seo: Reasons NOT to use Widgets - 11/28/07 10:41 AM
This morning the widgets plugged into a blog I wanted to comment on caused my computer to lock up for quite some time. So I thought that I'd start a list of reasons to not use them ...
Most Widgets choke search engine spiders and defeat the SEO value of your blogging efforts … (11 comments)
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seo: Bargain prices for Google adwords PPC - 11/16/07 08:14 PM
At about $0.85, yesterday's average cost per click (visitor) for Google Adwords was the lowest I've ever seen. Usually the national average (from our perspective) is around $1.65 per click. Looks like Google may be feeling effects of the mortgage and real estate industry woes.
If you've ever considered search engine "Pay-Per-Click" … (5 comments)
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seo: Give us a little to comment about in your blogs - 10/08/07 11:55 AM
After taking the weekend off I'm sitting here making the rounds of real estate blogs that I like to support with comments and not finding many new articles. Several new listings are posted but since I'm not intimately familiar with all of your market areas all that I can comment is something … (0 comments)
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seo: MSN / Live Search Guidelines for successful indexing - 09/26/07 01:51 PM
In recent posts I've mentioned how MSN's new Live Search is gaining a greater share of total web searches ... apparently causing the recent loss of Yahoo's market share. This recent surge of growth prompted me to again look for their "webmaster guidelines" and this morning I found success at this … (7 comments)
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seo: Best SEO Practices - Link Titles & Image Descriptions - 09/21/07 06:28 PM
OK ... I'm fishing for feedback from you SEO types. My concern is the potential "spammy" appearance of linked images.
The AR editing tools are excellent in facilitating image "alt" tags and link "titles". The question in mind is "Is duplicating "alt tag" content in the link's "title tag" getting sort … (6 comments)
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seo: Google PR of AR real estate profiles and blogs - 09/21/07 03:45 PM
The Google Page Rank (PR) assigned to your real estate profile and blog is a major indicator of your blog's value and rewards your efforts of posting relevant articles. In addition to AR and other real estate blogs, I also monitor several Search Engine Marketing (SEM) and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) blogs and web … (20 comments)
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seo: Tag Cloud - Who We Really Are? - 09/15/07 02:02 PM
Earlier today I commented on a Tag Cloud question posted to AR and it prompted me to take a look at my own tag cloud. The size and color of each tag is proportional to the number of posts with that tag. So, who you are ... or at least what … (3 comments)
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seo: What Inspires You to Blog? - 09/05/07 12:03 PM
Blogging consistently takes discipline and eventually we all face writter's block so I thought I'd share a source of SEO relevant blogging material with you. It is "Notices of Application" for permits available from the City Hall Planning Offices of your market areas.
In addition to being a Tech Consulting REALTOR/Broker, I'm … (12 comments)
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seo: SEO value from posting your listings to AR & Localism - 08/26/07 06:46 PM
I just commented on Shane Taylor's "Why place listings in your blog?" acknowledging his statement that this is "relatively poor advertising". The real value of posting your listings on AR is the less tangible SEO value.
Presuming that you're posting listings from around your core market area ... you probably couldn't … (31 comments)
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seo: Cyber Suicide - 08/25/07 11:43 AM
The long time fundamental element of "Link Content" has become mission critical because Google, Yahoo and MSN don't trust the integrity of sites anymore.
These are consequences of SEO (black hat) developers that have ruthlessly manipulated every possible loophole to dominate search engine rankings. So Google (followed by Yahoo & MSN) employed the standard … (7 comments)
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seo: Reciprocal Links - A Waste of Effort - 08/24/07 02:07 PM
The SEO rules have changed significantly this year. Google, Yahoo and MSN have never really approved of cross linking schemes and have recently tightened things up quite a bit.
Still of some value, reciprocal links provide SEO-targeting-link-titles. And if the page linking to you has a higher PR (Google Page Rank) than the page where you reciprocate with a link … (10 comments)
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seo: Google Analytics - compare to past feature - 08/18/07 02:04 PM
Viewing the Google Analytics reports of our web statistics is my first task of every day. A valuable feature is comparing the current time frame to the past. Specifically, I like to compare the current 4 week period with that of the previous month.
I.E. today i'm looking at comparative reports … (9 comments)
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seo: Domain Name Longevity and Search Rankings - 08/18/07 01:45 PM
I just received a nice note from Rick Turner regarding my comment on his blog post about the age of domain names and I thought this is valuable information to share.
Both Google and Yahoo are "Registrars" entitling them to use the historical information of your domain name. So they know if your domain … (6 comments)
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seo: The future of AR blogging and search engine results? - 08/18/07 01:28 PM
Earlier today I commented on a blog that we're all "feeding the 800 pound gorilla" as we continue to author content and post it on our AR blogs. Meaning that we're contributing to AR's successful search engine rankings and helping them create a very strong web presence that is beyond our … (20 comments)
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seo: Google Webmaster Tools (Part 3c) - 08/17/07 12:00 PM
Following up on Part 1, Part 2, Part 3a and Part3b
Finishing up on the Page Analysis section of Google's Webmaster Tools. The thrid part of the "Page Analysis" is a priority breakdown of keywords that Google sees in external links to your site (from part 3a). Your content was broken down in Part 3b. … (6 comments)
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seo: Google Webmaster Tools (Part 3b) - 08/17/07 11:44 AM
Following up on Part 1, Part 2 and Part3a
Ok ... more on Google's Webmaster Tools and how Google builds a picture of your website. The second part of the "Page Analysis" is a priority breakdown of keywords that Google sees in your content. Again I'm using our site at http://www.nwrealty.com/ as the working … (3 comments)
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seo: Google Webmaster Tools (Part 3a) - 08/17/07 11:28 AM
Following up on Part 1 and Part 2
Another valuable part of Google's webmaster tools is its "page analysis", which has three parts that I'll cover in three different posts. The Page Analysis gives you the vision of how Google sees your website through the eyes of "googlebot" (Google's software that … (6 comments)
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seo: Anyone attending "Search Engine Strategies 2007" - 08/17/07 10:58 AM
One of my disappointments this year is not being able to attend the Search Engine Strategies 2007 event next week in San Jose. There are keynote speakers from Google and Ask.com and other Silicon Valley gurus that I would love to hear.
So if you're attending, please share the juicy tidbits of … (6 comments)
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seo: Keyword Stuffing - 07/26/07 01:00 PM
Short and sweet ...
I found a comical example of keyword stuffing was posted on Matt Cutts' blog this morning. www.mattcutts.com Matt is a Google employee that shares insites of Googles operations. A good blog to follow for website owners and those interested in SEO.
added 8/1 ...
Simply put, keyword stuffing is a … (8 comments)
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seo: Cool Tool II (Best in the northwest) - 07/23/07 04:55 PM
While exploring the tools shared in a previous post I discovered another useful tool at www.compete.com that allows you to graph comparative ranking reports from competing sites. What sets this tool apart is their full disclosure of how rankings are established (unlike alexa, neilson, etc.). So we may not agree with the results, … (4 comments)
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