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BlogTour USA - Candace's Question in Columbus

BlogTour USA was in Columbus on Friday. Joe and Rudy talked to a group of some "blog curious" Central Ohio people... mostly real estate agents, many affiliated with Real Living HER.

I was not there for Candace's question during Joe and Rudy's question and answer period. I was sequestered in a work room doing a "live blog." My boss wanted me to write a blog entry in front of the group gathered in Columbus for BlogTour USA but I get so nervous... I could not have typed in front of all those people...

Later in a bar... (Amano's Worthington... I just drank water... really.) Joe and Tom Holcombe (my boss) said Candace Foreman had a question about doing a blog and putting it on her website. Candace Foreman is an agent with Real Living HER's Powell Office. I met Candace at BlogTour USA Friday. Candace is an ActiveRain member!

As I understood it Candace wants to promote her Real Living website and have a blog show up on that website.

I thought Candace (and other Real Living agents) could put a blog on their Real Living website in a couple of ways....

1. Links on a general website page like I do on the Blogs - Real Estate page of my website. I've had this up for a few months on my Real Living website. It's OK.

2. As a link page... I don't like the way link pages work on Real Living websites personally.. but that may be the easiest way to do it. Here's an example of a link page to a website...I linked to my WordPress.org blog ColumbusBestBlog.com on my Real Living website.

WOW ColumbusBestBlog actually looks pretty good there, thanks Candace.. I never would have tried it if not for your question on Friday. OK maybe it does not look good... but it works.

Sunday Cheryl Johnson wrote a blog titled: I Frame, You Frame, We All Frame ..It's Members Only but I am going to quote the html instruction Cheryl shared. I can't resist. Cheryl wrote...

Copy and paste this code into your blog post:

<p align="center"><iframe src="http://www.activerain.com" height="450" width="450" scrolling="yes"></iframe></p>

Cheryl's html would put ActiveRain on your blog or website in an iframe. I don't know html... I just monkey see, moneky do this stuff.

Following Cheryl's directions I put my ActiveRain blog on my Real Living HER website, look.

The html code I am using on my Real Living Website to put my ActiveRain blog on is:

Replace the http://www.activerain.com/blogs/columbusOh with your blog's url... You have to kind of play with it. I tried going wider but then my personal photo on AR showed in addition to the photo of me on my Real Living website. One photo of me on my screen at a time is more than enough.... thanks.

Real Living agents for additional help call the Real Living help desk, that is what they are there for.

Do you work in the real estate industry but are not an ActiveRain Member? - Join ...that way you can read all of Cheryl Johnson's hands on "how to's" ... thanks for all you've shared with us on ActiveRain Cheryl.

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Posted by Maureen McCabe Central OH Homes on 07/16/2007 03:40 AM

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11 Comments on BlogTour USA - Candace's Question in Columbus

JUL

2007

Excellant! Glad to see you put it to good use!

Glad you found Cheryl's post. This is terrific info. I'm not going to use on the HER web page, but will use it on my web site for my outside blog.

Good thing you commented here Elaine. I saw your comment on Cheryl's blog and got all bent out of shape over you commenting there and not here. I am kidding of course....

I think Tom must have told me about the question because I remember something aout the help desk (why would Joe say anything about the help desk..... ) I got an email from Candace, I had sent here the first two options and asked if she had asked the help desk. She had not yet. I doubt they would offer Cheryl's idea.

Maureen,

Thanks for the post. I had read Cheryl's post as well and am now motivated enough to send this info over to my web guy. I'm not even good at monkey see, monkey do! LOL

Thanks again! (Maybe I'll see you at the convention in September)

K.. I'm very slow.. this looks very cool but why should we do this? Is it just for fun or is there seo stuff behind this.. inquiring minds want to know..

Kaye ....hmmmm better exposure for your blog? I was not there when Candace asked the question but I understood it that she wants to promote her website link...not have a bunch of URLs to try to promote.

I had my first blog on my Point2 Website via RSS when I was paying for a professional or a premium level website. I think it would help your website have fresh content. Point 2 now has blogs.

Carol is the convention in Columbus this year?

Yep - convention is in Cbus! LOL I'll be at the Hyatt along with a couple hundred other Realtors, Brokers, etc.

I'll have to make sure I take your number with me. Would love to meet you!

JUL

2007

I hate conventions.... but I'd like to meet lots of the ActiveRain folks including you Carol. hmmmmmmmm

OK, I've been thinking about this some more.

Like Kaye ask, what will be the benefit? It's my understanding that spiders don't read through frames. I was speaking with the sales rep for my web hoster yesterday to make sure my site doesn't use frames. Since the html code that Cheryl uses is putting the blog in a frame, the blog won't be read by spiders, therefore, it won't pick up that the content of the site is changing/refreshing.

So it seems it would be more beneficial to merely have the blog linked. Whaddaya think???

Well, Maureen, it seems as though you may have to make a trip to the convention at least for one day! LOL

I like convention. Lots of people, lots of new faces, lots of monkey business! LOL Sometimes we have to let our hair down. With out group it's more like - what happens in C-bus, stays in C-bus! ;)

Elaine: If you are just doing it for SEO it may or may not be worth it. If you are doing it to add content to a website for people or to increase the opportunity of someone finding /reading your blog, it is worth the effort IMHO. I was reading the source code the way Cheryl's method and the way the link I have CBB on and I think Cheryl's way gives something for the spiders to read, the way I like the look of it (link page) I think it is framed by what the source code says.

Cheryl wrote "The html function I used is called an INLINE FRAME ... And it's purpose is to embed one HTML document within another. There is no FRAMESET involved, so your meta tags and keywords are all still available."

Carol: I had my hair cut off... no hair to let down.

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