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  • Daft Android App Released

    By , Posted at 10:43 am, February 2, 2011 in Daft News, Technology.

    Daft Android App
    Daft Android App LaunchedThis morning we're delighted to announce the release of our first Android app.

    Over the last 18 months or so we've seen colossal growth in traffic coming from smartphones, primarily iPhone and Android devices. Following on from our previous iPhone and iPad app launches, we're delighted to be the first Irish property portal to launch a dedicated Android app.

    One of our main aims when working with mobile devices is to ensure as consistent an experience as possible for users across different devices. As such, the app should feel very familiar if you've used our iPhone App or touch-optimised version of Daft.

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  • Upwardly Mobile - Introducing touch.daft.ie

    By , Posted at 1:03 pm, November 30, 2010 in Daft News, Technology.

    Search ResultsWe're delighted to announce that this week we've released touch.daft.ie, a version of Daft.ie optimised for iPhone and Android-powered mobile phones.

    Over the last year we've seen a huge increase in traffic to Daft.ie from mobile devices. Traffic from smartphones to Daft has increased by over 230% since November of last year! And this figure doesn't include the traffic coming from the Daft iPhone app or iPad app.

    We've had a mobile version of Daft available at http://m.daft.ie for several years now. It was originally aimed at WAP-enabled mobile phones, so it has very few images, and is designed for a fast download over a slow mobile connection. In the last couple of years the launch of the iPhone and Android-powered phones has meant that many mobile phones are now capable of handling a much richer browsing experience.
    With this in mind we set out to build a version of the site which still loads quickly on a mobile connection, but provides a much richer browsing experience than the previous mobile site.

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  • Rent.co.uk launch

    By , Posted at 10:13 am, March 23, 2010 in Daft News.

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    Following the successful launch of Daft.com, we are now very happy to announce that we have just officially launched a dedicated property rentals website in Northern Ireland - Rent.co.uk.  We acquired the domain back in September 2009 and have been holding launch until we had the right amount of content available to provide users with quality search results.  Today the site lists properties from about 70% of estate agents in Northern Ireland, and targets students and young professionals living and working in Northern Ireland.

    Rent.co.uk is an updated design of  Rent.ie which we launched in 2009 and is now the largest dedicated property rental website in the Republic of Ireland (Ireland Metrix/Daft Media).  With Rent.co.uk we have introduced free text search, replacing the drop down search you can see on Rent.ie.  Now a user can simply enter a location, property address or feature (try searching for swimming pool!) to find a property.  Rent listings include long and short-term lettings, house shares, student accommodation and holiday rentals.  All listings include prices, photographs, virtual tours and interactive location maps with an optional alert feature for recently added properties.  The website also includes a dedicated student letting section that provides listings for each of the main universities across Northern Ireland.

    We hope that search on Rent.co.uk will provide users with a more interactive way in which to search for property to Rent in Northern Ireland, and we plan to use the site as a test bed for rolling out similar search functionality to other sites in our group.

    I will keep you posted on how the site is growing in the next couple of months so watch this space...

    Read the full press release here

    RentCOUK

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  • Daft.pl Launches in Poland

    By , Posted at 6:45 am, January 19, 2010 in Daft News.

    We are very pleased to announce that we have just launched Daft.pl in Poland!  The site is going live with about 60,000 properties across every major city and town in Poland.  Approximately ten times larger than the Irish market, Poland has a population of 38 million.  We are hoping to benefit from the positive brand recognition of Daft.ie amongst the hundreds of thousands of Polish people who came to work and live in Ireland over the past 10 years.

    The website has been fully localised into Polish and should look very familiar to Daft.ie users :) .  In conjunction with our partner in Poland, Szybko.pl, we have over 60,000 properties available for sale and rent right now - and are adding to that by about 10,000 new properties per day.

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    We hope that all of the Polish people who have had positive experiences using Daft over the last few years will help us spread the word back home.  As always we would love to hear what you think of the site so get in touch with any feedback!

    Read the official press release here.

    www.daft.pl

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  • Daft.com launches in Northern Ireland

    By , Posted at 10:54 am, November 4, 2009 in Daft News.

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    In November 2008 we acquired the domain Daft.com and over the past few months we have been working on extending our reach into Northern Ireland.  This week we (officially) launched the Daft.com site and after a 3 month soft launch we are already making huge progress in the market.

    Today over 20% of all properties currently available for sale or rent in Northern Ireland are now listed on Daft.com.  Our experiences developing Daft.ie over the past 10 years are helping us to achieve rapid growth in this new market.

    Heading up the Launch of Daft.com in the province is Mark Pollock who earlier this year completed a 1,000 kilometer quest to race to the South Pole.  His credentials speak for themselves - since his latest adventure, Mark has now packed away his polar wind suit and joined Daft Media to champion our brand in Northern Ireland.  Watch this space!

    Mark Pollock, Daft.com

    Mark Pollock, Daft.com

    Read the official press release here

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