(FRANKFORT, Ill.) – February 26, 2010 – Dealer HD enhanced its existing autoTweet capabilities in the 1.13 service update allowing for the use of custom timing on inventory tweets.

Dealer HD has been diligently building on its integration with Twitter.  The starting point with Twitter came with DHD’s introduction of autoTweet in the 1.11 service update (June 2009).  Using autoTweet, dealers were able to connect the RIMS Admin inventory to their Twitter accounts and tweet fresh vehicles in inventory daily.  In the 1.12 service update (September 2009) the Twitter interface was integrated into the RIMS Admin – allowing dealers one login to manage their website and Twitter account.   In its latest update, 1.13, Dealer HD revisited its original autoTweet feature and added automation spanned across time.

“Tweeting your newly arrived inventory is a great addition to your twitter stream and we wanted to make it feel less automated. AutoTweet now sends your newly arrived inventory throughout the day between your dealerships tweets – enhancing your timeline and making everything seem more natural,“ said Bruce Etzcorn, Director of Product Development at Dealer HD.

Dealer HD’s 1.13 service update focused on SEO improvement and Dealership communication capabilities.  For more information on autoTweet and Dealer HD’s Automotive Website services visit dealerhd.com

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Dealer HD is an Automotive Website and Solutions Provider serving clients Nationwide. Located in the southern suburbs of Chicago, the Dealer HD team has over 100 years of combined automotive experience.  Dealer HD provides customizable dealer web sites with a comprehensive admin tool that collects dealer leads, allows the quick and easy editing of website content, inventory modification and more.  Dealer HD makes sure your dealer website is ready for mobile applications, social networking, and all future web innovations.

(FRANKFORT, Ill.) – February 23, 2010 – Dealer HD is now offering a Dealer texting program that allows dealers to provide vehicle information, promotional and service updates directly to customer’s mobile phones.

The Dealer HD 1.13 service update included website features like Pretty URLs and products like the Lead Central ILM, Dealer HD’s texting program is yet another strong addition from the quarterly update.

The texting platform is versatile and unique to Dealer HD.  One of its differentiators is that Dealer HD allows customers to get information on every vehicle on the dealer’s lot.  Texting an assigned number will text back Year/Make/Model, mileage, body, engine information and dealer notes, as well as a link directly to the vehicle where customers can view photos and schedule a test drive.  The platform is not limited to just vehicle texting – it has promotional and service capabilities as well.  Text-to-win contests and service coupons or notifications can also easily be set-up using the Texting admin.

“Having your inventory text-ready allows your dealership to send vehicle details to customers instantly – while they’re interested and on a platform they prefer,” says Bruce Etzcorn, Director of Product Development at Dealer HD. “With text messaging use rising year after year, you cannot ignore SMS as a valid communication channel any longer.”

Dealer HD’s 1.13 service update focused on SEO improvement and Dealership communication capabilities.  For more information on the texting and Dealer HD’s Automotive Website services visit dealerhd.com

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Dealer HD is an Automotive Website and Solutions Provider serving clients Nationwide. Located in the southern suburbs of Chicago, the Dealer HD team has over 100 years of combined automotive experience.  Dealer HD provides customizable dealer web sites with a comprehensive admin tool that collects dealer leads, allows the quick and easy editing of website content, inventory modification and more.  Dealer HD makes sure your dealer website is ready for mobile applications, social networking, and all future web innovations

(FRANKFORT, Ill.) – February 19, 2010 – As part of the SEO upgrade made in the 1.13 service update, Dealer HD has made its image galleries smarter by adding additional descriptive tags for search engines.

Dealerships hosting their websites with Dealer HD will see increased indexing of images with the Smarter Image galleries.  Descriptive tags will continually be added to every photo in every media gallery hosted.  The tags extend to all vehicle photos in inventory, media player slides and photos as well as uploaded advertising.

“Search Engines can’t ’see’ what an image is. Providing alternate text to describe that image to Google, Bing and Yahoo allows them to index the photo and display it in their search results,” said Bruce Etzcorn, Director of Product Development at Dealer HD. “The RIMS Admin adds these descriptions to each photo displayed on all Dealer HD websites creating more information about each vehicle and even more indexable content.”

Adding descriptive tags to images on dealer websites allows them to be “seen” by search engines and eases the ability for them to index with the rest of a website’s content. Smarter Image Galleries ensure that all images are capable of being processed by search engines, ensuring increased search results.

Dealer HD’s 1.13 service update focused on SEO improvement and Dealership lead management capabilities.  For more information on the 1.13 update and Dealer HD’s Automotive Website services visit dealerhd.com

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Dealer HD is an Automotive Website and Solutions Provider serving clients Nationwide. Located in the southern suburbs of Chicago, the Dealer HD team has over 100 years of combined automotive experience.  Dealer HD provides customizable dealer web sites with a comprehensive admin tool that collects dealer leads, allows the quick and easy editing of website content, inventory modification and more.  Dealer HD makes sure your dealer website is ready for mobile applications, social networking, and all future web innovations.