Name of your website?Estates Dubai
Your name?
Acharya
Your Location (city, etc)
Dubai
Please give us a short summary of your website?
For all discerning property investors, staying up to date with the latest property news is essential. Estatesdubai.com provides you with comprehensive property updates, latest news, market trends and more. Mainly provides news stories on all current property developments in the region. So if we happen to miss a story that you are interested in, you’re sure to find it there!
What inspired you to launch your own website?
The booming real estate market.
When did you launch your first website, and what was it?
2006 October. http://www.estatesdubai.com/
How did you decide on a name for your website?
I mainly wanted keywords in the domain name and it should be easy to remember.
What makes it different from other, similar offerings?
All property related news in a single place.
What is your eventual goal? (To sell it, keep it for income, secure a book or other mainstream media deal?)
Keep it for income.
How does your investment of time and money balance against your success?
It took one year to get a reasonable amount of traffic. The time and money spend on first year is paying off now.
If you had an unlimited development budget for development, how would you change your site?
May include one forum, so people can discuss about the market and developments.
If your site got really big, really quickly, would you be able to keep up with the demand?
I doubt.
What unexpected costs and headaches have you had to deal with?
Nothing much.
What has been your biggest challenge?
Writing blog post with news value.
What method has been most successful for promoting your website?
Give quality content to the website visitor. rest all will follow.
How has running your website differed from your expectations?
Not sure.
How long have you run the site already, and how long will you continue to keep it up if you don't enjoy big gains in traffic, income or popularity?
18 months now. It is getting good amount of traffic.
What is your website address?
Estates Dubai
