Eugene, OR -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/09/2009 -- The IDX, Inc. team is eager to announce the addition of Doug Jacobsen with South Palm Desert Realty, to the constantly growing database of real estate agents and brokers choosing to improve and upgrade the search functions of their real estate websites by incorporating the highly customizable IDX Broker product. Home seekers in Indio, California and its surrounding areas with now have access to thousands of the most current and up-to-date property listings and details on the market, and all without ever having to veer from Jacobsen website. This unique IDX solution extracts raw listing data details from the Desert MLS (DTMLS), and formats the information to be displayed as an easily searchable part of Jacobsen's website.

Basic, advanced, map, address and listing ID search categories are available to Jacobsen's website visitors, with this new and innovative Internet Data Exchange (IDX) addition. One of the more unique of the search options is the map search. Powered by Google Maps, the map search function enables home seekers to pinpoint their desired property on an interactive satellite, road or terrain map. They may then use this location to judge their relativity to nearby school districts, main roads, convenience locations, landmarks and other cities, to decipher if they could truly envision themselves in this particular neighborhood.

Custom IDX Broker software is not only beneficial to potential home buyers, but to Jacobsen as well. An administrative login page gives him the ability to edit his custom CSS and global wrappers, developing a sense of unique branding throughout each page of his website. He has access to daily MLS updates coming directly from the DTMLS, regarding property additions and removals, as well as price increase and decreases. Jacobsen is also provided with the resources to use detailed tracking tools, letting him know which pages and listings on his site are being viewed most frequently. All of these tools aide him in creating an overall more efficiently managed online real estate business.

About Doug Jacobsen
Residing in Indio, California, Doug Jacobsen is a successful realtor and leader of the South Palm Desert Real Estate team. He prides himself on being a trustworthy, resourceful, organized and hard-working real estate professional, in a competitive market, and will do whatever it takes to ensure that his clients wants, needs, and desires are met.

About IDX, Inc.
Based in Eugene, Oregon, IDX Inc. is nationally known as a leading provider of real estate search applications. IDX, Inc. manages over $1 trillion worth of active listings data from over 300 Multiple Listings Services (MLS). IDX Broker is IDX, Inc.’s principle real estate software utility. The easy to manage and customizable software helps real estate professionals display home listing data from their multiple listing service (MLS) on their individual and/or office websites. For more information on the services provided by IDX, Inc. please visit http://www.idxbroker.com.