Well, it has been about 30 days since we announced the launch of LandBin.com and she’s holding pretty steady in terms of visitors and page views. LandBin.com features the Internet’s largest selection of Minnesota land for sale & Wisconsin land for sale - with more than 45,000 land, acreage, and lots for sale. I am going to go ahead and insert our daily numbers directly from the LandBin.com server below. I would not normally do something like this, especially when they are not all that impressive (yet), but we think they are looking pretty good for a 30 day old website.
LandBin.com is currently in what is called “the sandbox.” It takes a while for the major engines to recognize a new website as an authority on a specific subject - this is one of the downfalls of launching a new website with a newly registered domain name. However, LandBin.com runs on a highly tuned engine - which will eventually drive it to the top of all the major searches…it is really just a waiting game. If you are looking to buy or sell land - you will want to use LandBin.com…eventually!
Below are the stats for February 2008 - the 1st through the 26th - as reported by Webalizer.
Daily Statistics for
February 2008 |
| Day |
Hits |
Files |
Pages |
Visits |
Sites |
KBytes |
| 1 |
9268 |
2.88% |
8211 |
2.88% |
6134 |
2.80% |
398 |
4.35% |
301 |
6.54% |
177092 |
2.96% |
| 2 |
6267 |
1.95% |
4960 |
1.74% |
3531 |
1.61% |
356 |
3.89% |
262 |
5.69% |
101073 |
1.69% |
| 3 |
9472 |
2.95% |
7613 |
2.67% |
6120 |
2.79% |
330 |
3.60% |
242 |
5.26% |
161214 |
2.70% |
| 4 |
10744 |
3.34% |
9773 |
3.42% |
7272 |
3.32% |
370 |
4.04% |
283 |
6.15% |
207967 |
3.48% |
| 5 |
9507 |
2.96% |
8546 |
2.99% |
6809 |
3.11% |
528 |
5.77% |
421 |
9.14% |
187359 |
3.14% |
| 6 |
6940 |
2.16% |
5398 |
1.89% |
4029 |
1.84% |
371 |
4.05% |
257 |
5.58% |
106943 |
1.79% |
| 7 |
10094 |
3.14% |
9076 |
3.18% |
6873 |
3.14% |
445 |
4.86% |
364 |
7.90% |
194453 |
3.25% |
| 8 |
10691 |
3.32% |
9882 |
3.46% |
7335 |
3.35% |
293 |
3.20% |
236 |
5.12% |
204973 |
3.43% |
| 9 |
8847 |
2.75% |
8373 |
2.93% |
6541 |
2.98% |
278 |
3.04% |
228 |
4.95% |
168311 |
2.82% |
| 10 |
13957 |
4.34% |
12619 |
4.42% |
10063 |
4.59% |
347 |
3.79% |
288 |
6.25% |
255840 |
4.28% |
| 11 |
11832 |
3.68% |
10017 |
3.51% |
7015 |
3.20% |
367 |
4.01% |
282 |
6.12% |
198843 |
3.33% |
| 12 |
16431 |
5.11% |
13309 |
4.66% |
11246 |
5.13% |
309 |
3.37% |
254 |
5.52% |
279066 |
4.67% |
| 13 |
12378 |
3.85% |
11641 |
4.08% |
9950 |
4.54% |
276 |
3.01% |
246 |
5.34% |
244114 |
4.09% |
| 14 |
8344 |
2.59% |
7529 |
2.64% |
5903 |
2.69% |
227 |
2.48% |
185 |
4.02% |
155286 |
2.60% |
| 15 |
21195 |
6.59% |
20366 |
7.13% |
17651 |
8.05% |
346 |
3.78% |
300 |
6.51% |
425097 |
7.12% |
| 16 |
14287 |
4.44% |
13519 |
4.74% |
11901 |
5.43% |
307 |
3.35% |
254 |
5.52% |
332535 |
5.57% |
| 17 |
12085 |
3.76% |
11273 |
3.95% |
9016 |
4.11% |
309 |
3.37% |
291 |
6.32% |
228244 |
3.82% |
| 18 |
12899 |
4.01% |
11484 |
4.02% |
8503 |
3.88% |
372 |
4.06% |
326 |
7.08% |
236326 |
3.96% |
| 19 |
10078 |
3.13% |
9103 |
3.19% |
7080 |
3.23% |
294 |
3.21% |
253 |
5.49% |
187686 |
3.14% |
| 20 |
11249 |
3.50% |
10860 |
3.80% |
9147 |
4.17% |
219 |
2.39% |
171 |
3.71% |
226620 |
3.79% |
| 21 |
13212 |
4.11% |
12056 |
4.22% |
9399 |
4.29% |
301 |
3.29% |
284 |
6.17% |
249543 |
4.18% |
| 22 |
14503 |
4.51% |
12916 |
4.52% |
9695 |
4.42% |
348 |
3.80% |
334 |
7.25% |
272751 |
4.57% |
| 23 |
11743 |
3.65% |
10150 |
3.56% |
7595 |
3.46% |
315 |
3.44% |
283 |
6.15% |
198654 |
3.33% |
| 24 |
13659 |
4.25% |
11698 |
4.10% |
8450 |
3.85% |
377 |
4.12% |
351 |
7.62% |
244385 |
4.09% |
| 25 |
23208 |
7.22% |
19368 |
6.78% |
11102 |
5.06% |
651 |
7.11% |
605 |
13.14% |
388801 |
6.51% |
| 26 |
18347 |
5.70% |
15366 |
5.38% |
10558 |
4.82% |
459 |
5.01% |
415 |
9.01% |
332596 |
5.57% |
To put it into perspective…LakePlace.com does about 10-15x these numbers…so we are pretty excited to see this since we are still in the sandbox and it has only been 30 days since launch.
Also, don’t forget to checkout the great articles we have recently posted on LandBin.com. If you are thinking about purchasing a hobby farm, hunting land or farm land - these are great reads and very informative!
See us here, too.
By:
Dave G.
Date: Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
Departments:
Rants

This is a little belated, but LakePlace.com would like to congratulate the Alexandria Cardinals (class A) & Eden Prairie Eagles (class AA) Girls Hockey Teams - the 2008 Minnesota State Champions.
LakePlace.com is a proud sponsor of the Minnesota State High School League tournaments on KSTC45. We are sponsoring the Girls & Boys Hockey Tournaments & Basketball Tournaments this year - our 3rd year as a major sponsor - and again, something we are really proud of.
Again, congrats to Alex & EP on a great season!
All of the Fun - None of the Work!
We just listed some great properties in Nevis Minnesota. These are all part of an association - meaning most of the work is taken care of for you ($75 monthly association fee). This is a new and popular trend that we have been watching for the past few years.

These properties are part of the Sunny Point Resort on Second Crow Wing. Cameron and I were interviewed by the Minneapolis Star Tribune a week or two ago on this subject - so watch for the interview in the upcoming Waters Edge section - Sunday edition.
Two of the new listings are priced at $219,900. They are newer lake homes with full knotty pine interiors, trapezoid windows and lofts. The first one is titled Nevis MN lake home for sale and was completed in 2005. The second is also part of Sunny Point Estates and was built in 1999.
The other two new Prime Properties are priced at $169,900 and are what we think of as quintessential Minnesota Cabins. The exteriors, the interiors - right out of the movies. Very cozy.
The first Northern Minnesota cabin for sale features 3 bedrooms and a .75 bath. It has a stone foundation (as you will see in the pictures) and sits on the waters edge. The 2nd cozy cabin on Second Crow Wing lake features a knotty pine interior (aged to perfection), the perfect little cabin kitchen, and memories just waiting to happen.

Take a look at these properties - if you have questions on any of them - or any other Nevis MN lake properties - please contact us!
As always, happy lake home hunting!
I just ran across this great post at the Brainerd real estate blog…Marv takes a little walk down memory lane - and shares a huge stringer of walleyes with us. Marv is getting pretty good at this blogging thing - be sure to bookmark his blog and check back often.
By:
Dave G.
Date: Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Departments:
Rants
My wife found this (somehow) and sent it over to me. Im not a big fan of country music (I like some of the older stuff - Johnny, Willie, etc..) but I sure do like this tune. Give it a play.

I used this title (and image) in the past to describe LakePlace.com traffic. LakePlace.com has doubled (at least) in traffic every year since launch and is delivering millions of page views every month.
We are happy to report that our new website - LandBin.com - which features land for sale is already gaining a lot of traffic. The site is showing up great in some on some of the major portals for phrases like Minnesota land for sale & Wisconsin land for sale. After just launching a couple of short weeks ago, LandBin.com is now delivering about 10,000 page views per day (around 1/10th of LakePlace.com).
Although our infastructure is setup to handle it (and much more), we were not expecting to see this kind of traffic so quickly. It seems there are a lot of people looking for hobby farms & hunting land - and we are happy we can help!
If you have a minute - checkout LandBin.com and let us know what you think. Thanks!

LakePlace.com just listed this 2+ Acre Central Minnesota lake lot for $155k. Property features 200 feet of lakeshore and a great building site on Mons Lake!

Along with the listing above - we are offering this great Central Minnesota riverfront property for only $75k. This property features 8.85k acres of land right across from the Mons lake public access!
As always - if you have any questions about any of the properties featured on LakePlace.com - please contact us! Happy lake home hunting!

Just Listed! New Prime Property (ID 300072) - Lake of the Woods Log Home priced at $225,000. Enjoy great fishing and an improved Sand Beach with 100′ of lakeshore…add a couple of large garages and a lakeside gazebo - and you may have just found your new lake home! If you have any questions or you would like to setup an viewing of this property - please contact us!
As always, happy lake home hunting!

As most of you know, we launched another website this week featuring land for sale throughout all areas of Minnesota & Wisconsin - LandBin.com features 55,000+ listings. We have been adding some in depth articles for those of you interested in investing in land. We just posted another great article discussing farmland - which features a lot of information for those of you interested in the topic. Please take a look. If you have some other topics you would like our team to research and post - on either Land Bin or Lake Place - please let us know. Have a great weekend!