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Home Buying Process How To Customize Your Own Research Portal Using Yahoo Msn Or Google
he home buying process web-based research portal.
requires a lot of research.
Step 1 - Set up your free
account.
But who has the time to sit in
front of the computers for hours First set up a free account with
on end, hunting for the one of the providers mentioned
information you need in a virtual above (or use your existing
sea of websites? I know I don’t! login, if you already have an
account). Here’s where you’ll
What if you could create your own find the sign-up pages:
home buying research portal ... a
web-based information center that * My Yahoo: http://my.yahoo.com
received regular updates on the * My MSN: www.my.msn.com
topics of your choosing? How much * Google Personalized:
time and energy would that save www.google.com/ig
you?
Step 2 - Clear the slate.
Well, that’s exactly what you can
do using My Yahoo, My MSN, or I recommend you start by removing
Google Personalized. These kinds all the default information that
of personalized web portals have will be part of your page after
been around for a few years. But you sign up (weather, news,
within the last year or so, etc.). This way, you can start
they’ve become increasingly with a blank slate. You can
powerful and easy to use. remove an information box simply
by clicking the small 'x' in the
The following steps will show you upper-right corner of each box.
how to simplify your home buying
process by customizing your own If you already have a My MSN, My
Yahoo or Google Personalized
page, you might want to set up a That might sound technical, but
different one solely for the home adding an RSS feed to your
buying process. Things might get personalized page is actually
confusing otherwise. Remember, quiet simple. All of the
the point is to make this a home technical stuff happens behind
buying research portal, not a the scenes.
general information portal.
My MSN, My Yahoo and Personalized
Step 3 - Gather home buying RSS Google each have some form of an
feeds. "add content" button. You simply
click this button, copy the RSS
In plain English, RSS -- short feed’s address (which might look
for really simply syndication -- like this:
is a way for website publishers http://www.realestatenews.com/dai
to distribute content directly to lyfeed.rss), and paste it into
readers who have subscribed to the "add RSS" field. Done!
their feed. On the receiving end,
an RSS reader (like My Yahoo, My Some websites make subscribing
MSN, Google Personalized) even easier by featuring "Add to
interprets the data and displays My Yahoo" or "Add to Google"
it in an easy-to-read format. buttons on their site. This gives
you a "one click" way to add
Here’s the best part. Once you’ve their feeds to your page.
subscribed to the sending
website’s RSS feed, the rest is What kind of RSS feeds?
automatic. When the website
publishes new content -- daily, Look for RSS feeds that have
weekly, whatever -- your page something to do with the home
will update automatically. buying process. Some examples are
current interest rates, real
estate news, and blogs from local Home buying news
real estate agents or companies. News for home buyers from Inman
News (www.inman.com)
With a good mix of these RSS feeds, your home buying research size="-2">http://www.inman.com/rs
portal will give you an s/IMRSS2_Consumer.xml
at-a-glance update of real estate
information. This will save you Real estate articles
hours of time by eliminating the Real estate articles from All
need to hunt the information down Business (www.allbusiness.com)
every time. The news and updates will come to you! size="-2">http://www.allbusiness.
com/rss/rss.asp?Center_ID=4026
Here are some RSS feeds you might
want to add to your page right Note: This link is not an RSS
away. (Again, to add these to feed. It's a page that offers a
your personalized research variety of RSS feeds.
portal, just use the "Add
content" button and copy / paste Local real estate news
the web address below into the To find RSS feeds from local real
"Add RSS" box: estate companies or news sources,
just use Google and search for
Mortgage rates combinations of your city name
Mortgage Rates from Bankrate and the word "RSS." For example,
(www.bankrate.com) "Tallahassee real estate +rss
size="-2">http://www.bankrate.com estate +rss."
/rss/Bankrate_mortgage_rates_rss.
xml Once your page is set up, you’ll
have a real-time information interest rates, home updates,
center customized with local real estate news and more.
information of your choosing.
This will simplify your home What could be easier than that?
buying process by reducing the
time you spend researching. Just * Copyright 2006, Brandon
log in to your page, and you’ll Cornett.
instantly have the latest
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