keywords: Google's #1 Naples Smart Girl - 09/01/07 01:12 PM
Keywords Keywords Keywords. Great placement for your most desired keywords is what every tech savvy agent is striving for right? We spend so much time trying to figure out how to place well with the keywords we think are important and then when we're not expecting it, we place and get hit by crazy
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keywords: Are your Keywords creating Traffic or Converting Visitors? - 08/30/07 05:38 PM
As you are continuing to practice your SEO skills through development of content and use of tools like WordTracker to find the most often searched words, sometimes we lose track of which words are the ones generating traffic and which ones are actually leading to conversions. The high volume search phrases
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keywords: Nothing ventured, nothing gained! - 08/27/07 12:18 PM
As a grizzled real estate veteran and blogging novice, I thought it time to venture out of the shadows. I've been lurking and reading as many blogs as I can and now everything is as clear as mud. I've been commenting on various posts and thought it time to post one. I used
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keywords: LET'S TALK ABOUT FREE AND LOW COST ADS ... - 08/24/07 12:46 PM
OK, Realtors - I wanted to start a blog on what all you guys have found success in for FREE or LOW COST ads - online, print, anything goesObviously craigslist and active rain/localism allow you to reach out to people for free - other free blogs are out there - too
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keywords: The !POWER! of Active Rain - 08/23/07 11:22 AM
Yesterday, I posted a blog article here on Active Rain, titled "US Buyers' Financing Options for Costa Rica Properties". I did it because a common question I get from prospective buyers is how are they going to finance the purchase of a Costa Rican home. So, I thought that it was
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keywords: Active Rain Works! - 08/18/07 12:22 PM
Much to my surprise I am now personally on Google's first page for the key words that I would expect people searching for me would use..."Newton MA real estate". My company is always on the first page of the key words "Newton real estate"...almost always in the #1 or #2 position...but
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keywords: Find the Long Tail Search to Get more Visitors - 08/17/07 12:09 AM
As real estate agents and other professionals working on real estate internet marketing have been coming online, a major focus has been on keywords and concentrating on those most popular keywords that people are typing. What about the keywords and phrases that don't show up in many of the word research
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keywords: Keyword Research for SEO - 08/09/07 11:49 AM
Keyword research gets you well acquainted with your target market. With the help of search engine query data, we can find out the what, when and how of web searches. This type of data is invaluable for developing your web marketing strategy. You can use this inside knowledge of your prospects
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keywords: SEO vs. Pay-Per-Click - 07/26/07 11:31 AM
SEO vs. Pay-Per-Click According to the 2007 National Association of Realtors Technology Report, 79% of real estate agents and associate brokers are not satisfied with the amount of web leads they receive.[1] With over 80% of homebuyers utilizing the Internet when searching for a home, there's a significant amount of traffic that
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keywords: Keywords - 07/25/07 08:58 PM
First of all, what exactly are keywords? Keywords are words and/or phrases that people type into search engines when they are searching for something in particular. Now, how exactly do you determine the best keywords for your website? Of course, you can use real estate, but something tells me
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keywords: How Google Works - 07/21/07 10:26 AM
By: Jenna Ryan March 2007The Marketing Shop.com Google is essentially an organizer of websites. Much like the Dewey Decimal System is used to file library books by topic, Google indexes web pages by factors such as topic, popularity and keyword relevancy. Googlebots: High Tech Librarians Google sends its search engine crawlers, called Googlebots, to record and categorize every website within reach. Sites it cannot crawl
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keywords: Web Analytics - 07/19/07 12:46 AM
If you haven’t done so yet, it’s absolutely crucial that you get some sort of web analytics on your website and start tracking traffic NOW. Google offers a free analytics tool that is absolutely amazing. Go to http://analytics.google.com, set up a free account and it spits out some tracking code
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keywords: SEO 101 - title tags - 07/17/07 12:42 AM
Today I am going to discuss what title tags are, how you should use them and why they are important. Some things to keep in mind about the title tag: It is not a part of the viewable web page.It appears in the browsers title bar at the very top
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keywords: Useful Tips and tactics for Search Engine Optimization - 07/04/07 12:35 AM
This are the lates 7 SEO Tools & Tactics I have found useful. My Blog Log - This tool reveals in real time the utilized keywords that people use to find your websiteSEOBook Keyword Suggestion Tool - driven off Overture, this tool cross references just about every useful keyword research tool on the
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keywords: Blogging the wrong way - 07/02/07 01:17 PM
This is a short blog post ... I see more and more Agents blogging today the wrong way. You need to be aware that blogging is one sure way of getting your website ranking in the search engine but you do have to have the proper Anchor text. I mean how can potential
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keywords: SEO 101 - 06/18/07 12:23 PM
Let's begin with the basics of SEO (Search Engine Optimization),
The very first thing you want to do if you haven't already is to register your website(s) or URLs with the major search engines. Try these to start:
Submit URL to Google
Submit URL to Yahoo!
Submit URL to MSN
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keywords: It's nice to be #1 (SEO from someone who has done it) - 06/15/07 12:59 PM
SEO is actually becoming more simple with all the search engines being able to detect reciprocal linking and ignoring them. Search engines are actually basing their rankings on good contant and properly designed pages. This is not to say SEO is simple... Here are the basic steps to proper SEO: Keyword researchPage design/layout, (with
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keywords: The Fascination With Keywords - 06/15/07 12:18 PM
Ok I have noticed in the past that there seems to be a love affair with keywords. Now at the outset this is completely understandable, keywords are the search terms that are bringing customers to your website so naturally they are important. But the thing that really gets me is some
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keywords: I'm King of the (Google) World!!! almost... - 06/14/07 12:21 PM
I'm finding that it's actually not terribly difficult to climb close to the top of Google's search results for certain keywords pertaining to my geographic area. SEO Companies charge lot's of money to get high keyword rankings and you can see that with a company like Active Rain in your corner,
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keywords: Catchy titles full of keywords - 06/07/07 11:21 PM
What makes you read a particular post? Sometimes it is the person who is posting. Perhaps you admire that person and know that they write about things that interest you. Sometimes it is because the subject matter interests you. Look how many views and comments there are on posts that tell
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keywords: Why is it taking so long to figure this blogging stuff out? - 05/25/07 11:03 PM
Thank goodness for Active Rain or it would be taking me longer! I just realized that I am underutilizing my links at the side of my blog page. I should have been linking deeper into my website with area information. I noticed on someone else's blog (Lisa Hammerstein) that she had lots of
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keywords: Content! Content! Content! - 05/07/07 06:39 PM
The age old real estate absolute to property value and ability to sell has always been location, location, location. This will never change; but for the real estate agent, "location location location" is beginning to describe your website and whether or not it can be found. Search engine optimization, meta tags,
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keywords: Key Word Competition in the SERPS - 04/04/07 03:14 PM
When I first started my Real Estate web site a few months ago. I knew the keyword competition would be intense. Having been a self taught Master of the web for about 15 years and knowing how good it feels to rank on the front page of the Search Engines and
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keywords: SEO Beginnings: Some Usefull Tools That can shed some light on darkness - 03/27/07 02:55 PM
When striving as a professional in an unrelated field, to obtain professional results through SEO, we need to arm ourselves with all the tools of the pros. SEO is not just about submitting, indexing, and crawling. There are things you need to know in order to know what your next
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keywords: SEO Beginnings: How can I create a Google-friendly site? - 03/26/07 04:01 PM
How can I create a Google-friendly site? If you are like me, then you are using Google Primarily for your web search queries. According to a recent Nielsen Rating, almost 1/2 of us use Google as our search engine!!! So when we think SEO, we need to be addressing the majority
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keywords: Shhh! Be Vewy Vewy Quiet. I'm Hunting Keywords... - 03/20/07 08:18 PM
Before we even get started, let me answer a question that you will probably be asking yourself about me as you read this. “Yes” Yes, I should probably be institutionalized for even trying to compete for the terms below, let alone compete for them in California. I guess I’m
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keywords: Do You Have A Clear Title? - 03/20/07 07:58 AM
Did you know that the search engines place a great deal of weight in the title of your web pages? After the URL of a site, the first information a search spider records is the title of the site. The keywords within your title will likely be chosen as the title
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keywords: What's In Your Profile? - 03/19/07 09:50 AM
Today I had the pleasure of finding an agent for someone. No referral fee involved, I was just trying to connect people. I used the AR search feature and typed in the town name figuring all the agents who worked in that town would pop up. NOT. I ended up reading
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keywords: Key words to help get your listing sold. - 03/07/07 12:46 PM
I'm not sure how many people out there caught this on the news a while back, but now it is on YouTube. I'm not sure if I believe the mere fact that you say "Motivated Sellers" will account for 50% more DOM.... But there are some good points. Sorry if this
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keywords: Use Your Keywords Wisely, even in Your Listing Description - 02/12/07 09:30 AM
Have you ever read a listing description and been totally turned off? This is something we may all want to rethink. After reading an article referring to which ad-words sell a home faster, I poured over a slew of listings in my area seeing if their claims in this article held
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keywords: Meta tag,keyword, description -help - 12/04/06 08:25 AM
Hi,Ihave been reading about SEO methods, making sure that the title and keyords and description all relate.That these are relevant makes good sense. I am struggling with conflicting reports from the various online Meta tag analyzers that "Title too long". "Title is great"; "meta tag too long","meta tag too short"," description
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keywords: SEO MYTH: meta tags and keywords don't matter - 11/28/06 12:02 PM
It is a myth that meta tags and keywords don't matter. Meta tags are a critical part of SEO. Selecting the right ones can make or break your real estate blog or website's ability to break into the SERPS. The process isn't difficult, but there are rules to it, so let's
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keywords: Using Google Local business listings to capture search traffic - 11/20/06 02:56 AM
One thing every Active Rain member should do immediately is go through the steps to list your business on Google Local. Don't know what Google Local is? It's basically their mapping portal, but it's really much more than that. I'll explain why. Google has been including Google Local results at the top of
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keywords: Blogging For Bucks - 11/13/06 03:37 PM
I’ve discovered gold in them thar blogs! I'm no technological geek but I love using today's technology in my real estate business. On April 6th of 2005, I discovered blogging and my life hasn't been the same since. I quickly became addicted. Seriously blogging now since May of 2005, I started
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keywords: Keywords and Tags - Do Less, Get More - 10/31/06 02:48 PM
I see blog posts everywhere and they have really long lists of keyword tags in hopes of ranking high for all of them. Burying your posts with more than a half dozen tags is really dumb because it actually hurts your ability to obtain better search recommendations. It sends a signal
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keywords: What keywords do people search for in your area??? - 10/03/06 02:58 PM
Coming to you live today from the Tennessee Association of Realtors annual convention going on in San Antonio, Texas. One essential piece of information to have if you want to optomize your website for search engines is a collection of what keywords people are searching for. I've found that for real estate searches
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