Breaking free, of the mold of a "Template Website", has been something I have wanted to do for a very long time.  Template websites, such as Advanced Access are easy to manipulate and update without having to learn HTML or all of other technological stuff.  However, they are limiting and some say they inhibit "Google juice".  

I know there are many wonderful website developers here on Active Rain.  However, I wanted someone local so I could have a one on one discussion about how I wanted my site to look. 

After doing a quick search I found Dave Keys, Active Rainer right here in the Temecula area.  Dave is owner of Solutions by Dave, and is a great guy.  He is a tech savvy dude, family man, real estate blog and SEO expert, photographer, all rolled into one. 

Because Dave is extremely busy designing sites for all different kinds of professionals and companies.  You won't see him on Active Rain much.  He is in demand and I am grateful for the opportunity to have him make my website into a "Custom Site".

Dave and I sat down at my office, last January and started a plan to completely overhaul my old website. 

It is probably 90% finished but I had him transfer the servers yesterday anyway.  My new site is 200% better at 90% completion than my old site was.

He is adding some pages and fixing a couple of links, next week

But today......he is probably enjoying his brand new Baby Granddaughter that was just born yesterday "Congratulations Dave, you proud granddaddy". 

Many thanks for working through the completion of my new site! 

Introducing:    www.soreal.biz !

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6 Comments on My New Website: "Southwest Real Estate" - Re-Invented By A Fellow Active Rainer - "Dave Keys"

MAR
28
2009
624,558 Points 11 Featured Posts Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

Jane Grant - Southwest Riverside County - Temecula Wine Country and Custom Homes-Congratulations on your new website Jane. I agree with you 100%. Someone even told me that Google does not rank websites that high because they have the same templates. Thats why I want to get a blog site with wordpress. Or just update your outside Active Rain blog. Hope your website bring you many leads that will lead to closings. Have a great weekend. Great post.

6:44pm • #1
410,521 Points 17 Featured Posts Outside Blog

Jane, congrats on your new website. They are so much fun - though can be costly and time consuming. Most of those that design websites always quote less money and time than it will take...but I love mine. Now I'm working on getting my WordPress blog ranked higher...;-)

Pepper

9:37pm • #2
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Way to go, Jane!  Those types of projects can be immense labors of love, so here's to great SEO and mucho grande clients from your new site!   :)

11:50pm • #3
MAR
29
2009
597,436 Points 22 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog Called Shot Master

Lanre- Thank you very much!

Teri- My Advanced Access site was up for renewal and was going to cost me $499.00 for another year.  This custom site is really not that much more and there is not a renewal fee.  Just for Bluehost which is about $70.00 per year. 

Randy- Thanks, interesting that you used the spanish, (My son just got his first job at a mexican restaurant here as a bus boy!)  So we are all speaking spanish around here!

12:00pm • #4
APR
04
2009

I'll have to go check out your new site. I would say that in Spanish for y'all's benefit, but the only Spanish I know is

  • Cerveza, por favor!
  • Dos Equis, por favor!
  • Corona, por favor!
  • Margarita, por favor!
9:53am • #5
MAY
15
2009
Localism Sponsor

Great Information and the site setup is great!

11:56pm • #6

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