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Record number of visitors to Chestertons Gibraltar's website

Record number of visitors to Chestertons Gibraltar's website Image

Chestertons Gibraltar recorded its highest ever number of website visitors in a single month in January 2017. The number of unique users visiting the site in January 2017 was 95% higher, nearly double, than that of January 2016. It was also 20% above the previous record set in October 2016. The number of sessions on the site by these users grew by similar numbers.

There is more than one reason for the hike in the number of visitors. Firstly, the level of interest in Gibraltar as a jurisdiction has impacted the results. In this post referendum era, Gibraltar is in the news more and more and gaining worldwide interest. Users search for Gibraltar and Chestertons is at the top or near the top of most search engines in respect of Gibraltar real estate. Secondly, Chestertons Gibraltar was featured in property articles in the Daily Telegraph and the Wall Street Journal in January which added to the international exposure of the website. Thirdly, Chestertons Gibraltar’s own marketing campaigns have been hugely successful of late with a pro-active social media policy which has seen Chestertons’ Managing Director’s own Twitter profile, @Gibraltar_Mike, regularly scored in the world Top 100 of real estate professional personal profiles by USA based international realtor Mondinium.

“We have 58% more followers on our company Twitter profile than our nearest competitor in Gibraltar and in January we had more engagements (likes and clicks) on our Facebook page than any other estate agent in Gibraltar” said Mike Nicholls, Chestertons’ Managing Director. “The results are truly outstanding”, he added, “there’s a lot of hard work behind these amazing figures with the effect of our tie up with the UK’s leading portal Rightmove also contributing for the first time”. Chestertons now publishes every open market property that is listed with them for sale on Rightmove as standard “simply because, the UK is such a strong market for us” commented Nicholls. Chestertons’ listings are also found on international portals expatfocus.com and globimmo.com with further tie ups to be announced shortly.

The website activity has a definitive correlation with the number of viewings as in January 2017, there were 22% more viewings than in January 2016. The number of completions was also higher but comparisons with prior months can be misleading because the property interest leading to the completion will have been a varied number of weeks beforehand.

The figures represent a success for both Gibraltar and Chestertons, especially in this Brexit negotiation era where there is seemingly so much uncertainty. What is clear is that website activity leads to enquiries, enquiries lead to viewings, viewings lead to offers and offers lead to sales. All of which appear to be on the up.  

“And that" said Nicholls, "is why we are in business".

 

As a bit of fun we have listed all the countries (83) and cities (581) from where every January 2017 visitor was located when using our website.  Information provided by Google!

Country (Google defined)Ranking (out of 83)
Andorra36
Australia13
Austria24
Bahamas27
Barbados30
Belgium37
Bolivia54
Brazil26
Bulgaria53
Canada17
Cape Verde66
China55
Colombia65
Costa Rica56
Cyprus38
Czech Republic45
Denmark9
Dominican Republic67
Ecuador57
El Salvador80
Estonia68
Finland46
France6
Georgia69
Germany7
Gibraltar1
Greece21
Guernsey19
Hong Kong18
Hungary33
India28
Indonesia70
Iran72
Iraq71
Ireland10
Israel5
Italy15
Japan39
Jersey31
Latvia60
Lithuania47
Luxembourg59
Macau77
Macedonia (FYROM)76
Malaysia34
Malta22
Mexico32
Moldova75
Monaco74
Morocco48
Netherlands14
New Caledonia49
New Zealand41
Nigeria23
Norway40
Panama61
Peru52
Philippines50
Poland16
Portugal8
Qatar29
Romania25
Russia42
Saudi Arabia62
Senegal63
Serbia51
Singapore43
Slovakia79
Slovenia78
South Africa35
South Korea73
Spain3
St. Lucia58
Sweden11
Switzerland12
Thailand44
Turkey64
Ukraine81
United Arab Emirates20
United Kingdom2
United States4
Zimbabwe82
City (Google defined)Ranking (out of 581)
  
A Coruna90
Aalborg316
Aberdeen82
Abingdon92
Abu Dhabi275
Abuja159
Adeje85
Afragola122
Aix-en-Provence338
Albufeira44
Alcala de Henares325
Alderley Edge185
Alexandria535
Algeciras18
Alhaurin de la Torre11
Alhaurin el Grande553
Alicante88
Almada502
Almeria180
Alness435
Alverca do Ribatejo498
Amadora499
Amsterdam95
Andorra la Vella86
Annecy342
Antalya514
Antibes91
Antwerp276
Aranjuez554
Arcos de la Frontera265
Argeles-sur-Mer564
Ashburn126
Ashford186
Athens99
Auckland490
Austin532
Aydin515
Ayr118
Badhoevedorp244
Bagnes551
Bangkok256
Bangor443
Barcelona28
Bari66
Barnsley187
Barnstaple343
Barrow-in-Furness344
Barry234
Basel101
Basildon188
Basingstoke132
Bath189
Bayonne46
Bedford163
Beijing296
Belchatow248
Belem282
Belfast63
Bengaluru452
Benidorm317
Benitachell266
Bergamo462
Berkhamsted345
Berlin41
Bern172
Beverley102
Bhubaneswar454
Birchwood190
Birkenhead191
Birmingham14
Birstall192
Bishop Auckland346
Bishop's Stortford193
Blackburn347
Bletchley348
Boardman259
Bognor Regis349
Bolton103
Bordeaux331
Boston350
Bournemouth194
Bradford42
Brasilia281
Bratislava581
Brecon444
Brenes70
Brentford195
Bridgend119
Bridgwater133
Brierley Hill351
Brighton73
Brisbane128
Bristol22
Bruckmuhl175
Bruges167
Bucharest96
Budapest83
Bulawayo540
Burford196
Burgess Hill352
Burke536
Cadiz89
Caerphilly64
Cali298
Camberley197
Camborne353
Cambridge134
Cambridge288
Cambridge525
Camerton354
Cancun477
Cannes339
Cannock198
Canterbury29
Cape Town262
Cardiff120
Carlisle199
Carrickfergus432
Cartagena326
Casablanca471
Cascais68
Castries565
Cavan456
Ceuta25
Chalgrove355
Charleston530
Charlotte162
Chatham356
Chatham-Kent549
Cheadle Hulme357
Chelmsford74
Cheltenham200
Chertsey358
Chesham359
Chester135
Chesterfield136
Chichester201
Chiclana de la Frontera30
Chipiona555
Chisinau476
Clacton-on-Sea202
Cluj-Napoca503
Coimbra497
Colchester53
Cologne52
Copenhagen178
Cork156
Costa Teguise324
Coventry360
Crawley361
Crewe362
Crewkerne203
Croydon61
Cuenca321
Cwmbran445
Dakar274
Davie574
Decin303
Derby137
Detmold177
Didcot204
Dodleston363
Doha59
Doral575
Dorking104
Dortmund312
Douglas36
Dubai38
Dublin16
Dumfries436
Dunfermline230
Durham364
East Grinstead138
Eastbourne205
Edinburgh27
El Puerto de Santa Maria4
Ellesmere Port365
Ely366
Entroncamento542
Estepona31
Exeter206
Exmouth207
Fairbanks257
Fairport528
Farnborough54
Fleetwood75
Florence239
Fonsorbes566
Freiburg304
Gainesville519
Gandia329
Gateshead368
Gdansk57
Geel277
Gelnhausen309
Geneva173
Georgina550
Ghent278
Gibraltar1
Glasgow21
Glastonbury369
Gloucester208
Godalming105
Gothenburg511
Granada24
Grand Canyon Village576
Grasse340
Gravesend370
Grays209
Great Malvern210
Great Yarmouth76
Grimsby371
Guaruja544
Guayaquil179
Guelph170
Guildford372
Haarlem484
Halifax373
Hamburg310
Hamilton491
Hapeville577
Harrogate374
Hartlepool375
Hastings139
Havant376
Haywards Heath211
Helsingborg161
Helsinki131
Henley-on-Thames377
Herne Bay378
Herzliya84
Hong Kong37
Hoofddorp485
Hoogeveen243
Horley106
Horsham43
Hove379
Huddersfield380
Huelva319
Hull77
Huntingdon381
Iasi504
Indianapolis524
Ipswich107
Irvine231
Jerez17
Jerusalem458
Kahnawake290
Kastrup314
Kefar Sava65
Kettering382
Kidderminster212
Kilmarnock437
Kimberley539
King's Lynn383
Kirchheim bei Munchen264
Kiruna507
Kislovodsk545
Kloten295
Kochi453
Konstanz305
Krakow495
Kuala Lumpur481
Kuching480
Kungsbacka510
La Linea de la Concepcion6
La Rinconada267
La Victoria247
Laax292
Lagos67
Lancaster384
Landsberg am Lech307
Laredo533
Larkhall438
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria322
Las Vegas164
Lechlade385
Leeds23
Leicester386
Leiden487
Leon157
L'Hospitalet de l'Infant556
Limassol300
Lincoln55
Lisbon58
Liverpool47
Livingston439
Ljubljana506
Ljungby508
Locks Heath387
London2
Londonderry117
Long Stratton388
Los Angeles516
Los Barrios557
Louth140
Lowestoft389
Loxahatchee Groves520
Lublin160
Lucknow455
Lund255
Lurgan153
Luton213
Lutry552
Luxembourg City272
Macau470
Madrid12
Maia501
Maidenhead108
Maidstone390
Makati125
Malaga5
Malton391
Manaus169
Manchester35
Marbella10
Margate392
Marlow214
Marrakesh472
Marseille341
Masterton492
Melbourne100
Menlo Park45
Merthyr Tydfil446
Mexico City241
Miami Beach521
Middelfart315
Middlesbrough109
Milan464
Milton Keynes215
Minato541
Mitcheldean216
Mittenwald308
Monaco-Ville475
Monmouth235
Montpellier333
Montreal291
Montrose440
Morzine165
Moscow253
Motherwell232
Msida158
Muiden571
Mumbai237
Munich176
Myrtle Beach531
Naas457
Nagano468
Nanterre182
Nantwich393
Napier493
Naples522
Nassau279
Neath447
New Milton394
New York97
Newark-on-Trent141
Newbury395
Newcastle upon Tyne48
Newcastle-under-Lyme396
Newmarket397
Newport154
Newry433
Newton Abbot398
Newton Aycliffe399
Newtownards81
Nice184
Nicosia301
Nijkerk482
Nis260
Northampton142
Norwich78
Norwood40
Nottingham110
Noumea124
Novi Sad537
Nyon293
Odiham143
Oldham400
Oliva558
Orlando523
Ornskoldsvik513
Oslo246
Osnabruck311
Ottawa289
Oud Gastel572
Oundle217
Oxford218
Paisley441
Palm Beach Gardens270
Palma327
Paris72
Partille273
Penarth448
Perth87
Petaling Jaya242
Peterborough219
Petworth401
Philadelphia529
Pilar de la Horadada559
Plaisir183
Playas del Chorrillo318
Ploemeur332
Plymouth111
Poitiers337
Pontassieve463
Port Coquitlam286
Port Talbot449
Portadown434
Portimao250
Porto251
Portsmouth62
Poznan496
Prague130
Pretoria261
Puerto Real268
Pully294
Quedlinburg313
Queenstown494
Ra'anana459
Rabat473
Ramat Gan461
Ramsgate402
Rayleigh403
Reading20
Recife283
Redding517
Redhill49
Reigate144
Riga271
Rio de Janeiro284
Rishon LeTsiyon460
Riyadh254
Rochdale404
Rochester220
Rodez334
Rome465
Romsey145
Rosyth233
Rotterdam488
Royal Leamington Spa405
Royal Tunbridge Wells146
Royston570
Rugby221
Ruthin450
Saint Albans222
Saint Ives411
Saint Julian's123
Saint Petersburg505
Saint-Denis567
Saint-Jean-de-Luz568
Saint-Quentin336
Saint-Remy-de-Provence569
Sale93
Salisbury112
Salou560
Salzburg69
San Cristobal de La Laguna181
San Diego518
San Fernando19
San Francisco60
San Gwann479
San Jose299
San Pedro de Alcantara561
San Sebastian de los Reyes562
Sandton538
Sankt Andra543
Santa Clara258
Santa Cruz de la Sierra280
Santa Cruz de Tenerife323
Sao Paulo285
Scampton367
Schiltach306
Seoul469
Seville8
Shaftesbury147
Shanghai297
Sheffield32
Shepperton406
Shinjuku467
Shipley407
Siesta Key578
Silkeborg13
Sintra500
Sittingbourne94
Skelmersdale408
Ski547
Skopje478
Slough15
Sodra Sandby509
Sofia168
Somercotes409
South Jordan534
Southampton26
Southend-on-Sea113
Southport114
Spalding410
Stadskanaal483
Staines-upon-Thames223
Stavanger548
Staverton412
Stevenage224
Stirling442
Stockholm51
Stockport413
Stockton-on-Tees414
Stoke-on-Trent9
Stowmarket148
Strovolos302
Stuttgart174
Subang Jaya263
Suceava252
Sutton149
Swansea155
Sydney34
Tallinn580
Tampere330
Tamworth225
Taunton79
Tbilisi451
Tel Aviv-Yafo7
Telford115
Terrassa320
Tetouan474
Theale415
Thetford416
Thirsk150
Thorpe-le-Soken417
Tigard579
Tipton418
Toronto129
Torquay56
Torrevieja563
Totton269
Toulouse335
Tring419
Trowbridge420
Tuapse546
Turin240
Uttoxeter421
Valencia71
Vancouver287
Vasteras512
Vaughan171
Venice466
Vienna166
Vigo328
Vilnius127
Voorhees Township527
Wakefield226
Walsall227
Walton-le-Dale422
Warrington423
Warsaw249
Waterlooville80
Watford50
Watton116
Wellingborough424
Wembley425
West Springfield526
Westport238
Weymouth426
Whitstable427
Wieringerwerf245
Wigan428
Witney228
Wolverhampton151
Wombourne429
Woodford98
Worcester430
Worthing229
Wrexham236
Wymondham431
Yeovil152
York33
Ystrad Mynach121
Zaandam573
Zeist486
Zoetermeer489
Zurich39

Contributed by Mike Nicholls