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Nowadays, most people could not imagine life without music and media. Music is everywhere: on the radio, in the subway station, on your MP3 player etc.

But how can you get the latest hits and listen to your favorites whenever you feel like it? One choice would be to go to a record shop and buy all you are interested in. An easier method would be to download music from the Internet. There are plenty websites that offer you a wide range of music and media in general. One of them is Real.com. But what makes this site more special than the others? Real.com sets itself the goal to change the way people access and benefit from their media. You can get the tunes you love plus many ring tones featuring the latest hits. Not only this, but also extensive info on your favorite artists and a huge photo gallery with numerous singers, videos, clips, live music and events. What is there not to like? The good news is that you get a 14-days trial period for free so that you know exactly what you are getting. During this trial period you will benefit of the exclusive programming and the premium Real Player.

The monthly fee is £8.5, which is not much considering the fact that you get to download loads of music, see films, read and be up-to date with all that interests you the most.

Other features of the Real.com are the graphic equalizer and the cross fade that will allow you to rip, mix and burn CDs and MP3s. The High Bitrate Encoding is state-of-the-art machinery that will help you create your own high quality music. In case you want to put your vinyl albums or tapes into a digital format, the Analog recording will make it possible. You will be able to see exclusive videos with your pet artists. Game previews and Internet radio are part of the benefits of this website. The Real guide is the place where you can search for music, get the latest news from showbiz, learn about unsigned artists, watch movie trailers, rent DVDs or games. You will also get news from sporting events. In the music and radio section you can listen to your favorite radio station or give a quick search to a band you like. You will find the band’s gallery, related articles and artists that are similar to this band. You will also have the news archive, being able to access info from the past years.

The Real.com is available in 14 different languages. In case you have some trouble using this website or download, view videos, etc, there is real customer support for you with FAQs. You will also be able to contact and get help from specialists if the online self-help won’t do.

Overall, this website is a must for those who want to have all media sources at hand right from their personal computer. The layout of this website is ample, and you can easily move from one page to the other. The advertisements are present, as with all websites, but they are not an annoying presence, and sometimes you might even find them useful in your quest for new music, news, etc.

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English

edit Address

2601 Elliott Avenue, Suite 1000
Seattle WA 98121 US

edit Contact

Progressive Networks, Inc
+1 206 674 2243 x243, Fax: +1 206 674 3588

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"A versatile piece of software for playing media"
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Title

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Purpose

The title of a web page appears as a clickable link in search results and bookmarks. A descriptive, compelling home page title with relevant keywords can increase the number of people visiting the site.

Search Engines

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The title of this site's home page:
Free Media Player for Flash, mp3, Audio, Video | RealPlayer on Real.com

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The meta description tells searchers what a web page is about. It is often displayed below the title in search results, and helps people decide if they want to visit that website.

Length

Search engines will read 200 to 250 characters, but usually display only 150, including spaces. The first 150 characters of the meta description should contain the most important keywords for that web page. Using fewer than 50 characters could mean you’re not saying enough about the page.

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The meta description for this site's home page:
Download RealPlayer SP free. It's the best free media player available to play, manage and download all your mp3, flash and video files.

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Real.com in search results

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Free Media Player for Flash, mp3, Audio, Video | RealPlayer on Real...

Download RealPlayer SP free. It's the best free media player available to play, manage and download all your mp3, flash and video files.

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Website owners usually use robots.txt to let search engines know which pages or sections of their site shouldn't be indexed — for example, web contact forms, print versions of web pages and other content that's duplicated elsewhere on the site. Robots.txt can also be used to request that specific robots not index a site. For more information, read How To Use Robots.txt.

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Choose one or the other

Whichever of these URLs you choose, make sure your website lives ONLY at that location, which is called the canonical URL for your site.

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  • Good: Your website resides at www.Real.com, and Real.com is permanently redirected to it.
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value for Bing 722,000

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value for Compete 311
value for Alexa 1,389

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Domains that redirect to the home page of Real.com

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Creating a redirect from a simple domain name helps people find an existing web page that has a long, hard-to-remember URL. For example firefox.com redirects to http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/.

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redirects to: http://real.com/realplayer
realrhapsody.com
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