Comments on: Rentals.com In Spanish – Good Idea http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/rentalscom-in-spanish-good-idea/ The pulse of the small unit rental market. Dave Dugdale reports what he sees in the online rental market place. Dave also provides a podcast show called RadioVine which is on a separate feed from this one. Visit www.rentvine.com/anc/radiovine.cfm for the shows and feed. Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:45:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rentals.com Raise Rates, No Guarantees, Charges for Signs http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/rentalscom-in-spanish-good-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-36767 Rentals.com Raise Rates, No Guarantees, Charges for Signs Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:23:25 +0000 http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/rentalscom-in-spanish-good-idea/#comment-36767 [...] want to know what the “better features and tools” are - does that include translating the listing to Spanish? That is the only new feature I have noticed in a long time. Are the reps informing the property [...] [...] want to know what the “better features and tools” are – does that include translating the listing to Spanish? That is the only new feature I have noticed in a long time. Are the reps informing the property [...]

]]> By: anonymous http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/rentalscom-in-spanish-good-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-14056 anonymous Sun, 23 Sep 2007 16:24:02 +0000 http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/rentalscom-in-spanish-good-idea/#comment-14056 Are there any SEO benefits? Maybe you get to own the space on a spanish search engine. Are there any SEO benefits? Maybe you get to own the space on a spanish search engine.

]]> By: Dave http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/rentalscom-in-spanish-good-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-13900 Dave Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:41:36 +0000 http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/rentalscom-in-spanish-good-idea/#comment-13900 I think that it makes your site more usable for someone that is fluent in that language but also speaks English. Having an easy site to use is a big bonus. I think that it makes your site more usable for someone that is fluent in that language but also speaks English.

Having an easy site to use is a big bonus.

]]> By: Jason http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/rentalscom-in-spanish-good-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-13890 Jason Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:26:13 +0000 http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/rentalscom-in-spanish-good-idea/#comment-13890 If you need it to be translated is it possible you don't speak the language? If you are an owner or a property manager that has a property in a high concentration area of Spanish speaking individuals, wouldn't you just have a Spanish speaking leasing agent write the ad for you and save yourself $20 bucks. Why would you have a company translate your English version into Spanish. If you don't speak Spanish, and no one else in your office does. How are you going to communicate to the renters that are replying to the Spanish ad? I don't care if you can translate my ad into hundreds of languages, if I can't communicate with them it is useless. If you need it to be translated is it possible you don’t speak the language?

If you are an owner or a property manager that has a property in a high concentration area of Spanish speaking individuals, wouldn’t you just have a Spanish speaking leasing agent write the ad for you and save yourself $20 bucks.

Why would you have a company translate your English version into Spanish. If you don’t speak Spanish, and no one else in your office does. How are you going to communicate to the renters that are replying to the Spanish ad?

I don’t care if you can translate my ad into hundreds of languages, if I can’t communicate with them it is useless.

]]> By: Dave http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/rentalscom-in-spanish-good-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-13883 Dave Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:19:32 +0000 http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/rentalscom-in-spanish-good-idea/#comment-13883 It is hard to believe that they would charge for it if it is automated. Perhaps we will see RentalHomesPlus add it as a free service. It is hard to believe that they would charge for it if it is automated.

Perhaps we will see RentalHomesPlus add it as a free service.

]]> By: Anthony http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/rentalscom-in-spanish-good-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-13879 Anthony Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:51:57 +0000 http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/rentalscom-in-spanish-good-idea/#comment-13879 There are lots of free translations services out there. Its hard to believe they would charge for it. I would think the person needing a page translated would already be aware of these free services such as this here: http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rentvine.com%2Fblog%2Findex.php%2Frentalscom-in-spanish-good-idea%2F&langpair=en%7Ces&hl=en&ie=UTF8 There are lots of free translations services out there. Its hard to believe they would charge for it. I would think the person needing a page translated would already be aware of these free services such as this here: http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rentvine.com%2Fblog%2Findex.php%2Frentalscom-in-spanish-good-idea%2F&langpair=en%7Ces&hl=en&ie=UTF8

]]> By: Dave http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/rentalscom-in-spanish-good-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-13873 Dave Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:14:26 +0000 http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/rentalscom-in-spanish-good-idea/#comment-13873 So does anyone know if the process is automated or done by a live person? I guess I will ask them next week at the conference. So does anyone know if the process is automated or done by a live person?

I guess I will ask them next week at the conference.

]]> By: ClamSauce http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/rentalscom-in-spanish-good-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-13860 ClamSauce Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:41:37 +0000 http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/rentalscom-in-spanish-good-idea/#comment-13860 Apartment Guide is there big money maker and it is suprising they do not have that feature on that site. Apartment Guide is there big money maker and it is suprising they do not have that feature on that site.

]]> By: Dave http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/rentalscom-in-spanish-good-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-13856 Dave Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:16:59 +0000 http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/rentalscom-in-spanish-good-idea/#comment-13856 Not that I don't care about apartments, it is just that I specialize in house rentals. By the way I went to apartment guide and could not locate the Spanish version. Not that I don’t care about apartments, it is just that I specialize in house rentals.

By the way I went to apartment guide and could not locate the Spanish version.

]]> By: ClamSauce http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/rentalscom-in-spanish-good-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-13855 ClamSauce Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:10:54 +0000 http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/rentalscom-in-spanish-good-idea/#comment-13855 Why not apartment guide in spanish also? Why not apartment guide in spanish also?

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