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Google Keywords - And The Untold Story

By
Mortgage and Lending with i Cantu Media LTD

There are two sets of keywords you need to be made aware of....
The ones Google pays attention to -- are for the most part valid. Although lately you will notice a disclaimer on their free keyword tools as it pertains to accuracy.....

Here is one search we did for .... New York, Luxury Living Environments.....

near new york city   60,500 - -
vacation apartments new york city   1,000 720
visit new york city   14,800 9,900
luxury apartments   673,000 450,000
new york city   16,600,000 13,600,000

These are great keywords... since we don't know any better we will use them in our campaigns. But I want you to pay attention to this next list.

Here is a list we pulled using a customized script that goes into the search engines and gets the WHOLE story. This is what your customers are looking for in addition to the luxury properties in the New York area. Notice that these are somewhat - non related. Yet, they are important....

designing luxury living environments
craigslist new york city
new york city map
new york city hotels
new york city marathon
new york city subway
new york city restaurants
new york city ballet
new york city department of education
new york city board of education
new york city

 Notice how these are not so much property related but are instead LIFESTYLE related. These keywords came up as a result of using the exact same keywords for our search. These complete the whole picture for your consumer. Google is omitting the lifestyle keywords in its master list and in fact.... not giving you the entire story.

Getting the whole story is important if you are going to sell. These extra keywords are also known as the latent semantic index..... and they are important to use as you promote your properties on the web.

This is a very interesting lesson.....

This is what we do for real estate companies.... its pretty important !!

http://www.1searchengineoptimizationrealestate.org/

GET THE WHOLE PICTURE !!!

Melissa Zavala
Broadpoint Properties - Escondido, CA
Broker, Escondido Real Estate, San Diego County

Thank you for the tips. It is all about semantics. Isn't it? I'm constantly tweeking that stuff.

Aug 09, 2010 04:27 PM
Ted Cantu
i Cantu Media LTD - Farmington Hills, MI

Its a tricky rascal to master. The search engines are always pulling their moves. The trick is to not get trampled or yanked off the top pages altogether as they make their changes in the algorithms.

Im always amazed at some of the keywords and phrases that are left out of the keyword lists. Wordze and Wordtrackers lists are different too in most cases as opposed to the Google keyword tool, (There are two free ones you know)... and yet..... customized scripts pulls out even more keywords that you should be using.....

It keeps you on your toes !  ;-)

Aug 09, 2010 04:31 PM
Sharon Alters
Coldwell Banker Vanguard Realty - 904-673-2308 - Fleming Island, FL
Realtor - Homes for Sale Fleming Island FL

Ted, this is very interesting information and common sense if yu think about it. If you write a thorough post explaining about the area, then you will hit many of these keywords.

Aug 09, 2010 04:32 PM
Mykel Martin
(909) 476-9600 ~ WeLoveSellingRealEstate.com - Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Realty Masters & Associates

Wow - I would never have thought to include "ballet". Very interesting, and you're right that we do not have the whole story. Thanks for the info!

Aug 09, 2010 04:37 PM
Marvin Beninson
Keller Williams Realty - Danbury, CT
Grtr Danbury/Ridgefield, CT + Grtr Orlando. FL.

Great information. Thanks and God bless!

Aug 09, 2010 04:38 PM
Ted Cantu
i Cantu Media LTD - Farmington Hills, MI

Thanks everyone -- Im always amazed at what Google leaves out when it comes to their keyword lists. Im also interested in creating a more valuable experience for the people who search my sites.

One thing I like to do is track the bounce rate and see how long people are actually staying on my pages. You can extend their visit if you are giving them what they are looking for.

Great stuff.. thanks again!

Aug 09, 2010 04:49 PM
Eileen Liles
970-216-0530 http://WeSellDeltaCounty.com - Cedaredge, CO
Macht-Liles Real Estate Group - Cedaredge, CO

Just about the time I get my website "tweaked" and showing up on the first page, Google changes something and I slide....gotta get busy again.  Great information.

Aug 09, 2010 05:05 PM
John Pusa
Glendale, CA

Ted - Another excellent post. Thank you for sharing an educational blog.

Aug 09, 2010 05:32 PM