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Real estate tip to stay on Google's good side

I've always been an investor of some sort or another and one of the other realms that I've delved into, besides real estate, was purchasing URL's (web addresses). Obviously, just like real estate you buy what you think is a good value that will appreciate and provide a return in the future.

While waiting for the values to grow I decided to forward the links to my current web-page. What I thought would be no big deal turned out to be a total detriment. As I've been trying to familiarize myself with the Google way of climbing the charts I came across a bit that told me redirecting non-content related web pages was frowned upon and you could be penalized by Google.

To keep it short. Do not forward non-content related web sites to your web page. Lesson learned, and I've cut the forwarding on all my sites. You might want to check out the Google Webmaster Guidelines for your own benefit.

http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=35769

Google, I'm sorry... please forgive me.

Google Sorry Real Estate

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Posted by Rob Gerichs on 10/18/2007 11:53 PM

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12 Comments on Real estate tip to stay on Google's good side

OCT

2007

Short and to the point, but very good information! Thank you!

Aloha, Rob. Very interesting post. This SEO thing is really tricky. I have so much to learn...

SEO is a tricky topic. Just when you think you know what will work the rules end up varying.

Google does get a little hissy when you try to trick it. I've seen sites get reindexed after they were cleaned up and behaved a little bit.

thanks for the info, I am still learning the ins and outs of all this stuff!

Rob, I agree with the comments that being a guru in SEO takes some assistance. Between many posts to read and getting educated from the experts in SEO, it all takes time. But hopefully the higher rankings pay off in more leads and relationships developed from contact through the Internet.

Wait. Did you even have anything on those other domain names? Or were they just pointing at your site. I wasn't aware that just pointed multiple domain names at your site could hurt your placement. In our area, there are several different cities that everyone thinks are just Daytona Beach. So I registered a domain name with each city in it, and just point them all at my site. I then use that city's domain name in whatever blog I'm posting, if it's specifically for that city.

Great post - thank you for your head's up and sharing it with the community here on Active Rain!

OCT

2007

Thank you for sharing the information. There is so much to learn.

JAN

2008

Rob -

How has the investment ange on the URL's worked out? Have you actually sold any at a profit?

Vito Boscaino

Managing Partner

Help-U-Sell North High Realty

www.servingcolumbus.com

I'm a bit confused as well - I thought pointing or redirecting dormant domain names to my main web site was ok - other terms they might use, neighborhoods on the main site, etc.

I have avoided trying to learn SEO because all the rules seem confusing. This is one that seems unreasonable. I am going to watch this post to see if the concept becomes clear when some of the experienced SEO experts explain.

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