I'M ON PAGE ONE OF GOOGLE TODAY

I think extra-terrestrials are messing with your emotions, Evelyn! Weird. I am waiting for a legitimate explanation.

Evelyn

Thanks I want to know also!  Will follow the comments...helpful

First, you must be doing something right, you were on the front page.

I did a search for Real Estate Agent in Alameda Ca, you were in the #7 spot. Adding an "s" to agent, Real Estate Agents in Alameda, Ca moved you up to #5. Real Estate Agents in Alameda, California is a #6.

You didn't indicate what you search term was, or wheater your husband had the exact same term in the search. This will effect the results.

If I do a search for real exstate agent right now, It will bring up agents in my local area unless I'm specific about where I am looking.

I'm no expert but these are things that I've learned in doing searches. The important thing is to continue getting noticed by Google.

By the way, You are on the first page of the images page when I used the same search.

Good Luck!

Yes * I think your cookies are involved....clear them and then REenter your search to check results!

Evelyn, Marc is on the right track.  Google keeps track of you, and alters it's search results to what it thinks is most relevant to you.  If you're logged into your Google account, results can be influenced.  Logging out of Google and clearing cache, or better yet using someone else's computer entirely might be the most accurate way to know your true rankings.

Evelyn...

You have to check results on a neutral computer ... it's hard to know where you really stand!

I see you already got some good answers. I also though that it was related to Google keeping cookies on your computer and knowing what you like to see, and you apparently like to see yourself on page 1, so that's what Google does. Now I'm really hoping that your husband would like to see you on page 1, too...................

You have to clear your own computer's memory of where you have been. That will neutralize it and give you the3 correct public results.

Evelyn

Just keep blogging. Keep linking phrases and words in your articles to various points of interest. You'll show up every time.

And you're right. I googled Alameda Realtors, and aside from the realty brokerages, there was a sprinkling of inidividual agents on the first page.  What was strange is that one of our ex-realtors Jim N. is still showing up as a realtor for G&L!

I've been told its because you blog and search YOURSELF and your search terms on your computer - but others probably do not. So doing a "cold search" from someone else's computer to get an accurate reading is a good thing to do periodically.

Or, you may have simply made Google happy that particular moment in time. Google is changing their algorithms again, and no one knows what they are looking for, remember.

Boy, do I ever love spell check!

Trying to get on the first page of Google and was looking at your post Evelyn to compare notes