seo: Boosting Your SEO – In Just Three Clicks - 03/11/12 12:40 PM
At HomeFinder.com, we are always looking to provide brokers and agents with effective marketing solutions that are easy to implement and will yield the highest results. In the age of an evolving Internet marketing & social media landscape, it’s easy to get overwhelmed or simply miss a beneficial marketing tool.
A very necessary component of your online marketing strategy is improving your SEO (search engine optimization) for your individual listings. What this means, is that you are taking specific steps to help get your properties to the top of Google’s first page. The higher your site appears in the search results, … (8 comments)

seo: Five SEO building blocks for REALTORs - 10/24/11 08:20 AM
After talking to agents and brokers, it seems like many of you want to take advantage of search engine optimization (SEO), but aren’t exactly sure what it is or how to best utilize it in your marketing efforts. You’ve come to the right place!
 
What is SEO?
SEO stands for “Search Engine Optimization.” It is the process of clarifying your presence on the Web so that search engines (and presumably homes shoppers) can easily identify what you are all about. Basically, it means that different search engines (i.e. Google, Bing, Yahoo) have two ways to classify search results: ads that … (6 comments)

seo: Easily use Facebook, Twitter and Google to wow sellers and win listings with Single Property Websites - 10/05/11 04:24 PM
Over 800 million people are on Facebook alone, not to mention Twitter, Foursquare, Google+, etc. But did you know only 5% of agents used social media to market their listings last year? There is huge opportunity here! And even if you are active on Facebook or Twitter, you may still ask yourself these two questions:
How can I easily use social media and SEO to help my sellers and prospective buyers? And how can I easily get my sellers involved?
If you dismissed Single Property Websites as a solution because they can be notoriously expensive and tough to maintain, give our … (16 comments)

seo: How to set up your Single Property Website in 60 seconds or less! - 07/11/11 12:53 PM
Happy Tuesday!
In last week’s post, we shared details about the launch of our patent-pending Single Property Websites, which take the hassle out of set up and maintenance. Today we wanted to show just how easy it is to get your Single Property Websites up and running in three simple steps and in 60 seconds or less. It all starts at www.homefinder.com/websites.
STEP 1: Find your listing
There are two ways to select your property (find it on HomeFinder.com and paste the listing URL in the top text box OR search by MLS# or property address using the second text box). … (11 comments)