Mary,

Thanks for the very valuable information. I have often asked about duplicate content and never got the same answer.

Mary- great advise. In the middle of your blog, I thought Jeff Foxworthy took over the writing. Thank you for the lesson

Hi Mary, Good stuff as always. There are waaaaay too many SEO experts out there. You are so right that if they don't do it for a living then I sure as heck wouldn't be taking their advice. I'm doing everything I can to clear up some time this week for your webinars. Especially the PR5 group. Thanks for the invite.

Mary.... I am losing my mind again....  you are spitting out so much information that I need to keep track of.  What exactly do you mean about more than 120 links on your home page. Links to?.....  

On another note, can you move your webinars to 3 pm?  LOL  <teasing> I missed last Tuesday because I just got swamped.. hoping to listen in on the next few... and then talking to you about my plans after the 1st of February...   the end of this month is rush, rush, rush...  thanks for the information.

Mary, I'll be there........signing on. Plan to be there for tomorrow. Can't wait to see what I learn. ;-)

I learn something new with every post of yours I read... thanks.  So... I can use the same post on AR and on my Point2 blog and it won't hurt each other????   I had asked this question of someone before and didnt get a response....  Keep teaching and I will keep learning :)!

Mary,  As always thanks for the helpful hints.  I have to admit that  I'd read, and read, and read and have to wonder who is an expert and who is a quack.  Thanks for the list.  I've read some of these before, but a couple of more for me to check out now as well.

Mary, thank you. I have definately seem some of that bad angadvice floating around.

Thanks for this information,  I look forward to more information at your teleconference.

Thanks.  I'm just now starting to learn about SEO and this is valuable.  I'll try to log in to your Tuesday class too.

Mary - Thanks for the information. I know that someday all of the suggestions that you made, and I implement, will pay off. I know it will take some time, so thanks for the help.

Good post... I will be there tomorrow as well.  Cant wait!

Mary, Thanks for the information.  I love finding out information about interent marketing. 

Mary - Another timely post. I hope you continue this effort to educate us. Your blog is one of the most informative anywhere on the interweb. I am fortunate to have discovered you. I only hope that I can comprehend a portion of what you share.

Thanks for the great tips.  I have been slammed with SEO companies that promise the world.  What is a good price to pay to have someone do this work anyway?  I have had quotes that are a flat fee, to monthly, ranging from 100 a month to some that want 1000 plus.  I like sign calls better!!

It does get confusing for the novice when so much different advice is offered.  It's hard to know who to trust.

Mary - There is so much mis information that is always floating around the net in regards to SEO. There are a few Realtors that have been involved in these link schemes in my area and have not been penalized for it. I can not figure out why. These Realtors have exchanged links with numerous other Realtors across the country. They still are on the 1st page of Google in the 1st few positions. Maybe they have not linked to enough sites for it to be considered a penalty??

I would place you in the same category as some of the best people you have mentioned - your advice is always excellent.

2:08 and I can not get on the webex or the phone... anyone else out there able to get on the training?

2:25pm EST.... Mary or anyone out there?

Monday:  2 PM EST: Blogging :: How to social network for traffic and leads

Join me for a 30 minute class on how you can use social network sites like Digg, Technorati, ActiveRain, LinkedIn, MyBlogLog, etc to build your business and blog. Bring your questions and hopefully I can answer them.

Recommended course reading: How to generate leads from a real estate blog

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Mary, thanks for the info.  I was too late today but I will tune in tomorrow.  Thank you for all your help.
AJ

I tried to dial into the call, but was getting an error that the PIN was invalid. The site also doesn't work on mac, apparently. Maybe I can tune in other times.

Too late today but plan to participate tomorrow!

Thank you for sharing your post with us all, I really enjoyed it,thank you and keep posting,

good stuff! SEO seems like some things are concrete and then there are some very subtle rules. You seem to have a grasp on both. Digging in to Aaron Walls SEO book right now, I'm about 2/3 through it. very intense stuff, but logical and most of all methodical. I'm glad he has alot of friends in the Google Hall Monitor section because he passes it on to us crumb snatchers. 

thanks for the great blog post. (just found you but looks like alot to learn here)

Mary, wow I SEO is a whole different world. You made some compelling points, from now on I think your advice will be what I listen to.

Love the great advice... Keep it up!

WOW - a lot of great info here.  I missed the Webinars.  Where can I look to see when and where the next Webinars are?  Thanks - Nancy

Mary, Thanks for posting this information. I'm fairly new to blogging and obviously have a lot to learn. I'm going to subscribe to your blog.

Hi Mary,

Do you know if there are any spam acts that have to do with RSS.  Recently someone informed me that every 4th feed they send out is an advertisement.  Is this right and/or legal?

Great info. I've subscribed to you blog and look forward to getting on one of your blog classes.  I'm sorry I missed the last one.  Please keep me posted as to your schedule of classes.

Thanks,

Zen

The link to Real Estate blogs Get Slapped by Google doesn't work for me - it resolves to a blank page. Is anyone else having this problem?

Thanks for the information. My SEO guy pretty much said what you said, so I guess that is good.

Mary 

Everything I learned about search engine optimization I've learned right here on Active Rain.  You're an Active Rain Educator!

Mike in Tucson

Yeah, my links aren't going to work- it seems they have blocked me from leaving links to my own site.

Link works for me

Lots of information here - I will have to reread some of it!!!

Thanks so much Mary. Excellent advice as usual. I still have so much to learn!!!

Thanks for the advice. I greatly appreciate it.

Thanks again for all the great information.  I try to keep up with it and want to get my site ranked higher with other search engines besides google.  I need more traffic to get more leads.  Any suggestions?

Great info, thanks for the post.

I subscribe to your RSS feed and your information is so extensive!  Wading through your info on AR is like dipping your DQ cone in chocolate!  Yummy.  Thank you.

"Wading through your info on AR is like dipping your DQ cone in chocolate!  Yummy."

This has to win the award for best descriptive complement on AR.  Or am I biased because I love ice cream and chocolate?  :-D 

Great article, quality over quantity can't be overstated in linking...

Great info,

Thanks for the post

Regards

BB 

This is my first time in this group, and this is the first blog I am reading.  I guess I've learned enough to know I know absolutely nothing about seo and blogging.  It looks like trying to improve my ranking myself is out of the question.  Your blog made me know if I want to improve seo, I will need a professional.

Thanks for all the great info -- I missed the telecon, but I am definitely going to subscribe to your blog!

 .... BlogRookie

Thanks -- your last tip hit home for me only expect what you inspect as you pointed out by saying "
Always ask why the person giving you advice is recommending it and before you implement it, make sure that a respected authority in the SEO word seconds it by doing a search on Google."

Great advise 

Mary, you are such a tremendous souce of information.  We 'rainers are so lucky to have you.

It so very hard to weed out the wannabees from the gonnabees to the "workerbees". Great effort.

mary...what is a chicklett?

Thanks for sharing this in-depth and very easy-to-follow information. It is much appreciated as I have launched a new site and am working hard to make it visible.

Mary, You always have such great info and insight. Your work is definitely apprecaited.

Zen

I had no idea blogging was so intense....wow.  Thanks.

Hi Mary,

Good advice, although I think I would disagree about the outbound links - quality and relevance is important, so I think you can overstep the mark if you are linking to well respected, good quality sites. 

Not sure I know 120+  real estate sites I would want to link to though :)

And too true - look at who is giving the advice before even thinking about listening to them. 

I have always wondered about duplicate content (if I post my blog on 2 different sites), I am going to read your other article on duplicate content filters.  THANK YOU!!

Mark.  The 120 links is not just for outbound links.  It is the total amount of links you can have on a home page whcih includes outbound and internal links like navigation before Google stops crawling you deeply.  That number is a proven fact in the SEO community.  the only tie you can go beyond 120 is when you have a very trusted domain or a PR4 or above.

Ah. My mistake, I was thinking outbound links only :) In that case, I agree - having that many links on the front page is a mistake. i like to interlink my internal pages so that the crawlers go deeper and deeper rather than having a huge list in one place.

Quite apart from that, it's unusable for a reader to see that many links in one place. Which is why it is penalized I suspect :)