Comments on: New Property Portal Goes Live

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:28:14 +0000

I agree with Phil, the domain is awful. 5 syllables, a bit of a mouthful and I have to think about it – “be the middleman” – is this some sort of “business opportunity”.

“Be the middleman” doesn’t make sense. You’re cutting out the middleman. There is no middleman. It’s a nonsense domain name. You should change it.

By: selinahowells

selinahowells — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:00:37 +0000

Great homepage. Really easy to use. I agree about the name. What you’re saying is be an estate agent! Why would anyone want to think of themsleves like that?

By: Phil Green

Phil Green — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:58:47 +0000

The site design looks nice, but the domain is just awful. Maybe I’ve been spending too long on the ladbrokes site but I was reading the first word as bet…

4 word domains just don’t do it for me at all, and I think this one reads particularly poorly.

Are you going to actually be an estate agent? You blogged about Tesco’s problems here – http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/online-estate-agents/, I assume you have something in place not to get hit with the same problems?

By: Sven

Sven — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:37:01 +0000

Nottingham, no results, Newcastle, no results, Bristol, no results, London, no results.

Gee, great site that, good luck with it.

By: SEO-Doctor

SEO-Doctor — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:52:57 +0000

I like the look of it, the big chuncky navigation is pretty cool. Not sure about the long 113 character meta title though.

By: David

David — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:18:57 +0000

I read the name of the site as Beth Middleman – thought she was the friend you were referring to.

‘Be The Middleman’ doesn’t roll off my tongue.

I know, – why bring bad news when the domain is bought and the site is up and running? – But maybe it is better they are aware of the potential for ambiguity…

By: tag44

tag44 — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:15:09 +0000

Bethemiddleman.com a nice well developed home portal that helps you to search for the room in different areas or to let rent the room, thanks for sharing the same.

By: doolally

doolally — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:32:35 +0000

Looks a great site, I’m curious though because tesco shut down their site as they were deemed to be acting as estate agents, which have certain responsibilities. Where is the line?

By: Gary

Gary — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:25:10 +0000

Great new site, I’ve always wandered how do you build up the content quick, such as getting the properties listed on there. Will you be doing lots of offline promotion work as well?