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Learn How to Get the Most from Every Blog Post with Blog Post Review

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In the recent blog post review class Bob Stewart reviewed three blog posts from members. Each covered different tips and possible textual and formatting issues you might not think about until you see the correction. View the blog reviews indivudally in the view clips below.

Can I Use My Keyword Too Much in a Blog Post?

This blog post by Karen Berg was reviewed by Bob Stewart. The things he recommends improving were: think about how the consumer would search for your topic - would anybody type your keyword phrase into a search engine?; If you have evergreen info, dont use dates in the keywords because that gives them an expiration date; and dont use your keyword phrases too much. If you are using your keyword phrase more than 3-5 times (how about more than 20 times?) the search engines might consider it keyword stuffing.

Watch the 13 minute clip of this blog post being reviewed.


 

Does Too Much White Space Hurt Your Blog Post?

In this blog post by Chris and Dick, Bob Stewart found mostly formatting issues. While the content was very good in terms of the SEO Checklist, there was too much white space in the blog that it had an unprofessional appearance. After removing some of the white space and a few more formatting tricks, the post was good to go.

Watch the 13 minute clip for this blog post being reviewed


 

Bold Titles Can Actually Scare People Away!!!

Some people are under the impression that using special characters, lots of exclamation points (!!!!!) and lots of details will encourage views. But that can do just the opposite. If you give specific information in the title of your blog you could exclude someone that might not be looking for that specific home, service, etc. when what you really want is to get them to your blog post so you can get them searching for homes on your website and capture them as a lead. Make sure you use anchor text for your deep links that tell them exactly where they are going.

Watch the 16 minute clip for this blog post

 

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Comments (6)

Kathy Schowe
California Lifestyle Realty - La Quinta, CA
La Quinta, California 760-333-8886

GREAT INFO and examples of each blog post and ways to improve them!  Thank you!!  Kathy

Jul 18, 2013 08:40 AM
FN LN
Toronto, ON

I am looking forward to reviewing these videos to gather new ideas on improving my SEO.

Jul 18, 2013 09:03 AM
Florida Tolbert Team Keller Williams Advantage
Keller Williams Advantage III Realty in Lake Nona - Orlando, FL
Keller Williams Land Luxury Division Specialist

Very interesting tips and I may have to take a few into consideration and see if I can get any higher in the SEO hunt. 

Hey BOB, can you do one of mine next?

Jul 18, 2013 11:22 AM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

Thanks for the recap.  I was listening today and I learned quite a bit that I can apply to my posts about staging. 

Jul 18, 2013 11:37 AM
Debbie Gartner
The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY
The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

Thanks so much Bob. These are always helpful to watch with these real examples.  Thank you.

Jul 18, 2013 07:53 PM
Karen Johnson, Realtor, ABR
Addison Wolfe Real Estate - Doylestown, PA
"Bucks County PA Homes"

Hi Kerrie and Bob, thanks so much for much for the videos.  I plan on watching over the weekend to write my three blogs with the new tips.  I love to learn new ideas!

Jul 19, 2013 05:58 AM