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Bait Sites....Good or Bad?

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Real Estate Agent with Sierra Vista Realty BR583095000

Well, I have read a bunch of different opinions on bait sites. SEO is a big deal when you realize how many buyer's are looking on the Internet before calling an agent. I have been working ever angle I can find to improve my website ranking. I have now added five bait sites. I figure the link backs to my main site can't hurt. I am also experimenting with different content and different key words. I would be afraid to experiment on my main site and drop in ranking. This way, If one of my bait site jumps forward I will see what its working.

I guess time will tell, but for $6.95 for the domain name and free five page website, it seems like like the cheapest advertising I can find.

http://www.bradsnyder.com/

Bait:
http://www.sv4sale.com/
http://www.sellsierravista.com/
http://www.411sierravista.com/
http://www.45daylisting.com/
http://www.sierravista360.com/

Wish me luck!!!

 

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Patti Ann Kasper
EXIT REALTY NEXUS - Blaine, MN
Blaine & North Metro Minneapolis St Paul Real Esta

Where do you get a five page website and domain name for $6.95?  I am fairly new and I can't seem to figure out why my website doesn't even show up in the top 10 pages of google.  Or is that pretty common?  What do you mean by "bait sites"?  Are these sites just used to attract people on google or yahoo?  How does that idea work?

Aug 09, 2007 04:42 PM
Randy Lyon
Kettley and Company - Oswego, IL
Brad, Why not try some stealth sites? They may wind up ranking higher than http://bradsnyder.com
Aug 09, 2007 05:02 PM
delete me delete me
delete me - Dixon, CA
I'd caution all of you that are considering bait sites, be careful of a concept called cloaking...it's when you mirror a site or have the same site layout and same content on multiple sites that are owned by the same person...all of the sites are penalized...you can email me if you have other questions...i can help you out...
Aug 09, 2007 05:02 PM
Sandy Nelson
Riley Jackson Real Estate Inc. - Olympia, WA
your Olympia area Realtor

Brad, I hope you'll let all of us readers here know when you figure out what works well for you in terms of SEO strategies with your "bait" sites.

Sandy

Aug 09, 2007 05:19 PM
Gary J. Rocks
Juba Team Realty - Jefferson Township, NJ

Brad

6.95 is cheap as heck, where do you get them? What is the difinetion of SEO?

Aug 09, 2007 05:42 PM
Brad Snyder
Sierra Vista Realty - Sierra Vista, AZ

Thanks for the comments all.....

You can get 6.95 domains with a free 5 page page website at http://www.godaddy.com/, use the promo code Chill3

Thanks and enjoy.

Aug 10, 2007 12:41 AM
Riel Roussopoulos
RealtyXL Marketing Inc. - Vancouver, BC
Real Estate Marketing Expert

Hi Brad,

I'm curious how this is working for you

Are you tracking this in Analytics so you know how much traffic their driving to you?

Please read my post : http://activerain.com/blogsview/335620/Make-Your-Own-Trusted
There is a good report on bait site marketing  that's linked from that post that you should also read.

There are a few concepts (like republishing an RSS feed (like your A/R blog for example) that will help you automate having fresh content on your page... that'll help those be more attractive to the search engines.

A few local phone numbers and links to fire/police/hospitals.. for example on your 411 name... etc)

Curious your impression of the effectiveness of that as a marketing tactic and if you would read my report and provide a testimonial / feedback I'd really appreciate it also.

Thanks,

Riel

 

Feb 24, 2008 09:34 AM
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