Do Not's In SEO (Search Engine Optimization) for 2011 - 02/27/11 11:16 AM
Do Not's in SEO for 2011 (Search Engine Optimization)
1. Have ANY text the same color as your background page color. Example: (Example) < you can't see it but it is there. this is dumb, useless and hurts your site from ranking. This is one of the oldest black hat techniques from the 90's, YES I SAID THE 90'S!
2. Keyword Stuff any where! This is mostly found now in titles and in sometimes in content, in alt tags etc.. An Example of this would be: (Service Culture, Bradworthly Service culture expert, Get Service Culture.) I managed to stuff the title … (65 comments)
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Are you gonna stick with it? Or do you fizzle out quickly? - 02/25/11 07:12 PM
Early Bird gets the worm... but the cat that took the time to wait all night gets the bird! - Fat from the worms no less...
I'm getting asked a lot about the value of blogging and SEO in general. Most folks on ActiveRain are trying to invest themselves into SEO practices and that's great! It does take time and there are so many different ways to implement organic SEO techniques into you blog, your website, your social media and more. It's a full time job just to keep up with the latest SEO news much less conduct actual real estate … (41 comments)
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Linking Your Website URL to Your Website Name ..... NO NO - 02/23/11 04:46 PM
Linking Your Website URL to Your Website Name ..... NO NO
I have seen numerous blog signatures, websites and comments and just about everywhere else with a linked domain such as this: http://www.flagstaffealestatepartner.com and it's linked back to the website, instead of the actual keyword Flagstaff real estate.
This is not a good SEO tactic. Remember from the last few blogs about keywords and how to link them to your site is "branding" that phrase or keyword with the URL. You are essentially doing the same here only this is only branding the entire web address which does nothing. If someone … (71 comments)
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How to Naturally Add Keywords into your Content - 02/21/11 09:07 AM
How to Naturally Add Keywords to your Content
Google loves content. They love authoritative content and the more content you give them on your topic of authority, the more your site will gain importance in the search engines and to readers. But when you are writing your articles, posts, or basic content finding creative ways to naturally interject keywords can be tricky. Here are some tips to keep in mind when integrating keywords into content AND linking them to related pages.
When trying to gain a back link to your site, Google will only look at one URL. If you have … (109 comments)
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Wilde beast or Lion ~ We All Face Challenges Unique to our Environment - 02/19/11 10:05 AM
I took the quiz, I read the chapters. Least of all I am intrigued. Learning who we are and why we do what we can be an enormous advantage in our business and personal life. The book's demo only went as far to talk about the Wilde beasts but I can relate a little to every animal. (ActiveRain's New Surviving your Serengeti Contest)
The book - Surviving your Serengeti had special meaning to me since my husband just returned from Zimbabwe for 10 days building tabernacle churches.He didn't get near the treatment of Sean and his wife in the Serengeti... but … (15 comments)
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Santa Fe Homes Experts Offer Arts and Cultural Events In New Mexico - 02/18/11 10:29 AM
Santa Fe Homes Experts Offer Arts and Cultural Events In New Mexico
Santa Fe is a mecca for booming arts, cultural events and even the film industry. With recent demonstrations in Santa Fe about the New Mexico's film industry, Santa Fe is getting known for much more than a desert oasis.
This week Santa Fe hosted the New Mexico Film Industry festival showcasing new talent, searching for more talent and offering workshops on make up, editing, directing and acting. Many showed up not only to participate in the workshops but to hopefully be seen or noticed as well.
Recently the Governor … (7 comments)
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What is a Press Release? ActiveRain's New Contest Has Some Wondering... - 02/15/11 10:50 AM
What is a Press Release? ActiveRain's New Contest Has Some Wondering...
I love contests with ActiveRain but this one had me growling under my breath when I heard it. (Extra Extra - AR Contest) I hate Press Releases.. they are the bane of my SEO existence. I love writing blogs, articles, content etc.. but press releases are like the green vegetable on the plate. You know you have to eat it to get the full effect but it goes down with difficulty.
A Press Release is defined as: A public relations announcement issued to the news media and other targeted publications … (20 comments)
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My Life Feels Like a Cruise Ship Sometimes... and Not in the Good Way... - 02/14/11 08:17 PM
My Life Feels Like a Cruise Ship Sometimes... and Not in the Good Way...
Wow, this hit me like a ton of bricks today.. ok maybe a ton of chocolate covered hearts considering it's Valentine's Day. But I just likened my life of business - and personal I guess, to a cruise ship.
Ever been on one? What is there to do?? EVERYTHING - that's what! If you are bored on a Cruise it's your own fault. I have only been on one cruise in my life and it was a short one at that but I loved it!! ~Side note- … (18 comments)
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I Backed Off on Blogging Because I Had to Catch Up! - 02/13/11 04:07 PM
I Backed Off on Blogging Because I Had to Catch Up!
I didn't realize what a wealth of amazing people I could tap into when I joined ActiveRain just three months ago. I had heard about it from a couple clients but no one had really raved about it... turned out only 3 of my 50some clients actually had an account. I was doing all their SEO for them so why should they bother? I get it... no worries. But then I decided to break the ice and jump in FULL STEAM!! Boy, have I had the ride of my life … (16 comments)
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"Mom, Why are we so Poor?" (Novel Idea for Staging a Kitchen) - 02/13/11 09:34 AM
Crazy as it might sound, what's the best way to clean up a kitchen? Not have so much food lying around! Living in America we are the land of excess, over-eating and over-indulgence. Not adding to it seems almost un-American!
But a simple tip to staging a kitchen would be to actually just eat the food you have and not add to it until you have to. Seems weird to some. I have opened up refrigerators and seen so much food you couldn't stuff in another leftover. Cabinets so chalked full of half eaten bags of chips and cereal boxes that … (18 comments)
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Securing Your Facebook Against Hackers - NEW https:// Setting - 02/10/11 02:34 PM
You've seen your friends pop up their status with the weird "Hey I just lost 50 pounds with this amazing thing I found" or "You should see this, I totally thought of you when I saw it" And you pretty much know it's not them. Their page got hacked...
So unless you want to go about changing your password every month (which is what I had been doing) or enter the 'S' in the http://www.facebook.com everytime S = Secure then Facebook has finally come out with a permanent way to access your facebook so others cannot view your activity.
This is … (72 comments)
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Marysville WA Rental - 5 Bedroom, 3 Bathroom 360 Degree View and Spacious Backyard - 02/10/11 08:22 AM
Marysville WA Rental - 5 Bedroom, 3 Bathroom 360 Degree View and Spacious Backyard
- And Guess What? This is my house!! Yup, If you caught my rental dilemma blog post several weeks back this will be coming as no surprise... We have our house back on the rental market in the Seattle area. We have an awesome property manager who is doing a bang up job... except she is not on ActiveRain... boo hoo... so this is my one promotion I will do ourselves.
Call Cherie Rutchy 425-238-7977 cheriedr@msn.com if you have anyone interested in renting this 5 bedroom home … (7 comments)
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How Many Websites do you Really Need? - 02/09/11 04:48 PM
I have been running into this more and more and am literally just confused. Most of ActiveRain members are real estate agents I presume and many who try to tackle SEO on their own go crazy buying up domains and keyword rich URL's. Often times I run across someone that has 10 or more different sites all with different URL's, domains etc.. I can't imagine trying to keep up with all of them at once! It's a full time just just to successfully maintain one website much less 10 or more.
I think the approach is all off. Having a variety … (24 comments)
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Don't Want to Share that Address Yet? You May Have Already if You Used Your Phone to Take the Picture! - 02/08/11 03:19 PM
Don't Want to Share that Address Yet? You May Have Already if You Used Your Phone to Take the Picture!
In case you missed this, as I did until recently, this is alarming news that really could get some folks into serous trouble or safety issues. Did you know that some phone technologies now have the ability to precisely track the exact coordinates of where a photo was taken?
That means that pic you tweeted of your kid in the treehouse, or your cat on your couch can easily let anyone know the exact location of where your home is, or … (60 comments)
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We Nose Signs..... And I Nose How to Spell.... - 02/05/11 12:28 PM
I pass this sign almost every day and finally got a chance to snap a shot of it.. Just cracks me up...
Apparently, they NOSE signs... And so you call it a Sign Sign? They obviously nose shirts too. but that seems a bit personal. But then again they start with the word PICK... hmmm... there are just too many quips that come to mind.. hee hee!
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Summerlin Homes - Summerlin Foreclosures and Short Sales - Las Vegas Communities - 02/03/11 04:19 PM
Summerlin Homes - Summerlin Foreclosures and Short Sales - Las Vegas Communities What a beautiful place to call home. Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate in the Las Vegas has details on all the latest listings in Las Vegas' community of Summerlin. Located just Northwest of the City of Las Vegas, Summerlin offers a masterfully planned community with every want at your fingertips. Currently there are several homes and lots for sale in the Summerlin real estate area. Here are just a couple offered by Better Homes and Gardens real estate. Be sure and visit Better Homes and Gardens Desert Properties … (5 comments)
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Beware the Internet Storm! - Relax - The Weather Will Not Affect Your Internet - 02/02/11 09:42 PM
Beware the Internet Storm! - Relax - The Weather Will Not Affect Your Internet
Wonder why you can't get on ActiveRain or many other sites out there? I have seen so many random comments, oh it must be the cold weather... yada yada... guess what? NOPE!
If it's cold outside... everyone's inside.. and what are they doing? Well either making babies or surfing the net. My guess is probably the latter. All those fingers a-clickin will do some damage to sites that can't take that much traffic all at once...including ActiveRain.
Other than something physical happening such as a bulldozer cutting … (19 comments)
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SEO Tip: Don't Use the Term "CLICK HERE" For Anything! - 02/01/11 10:53 PM
SEO Tip: Don't Use the Term "CLICK HERE" For Anything!
I always want to prefice my blogs by saying, yes, maybe you knew about this for years... but many don't. This blog is for you.
I see it everywhere. On every type of website, blog, email, comment, script, etc... the phrase "click here" with either the here hyperlinked or the entire phrase linked to where ever the author wanted the user to go. The problem with this is, this brands that URL with the term "here" or "click here". This means nothing to your site or blog or whatever it is … (78 comments)
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