http://activerain.com/blogs/cincihomes en-us http://activerain.com/blogsview/461824/valuable-google-webmaster-tools Every time &nbsp;I log into my Google webmaster tools, I learn something new about our <a href="http://www.daviddovephotography.com" title="David Dove Photography" target="_blank">website</a>.&nbsp; This Google feature for webmasters is outstanding.&nbsp; This afternoon I saw that we had a&nbsp;site map&nbsp;error and I was able to correct it immediately.&nbsp; We also had a page that the Googlebot was not able to crawl, so again, I corrected it immediately.&nbsp; The tools tell me which pages the Googlebot had trouble crawling and provides&nbsp;help into what to do about it.&nbsp; It also tells me when the bot last crawled my site.&nbsp; The statistics available include down-loadable stats, query stats, and page analysis.&nbsp; I could see when we came up number one, number nine,&nbsp;or number&nbsp;two-hundred and&nbsp;twenty-three&nbsp;in specific searches. I saw that we were on the top six of searches for virtual tours in Indianapolis, Louisville, and Kentucky.&nbsp; It tells me if pages were indexed and if there were any URL or HTTP errors.&nbsp; It shows me what external links go to my pages.&nbsp; I can set the Googlebot crawl rate.&nbsp;&nbsp; Google let me add the Webmaster Tools as a tab on my home page so I can access the data quickly.&nbsp; This tool provides&nbsp;an incredible amount of actionable information about your web site, and all you have to do is register your URL.&nbsp;&nbsp;I&#39;ve used Google Webmaster Tools for over&nbsp;a year and believe it is one reason&nbsp;so many clients find us on the internet.&nbsp; I highly recommend it!&nbsp; Kathy Dove (David Dove Photography) Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:13:01 -0500 http://activerain.com/blogsview/461824/valuable-google-webmaster-tools http://activerain.com/blogsview/418220/signs-of-optimism <p>After a really slow winter, we have&nbsp;had several&nbsp;calls&nbsp;these past two weeks about virtual tours.&nbsp; Two were from homeowners selling their property themselves, one from a growing local brokerage business, one from a small city, and two from apartment complexes.&nbsp; </p><p>Virtual Tours are an excellant marketing tool for cities and apartment&nbsp;complexes as well as homes, so we targeted some in our marketing efforts.&nbsp;It&#39;s beginning to pay off with inquiries and tours.&nbsp; </p><p>Kathy</p><p>daviddovephotography</p><p><a href="http://www.daviddovephotography.com/">http://www.daviddovephotography.com/</a></p> Kathy Dove (David Dove Photography) Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:56:16 -0500 http://activerain.com/blogsview/418220/signs-of-optimism