sem: Increasing Traffic to Your Real Estate Websites - What's it all about? - 05/13/08 11:01 AM
Understanding the concepts surrounding search engine optimization and website marketing is the first step towards making your website successful as a leadgeneration and sales tool through the internet as a marketing medium.
Search engine optimization(SEO) is defined as initiatives that affect a site's natural or organic search engine ranking results (not … (3 comments)

sem: 20,000 Points - whew! - 07/14/07 06:26 PM
I think this one puts me over the 20K marker - took a while, but it's been fun :o)
I love Active Rain and meeting you all - I definitely will keep blogging here well into the future.  In fact I encourage all my clients, and others I meet in the real … (16 comments)

sem: Another Real Estate Website SEO Tip of The Day - Title Tags - 07/09/07 06:47 PM
Something that is as simple as writing a good effective title can be more difficult than one might imagine - but here are a couple tricks to help out.
First you probably know that the title is one of the most important identifying factors that tells a search engine, and in turn … (7 comments)

sem: Knowing When to hold 'Em of Fold 'Em - SEO Tip of the Day - 07/09/07 06:06 PM
One of the hardest things about the search engine optimization realm is know when to adapt your website due to changes in the search engine algorithms, but it's even harder to know when to not make changes and then act accordingly. Truly knowing when to hold steady and not make changes is (in … (3 comments)

sem: Another Home Staging Website SEO Client Reports First Page Search Engine Results! - 06/30/07 06:08 PM
Congratulations to the home staging company, Nuances LLC (www.nuances,net) of Cape Cod, MA on total Internet domination in their geographical coverage area in the category of home staging.  Take a look at these results!
Yahoo:cape cod home stagingcape cod home staging companiesfalmouth ma home stagingsandwich ma home stagingeastern ma home staging companies
Google:cape cod … (0 comments)

sem: An Upgraded Custom Optimized Real Estate Website May Cost Less than You Think - 06/23/07 04:54 PM
How much do you think this one was for one of our clients?
www.CapeAnnRealEstate.com
And you should see how it ranks on Google and Yahoo!!
We can develop these very quickly - and they are not the limiting out of the box solutions that don't rank very well that you get from so many other … (1 comments)

sem: Increase Your Web-Presence Through Relocation Network - 06/23/07 03:39 PM
As we know in the SEO realm, inbound links from quality sites is an important variable when organic search engine rankings are calculated. As it is everyone's goal to increase your website's presence on the internet, I thought I would share a well built and structured website with you that offers FREE link … (2 comments)

sem: When is it time to upgrade your website? - 06/23/07 03:28 PM
It's always hard to pull the plug on a real estate website that may have been cutting edge at one time a couple years ago, back as websites get fancier and new technologies emerge it may be time to snaz up your website.
Here's a good before and after example of one … (2 comments)

sem: Google States: How can I improve my website's ranking? - 06/23/07 10:36 AM
As we all know, ranking highly on Google is the "ultimate" in internet marketing and web-presence since Google does have the largest market share of online searchers.  So pay attention as Google states: 
"The heart of our software is PageRankTM, a system for ranking web pages developed by our founders Larry Page and Sergey Brinat Stanford … (7 comments)

sem: Who receives the revenue for the ADS BY GOOGLE on the bottom of the Point2 Homes websites? - 06/17/07 11:58 AM
I can't imagine that real estate agents would put up competing ads on their own websites - who gets paid for this website marketing?
If this was my website I would want not put up ads for competing websites and not get the money for it.  However, I am not really sure … (9 comments)

sem: Another Real Estate Website SEO Client Reports First Page Search Engine Results! - 06/17/07 10:11 AM
Congratulations to Rosemary Quarato and here newly optimized Cape Ann Real Estate real estate website for Cape Ann, MA - a part of Gloucester Massachusetts - these are some incredible results!!  SEO working wonders...again!
Yahoo: Cape Ann real estate & Cape Ann Homes for saleYahoo:Gloucester real estate & Gloucester MA real estateYahoo: Beverly … (5 comments)

sem: SEO Tip of the Day - Search Engine Optimization for Real Estate Websites - 06/15/07 09:26 AM
Submitting your website:One of the first steps in the "right"direction to increase your website's traffic is to make sure your website is being found and crawled by the major search engines. Be wary of companies that offer to submit your website to 50 or 100+ search engines for $59.95 (or something like … (10 comments)

sem: Driving Traffic to Your Website - Tip of the Day - 06/13/07 05:53 PM
Once again I would like to tell you about the importance of high quality inbound links - no not those sites that you exchange links with that put all those "Sponsored Ads" above where they list you - the agent - most of those sites don't even rank well organically (naturally) … (16 comments)

sem: Real Estate Websites - SEO Tip of the Day - Mirror Sites Get Banned!! - 06/12/07 04:54 PM
As I rack my brain to try to always come up with something helpful, and of true value that you don't have to be a technology wiz to get and implement - which is not as easy at you may think - it came to me that sometimes I think too … (15 comments)

sem: Website tip of the day - Don't Use Hidden Text and... - 06/09/07 09:04 AM
According to Google there are certain Things to Avoid - especially certain deceptive practices that can hurt your site since now the search engine spiders (or crawlers) know to look for them - for example:
Do not hide text by putting for example, white text on a white background - this will … (14 comments)

sem: Absolutely the most important factor to a successful website - 06/08/07 05:22 PM
Give visitors the information they're looking for - According to Google:Provide high-quality content on your pages, especially your homepage. This is the single most important thing to do. If your pages contain useful information, their content will attract many visitors and entice webmasters to link to your site. In creating a … (6 comments)

sem: SEO is just a "SCAM" and tricking Realtors - according to A La Mode real estate websites - 06/07/07 03:30 PM
I had taken this down and was asked by several to put it back up - so here it is:
My opinion is that they don't know what the heck they are talking about - I personally have worked with their websites, and they not only do not rank well generally, they … (17 comments)

sem: Real Estate Websites - How to Make a Ton of Dough - 06/06/07 04:14 PM
Here's the cut and dry version - 3 points:
Driving traffic (visitors) to your real estate website through developing a web presence (SEO/SEM, inbound links play a huge part)Keeping the visitor at your websiteand compelling the visitors to take a specific action and thus converting the visitor into a registration or customer … (2 comments)

sem: Driving More Traffic to Your Real Estate Website - Building Web Presence - 05/31/07 09:26 PM
The first step is to get your website out there through promoting your website through various search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM) techniques.  In addition it is very important to create your presence on other websites that link back to yours (referred to as inbound linking).  It is … (8 comments)

sem: Ultimate Website Marketing - Appearing in Multiple Places on the First Page of Google Results - 05/29/07 01:19 PM
Every website owners dream come true - and some may ask how this is possible. Not so simple, although many claim they can do it, and that SEO/SEM is so easy - yeah right.  I admit it is not brain surgery, but it does take a certain level of commitment to achieve … (2 comments)

 
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