For the third successive year, specialist website PropertyInSpain.Net enjoyed the Christmas number one ranking with leading search engine Google.

In the 36 months at number one for key search phrases, pre-qualified visitor traffic from Google search results to the triple award winning website has doubled from 20% to 40%. In addition, Google lists 100s of important pages of advice, information and property showcases from PropertyInSpain.Net that attract 1,000s of serious property buyers and investors.

A traffic spike of 114,000 hits resulted in 4,000 people in one day viewing the EUR 1M Mallorca home of the Christopher Columbus family, sold by PropertyInSpain.Net to a UK TV mogul at the price demanded by it’s German owner. The value could double if FBI and Granada University DNA experts establish a 100% birthplace link with the explorer.

PropertyInSpain.Net’s Terry Walker said: “We never dreamed we’d get the elusive number one slot for three successive years as Google lists 8.2M rival webpages promoting property in Spain. Once again it’s a good Christmas for us and for Spain, as the country remains where it belongs – as the world’s leading living, property buying and holiday destination and being promoted by the top ranked Google website.”

The highly automated website was designed and developed by a creative team led by Rob Pagan of Smallworldit.com following earlier successes with the Delia Smith and Virgin Books websites. The site’s PowerSearch feature is designed to help buyers discover, shortlist and order local checks on availability and price changes on 11,000 properties across 10 main residential Costas, Ibiza and Mallorca.