds services. More information on this module can be found on the SMSCoin Payment Gateway Addon page.

Our Sales team is always ready to answer any questions you have and respond to any feedback regarding this or other features.

WebMoney Payment Gateway Addon Is Now Available

WorksForWeb team has recently released the WebMoney Payment Gateway Addon for iRealty real estate classified software.

This solution is developed specifically for the Russian and CIS customers. This module is for website owners willing to accept payments from customers in Roubles, USD, EURO and other currencies. Learn more about the WebMoney Payment Gateway Addon.

Please contact our Sales Team for additional information.

Hiding Credit System, Now Free!

WorksForWeb Customization Department has developed a custom patch to be applied towards the default version of iRealty real estate classified software, which “hides” the credit system on your website. Once this patch is applied, the system of credits is no longer visible on your website.

Your users will have to make separate payments for listing activation, and for every paid feature of your website directly through one of the available payment gateways. Auto-extension of subscription and listings(automatic renewals) will not work once the patch is applied. Find out more about the patch.

If you have any questions, please contact our Sales Department for more information.

Customizations and Custom Solutions for iRealty Real Estate Classified Software

iRealty real estate classified software is not only a platform for your business ads but also other feature scripts that are easy to maintain and adjust depends on your customer targets and business types. WorksForWeb can create an absolutely unique website based entirely on your needs, thoughts and ideas.

Custom Solutions for iRealty real estate classified software allows each web owner to modify his or her real estate classified website to match the business type. The customizations include easy modifications for payment methods for customers, specific features to spice up the website, single database platform to contain more than one websites and many more. Plus, to cater the needs of customers in countries with specific writing forms such as in Hebrew, Japanese and Arabic, the customizations can include special characters and reading templates (from right to left). Lean more about custom solutions for iRealty Real Estate Classified Software.

Release of v.6.1.1 iRealty Real Estate Script

WorksForWeb team announces a new release of iRealty real estate script http://www.worksforweb.com/classifieds-software/iRealty/. Please check out the key improvements and enhancements of Version 6.1.1:

• A brand new website sitemap module;
• A new module for newsletters and mass email distribution;
• The ability to delete multiple list-, and tree-type values;
• And a number of other minor enhancements and bugfixes.

Please read our official release publication to learn more about the new release, features, and enhancements.

Try the v.6.1.1 on one of the online demo:

• Real Estate Script

Do you want to try the software in action on your server? Feel free to install a fully-functional free trial copy on your own website.

Ideas? Questions? Suggestions? Please contact our Sales Team for additional information or your project requirements, and we will be more than happy to help.

Facebook Is Planning To Build Its Own Search Engine

Facebook is planning on trying to destroy Google with its own search engine. Mark Zuckerberg mentioned it in his candid speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt. Read more

Google Against Online Copyright Infringement

Google has expanded its blacklist of censored search phrases. Popular keywords from the blacklist will not appear in Google’s Instant and Autocomplete search services, while the pages themselves remain indexed. Read more

Firefox 15 Was Launched By Mozilla

Mozilla launched Firefox 15 with variety of new features and updates. After upgrading to Firefox 15, all future upgrades to the Firefox browser will be conducted automatically without the need for any user action. Support for game creators working with WebGL was improved in Firefox 15. Read more

How Classified Sites Can Rank for Big Keywords Webinar

How Classified Sites Can Rank for Big Keywords Webinar will take place on September 5 at 10.00 EST/16.00 Amsterdam Time.

The following topics will be discussed throughout this webinar:

• Finding the right keywords to target;
• Getting those big links; Read more

Yandex.Money Payment Gateway Module Available

The new module - Yandex.Money Payment Gateway is available. It integrates a famous Yandex. Money service API with iRealty real estate classified software. It is a payment processing solution designed specifically for the Russian and CIS customers. This module is mostly requested by and is helpful for the residents of the Russian Federation as all payments are denominated in Russian Rubles (RUR).

Learn more about this addon by reading the Yandex.Money Payment Gateway page. In case you have any questions, please contact our Sales Team.

First Real-Cash Gambling App On Facebook

First real-cash gambling app has been launched on Facebook. The app allows users aged 18 and over to play games for cash prizes. Only facebook’s members from UK would be able to view the app. Read more

New Version 6.1.0 of iRealty Real Estate Classified Software

WorksForWeb team announces a new release of iRealty real estate script http://www.worksforweb.com/classifieds-software/iRealty/. The new version 6.1.0 is a summer release of all products, with quite a few changes including new features, enhancements and bugfixes.

Please check out the key improvements and enhancements of v.6.1.0:

• Added new Grey theme for iRealty.
• Created a free Image Carousel module to enhance the look and feel of new and old themes.
• Introduced a Recent Tweets module allowing visitors to read your Twitter post without leaving your website.
• Added a Cookie Notice balloon module to comply with the new EU Cookie Law.
• And several other enhancements, improvements and bugfixes, as always...

Please read our official release publication to learn more about the new release, features, and enhancements.

Try the v.6.1.0 on one of the online demos:

• Real Estate Script

Do you want to try the software in action on your server? Feel free to install a fully-functional free trial copy on your own website.

Ideas? Questions? Suggestions? Please contact our Sales Team for additional information or your project requirements, and we will be more than happy to help.

LinkedIn Redesigned Its Homepage

LinkedIn, the social network for professionals, was redesigned recently. Now the website offers users a cleaner and simpler interface. The new homepage layout includes more social features like Google+ or Facebook. Read more

How to Choose and Buy the Best Real Estate Classified Script

These days, real estate classified scripts are on the wanted lists of many Web entrepreneurs. Thousands and thousands of people all over the world enter search phrases like “the best real estate classified script” and visit dozens of websites hoping to find the script of their dreams. But what exactly should they be looking for?

The best real estate classified website would have a combination of the following: smart architecture, the ability to modify code, high speed of data processing, integration with 3rd party services, carefully designed interface and so on. Read more

Marketing Your Real Estate Classified Website

By purchasing iRealty real estate script you have made your first step towards owning your very own classified website. But what happens next? Website owners usually do not realize what they should do after classified software purchase. This article describes the most important steps that are to be taken in the very beginning.

Promotional Tools of the WorksForWeb Classified Software

iRealty Real Estate Classified Software includes some powerful tools to make listings more attractive. This article describes two wonderful promotional tools of iRealty Classified Software, Featured Ads and Sponsored Listings.

Can't You Just Fix My Server?

Customers are asking for our help in bringing their server to compliance with our server requirements. The article describes various server-related issues classified ad script users face during the installation and provides guidance on how to address and resolve such server environment incompatibilities.

Twitter's New Hashtag Page

Twitter represented its new hashtag page this weekend. It looks like Twitter’s version of Facebook Fan Pages.

This is the next step in Twitter’s attempts to take the website to the next level while riding the line between happy users and happy advertisers. Read more

Upcoming Google Events

BlogWorld in New York, NY June 5-7  

Google Analytics User Conference in Seville, Spain June 14 

Google IO in San Francisco, CA June 27-29  

Read more

SoLoMo Classified Conference

"Social, Local, Mobile (SoLoMo): Classified Media Strategies" conference will take place in Istanbul, Turkey 7-10 November 2012 for senior executives, sales managers and technology managers, business leaders, operation-level managers, and sales managers. Read more

Google Adds Google+ Features Into Gmail

Google continues to integrate more Google+ features within various products.

Google's developers have modified the web version of gmail client and included more Google+ information within the user interface. It helps to get quick access to contact details. When a user searches for a specific email address in Gmail, the Google+ account associated with the email address will now appear at the top of the search results. It will also include contact details in addition to that person's profile photo and the emails sent from and to them, text or video chat and a phone number.

The development team has also improved circle integration and circle search. When a user selects a circle, profile photos of people in that circle will be displayed at the top right of the page.

The New Bing Is Available

The new Bing is available now on www.Bing.com or at bing.com/new, if you are in the US or can fool your browser into thinking you are.

Bing has united both a “Snapshot” sidebar and a social sidebar into its new look. However now you can only get the social sidebar, as the Snapshot feature is not yet live. It is currently being tested on a small subset of users and should be available soon.

iRealty V.6.0 Released

WorksForWeb hereby announces a new version release for iRealty V.6.0 http://www.worksforweb.com/classifieds-software/iRealty/.

Every time we try to improve our products and give the customers new possibilities, services and features.

You can enjoy newly added features and enhancements, including:

• Modular structure of the entire application
• Dramatic improvement of application response times
• Third party feed import module
• Sponsored listings
• Recent listings display
• New listing search options
• Search by listing rating
• Removal of ghost listings
• Import of list-type field values
• Administrator password recovery
• And 100+ other enhancements and minor improvements in code and templates.

Try the new version 6.0 on the online demo:

• Real Estate Script

Find more details about iRealty V.6.0 release. iRealty changelog is also available for your review.

You are welcome to contact, email or chat with our Sales Team. Please send your requests to our Sales Team. We'll be happy to address your inquiries.

Green Driving Website Launched By eBay

Online auction giant eBay launches Green Driving website for alternative energy enthusiasts to help promote environmentally friendly cars.

The website dedicated to green car enthusiasts or potential shoppers. Cars are divided into various categories: electric, hybrid, diesel, high mileage gas guzzlers and compressed natural gas with links for cars found on the eBay Motors website.

eBay has partnered with the Department of Energy, using data from fueleconomy.gov to ensure accurate side-by-side comparisons of fuel-economy and information on driving range, estimated vehicle cost, estimated annual costs, and ecological impact.

The Benefits of Using Classifieds Scripts on Real Estate Websites

There are considerable benefits from choosing to use iRealty real estate scripts in the design of real estate websites. The reason that they are relied on in the real estate business on a day-to-day basis is the convenience they offer. Professionals working in the real estate business know how important it is to get regular traffic to the company website. Read more

Website Promotion

We offer you to get general tips of the initial website promotion. Learn:

• How to promote a classified ads website
  
• What are the first steps and what should you know at the very beginning
• How to register your classified website in search engines and find useful resources to place.

The article is a wonderful store of useful resources for a new-born website promotion initial activity.

Happy Webmaster's Day!

Today, April 4th (4.04) is the Webmaster's Day! 404 is a way for web server to return a “Page Not Found” error when a browser requests a web page that the web server doesn’t have.

We congratulate every web developer, geek and SEO expert!

Google Changed Autocomplete Function

Google has been disabled some of its autocomplete function in Japan after complaints it violates privacy.

A Japanese man searched for his own name in google. Typing his name google linked him with crimes he hasn’t committed. It was not just a couple of pages. It was at least 10,000 individual results. Read more

Pipe on Facebook: Transfer Up to 1GB of Data

Large file transfer will come to Facebook soon. A new app "Pipe" makes it so you can transfer up to 1GB of data on the social network.

Pipe will allow to be transferred from peer-to-peer on the social network. Berlin-based Pipe uses Adobe’s Real Time Media Protocol Flow to slip the file into the recepient’s cache on Facebook or Pipe server space gets occupied. The Adobe tech was designed for Flash or AIR apps to communicate with each other.

Almost 1 billion users of Facebook will get a chance to transfer music selections, games, news and other big pieces of data from friend-to-friend.

'Holy Grail' Microsoft Patch

Microsoft will ship a Patch this week. The Patch is called 'Holy Grail' by one researcher. It contains security updates, only one critical, to patch seven vulnerabilities in Windows and a pair of for-developers-only programs.

One of the important updates will patch bugs that Microsoft confirmed could be exploited by attackers to compromise PCs and plant malware on victimized machines.

FAQ about SEO

Every website owner has a lot of questions on the concept of Search Engine Optimization, its methods and tools. There are lots of sources of information on SEO in different languages of the world, however, some people are looking for a quick and easy guide on SEO.

Here is an article that summarizes basic concepts and covers some general SEO tips and considerations for your info. Read FAQ about SEO by WorksForWeb.

BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 Released

RIM has released its Blackberry PlayBook OS 2.0 software update. PlayBook OS 2.0 includes a number of features demanded by users ever since the 7-inch tablet made its debut in April 2011. These include:

• built-in email,
• calendar and contacts;
• a variety of new apps;
• social-networking integration with calendar and contacts.

As expected, Research In Motion began pushing out its long-awaited PlayBook software upgrade Feb. 21. Now, a BlackBerry can act as a wireless keyboard and mouse for the PlayBook.

Atlanta 2012 Global Summit

The Atlanta Global Summit will take place in Atlanta, USA 18-21 April 2012. Here you will learn how to monetize the newest technologies on the marketplace from the experts in Innovation, Data Driven Businesses, Mobile, SEO and Social Media.

ICMA members and delegates benefit from the sharing of invaluable information with the worldwide community of classified media professionals.

Country Package for Real Estate Script Available

Country Package is now available for iRealty - Real Estate Script of 5.4 or 5.5 versions.

This awesome business solution is developed especially for creation of websites for countries others than USA as in default WorksForWeb patterns. Using this service you can orient your website to Australian, Canadian or UK customers.

Please, get detailed information on the Country Package page.

Feel free to contact our Sales Team if you have some questions or comments.