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Look what happens when you HANG OUT IN THE RAIN, and start Bloging on Active Rain! My Google Search Engine Analyst after only 30 Days for www.lizcarter.com

I am so excited and had to share this great news! I just received this Google Search Engine resultsfrom my web host, Best Image, Number 1 Expert. They had done some tweaking to my web site and this is their results. However I would like to personally thank Justin Smith, know to my friends on the Rain as The Tomato man for all his hard work. After years of just "having a web site", that had fair rankings, it was not until I got involved with Active Rain, that a whole new world was opened up to me. I swear when I first got on Active Rain I posed a question to AR, "WHAT DOES SEO STAND FOR?"...how embarrassing, but I had to share in case there are "OTHERS" out there like I was.

Don't be afraid to ask this wonderful group of people on Active Rain anything...they are like FAMILY, and you never know what you might learn! So be don't be afraid to ask dumb questions.

Hang out in THE RAIN, Blog your heart out, make friends, and it will help your Real Estate business I promise.

Contact Justin Smith - Blogging Coach {Blogging, SEO, SEM, SMO}

Picture of Real Estate - Other: Justin Smith - Blogging Coach {Blogging, SEO, SEM, SMO} (Real Estate Tomato)

Of course I must take some credit too for my wonderful blogs I've written...not the first ones of course, those were a little rough around the edges. Again the more you are IN THE RAIN the better you get, just like everything else in life, it takes time, hard work, and practice to get better! OK, Justin let's get #1 on all searches...I always want to be #1 at ever thing I do, so that's not asking too much, Is It?"

You can do it Justin, and I'll keep blogging

From:Stacey Pfeifer [mailto:stacey@bestimage.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 7:00 PM
To: Liz Carter
Subject: Google results one month after 3.5 title and meta tag upgrade.

Hi Liz,

Our Search Engine Analyst always does a 30 day review after upgrading any template SEO that is on the site. We had upgraded your site to our most recent optimizations to the title and meta tags and he is finding these results. This is a standard inquiry so it may or may not take into account any new work that Justin is doing. I'm fairly sure that's impossible to say/track, but good news in any case:

Google results one month after 3.5 title and meta tag upgrade.

Results I found in Google for these searches :

katy texas real estate http://www.lizcarter.com/ result number 2

katy tx real estate http://www.lizcarter.com/ result number 6

katy real estate http://www.lizcarter.com/ result number 8

katy homes http://www.lizcarter.com/ result number 17

katy homes for sale http://www.lizcarter.com/ result number 12

katy texas homes http://www.lizcarter.com/ result number 8

Sugar land tx real estate for sale http://www.lizcarter.com/ result number 7

Houston texas real estate listings http://www.lizcarter.com/ result number 14

katy luxury homes http://www.lizcarter.com/ result number 5

Houston golf course real estate http://www.lizcarter.com/ result number 11

Sugar Land Texas real estate listings mls http://www.lizcarter.com/ result number 5

Thanks,

Stacey

Posted by Liz Carter,Broker/Owner of Liz Carter & Team Realty, Katy TX (Houston) on 02/21/2008 03:36 PM

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17 Comments on Look what happens when you HANG OUT IN THE RAIN, and start Bloging on Active Rain! My Google Search Engine Analyst after only 30 Days for www.lizcarter.com

That's awesome. congratulations

02/21/2008 03:46 PM

by Clint Haynes (Peoples Home Equity, Inc.)

liz,

numero uno is next..

02/21/2008 03:47 PM

by Scott Daniels Florida Real Estate 2.0. Agents Earn 100% Commission. (Florida List For Less Realty, Inc. Broker/Owner. )

Working on SEO makes all the difference in the world in our business - Great job!

02/21/2008 03:51 PM

by Bill Gassett Metrowest Massachusetts Real Estate (RE/MAX Executive Realty)

Hi Clint, thanks. It has been a job working with Justin. Of course I've never met him, but you can tell a lot over the phone. I can, because I have spent much of my career on the phone prospecting. You lean to listen to all kinds of things that tell you what the other person is really like.

Hi Scott, you got it...it's more fun being numero uno :). Liz

Hi Bill, amen. There are a lot of bad ones out there. I was lucky to find Justin, and it was on the rain. Liz

02/21/2008 04:04 PM

by Liz Carter,Broker/Owner of Liz Carter & Team Realty, Katy TX (Houston) (Liz Carter & Team Realty-Top Realtor in Katy & Houston Texas)

I've been with number 1 for years since 1999, gee they never did that for me. I had them tweek things in my site after learning so much here. So I cut and pasted your letter and ask them to do my site. Thanks and glad your rankings are up.

02/21/2008 04:52 PM

by Missy Caulk Ann Arbor Real Estate (Keller Williams Ann Arbor, Michigan)

Great news! I'm still learning and yes my blogs are still rough around the edges. I have really enjoyed the information on the rain. Have a great day!

02/21/2008 05:02 PM

by Katharine Carey, Agent Carey- Realtor® (Sun-Mark Properties)

Hi Missy, I have been very pleased with best image, and my web site managed to be fairly good even before I paid any attention to it because of them. They might have upgraded your sight and you didn't even know it, but it's worth checking, and let me know if you need to name of someone there that has been a big help to me. Also the AR blogging has really helped, but mostly I have to give credit to Justin. You might want to check with him on helping you with your sight. Let me know how it goes. Liz

Hi Katharine,hang in there :), it gets easier and really a lot of fun too. Don't delete any of your old blogs, they are fun to go back and look at. In fact I want to do a blog that has one of my old ones and redo it for a comparison of how far I'm come :). I'm not anywhere close to as good as some of these guys on here. They produce works of art! So I'm still learning too. Hope to get to know you better. Liz

02/21/2008 06:11 PM

by Liz Carter,Broker/Owner of Liz Carter & Team Realty, Katy TX (Houston) (Liz Carter & Team Realty-Top Realtor in Katy & Houston Texas)

Liz - Congrats on your ranking. I'm thrilled with everything that I've been learning on AR and apply the tips and suggestions to my website regularly. I'm looking forward to watching the ranking rise over time. Best wishes for your continued success.

02/21/2008 06:25 PM

by Lynn Johnson, Owatonna, MN Real Estate (Coldwell Banker Home Connection)

Hi Lynn, thanks that's very nice of you to say. Hope yours does as well. Keep up that boging :). Liz

02/21/2008 08:01 PM

by Liz Carter,Broker/Owner of Liz Carter & Team Realty, Katy TX (Houston) (Liz Carter & Team Realty-Top Realtor in Katy & Houston Texas)

Way to go Liz! You are going to hang there when the bad gets worse. And, for you it will be good. Kudos, Later in the rain~Deb

02/21/2008 10:17 PM

by Deb at Brooks Prime Properties

Hey Deb,i'ts been a long, great ride...32+ years. I'm in the middle of writing an article for the Houston Business Journal (they have a rewards breakfast every year in Houston for the top 25 agents out of the 25,000 that's in this market), and one of the questions they ask was, "What are your future goals". Good question at my stage? I want to see my great niece who has been with me since she was 17 sell a home for our first 3nd generation client. Kinda cool, huh. Liz

02/21/2008 10:53 PM

by Liz Carter,Broker/Owner of Liz Carter & Team Realty, Katy TX (Houston) (Liz Carter & Team Realty-Top Realtor in Katy & Houston Texas)

Congratulations Liz on your search engine results. AR is a wonderful community for learning about SEO.

02/22/2008 02:50 AM

by Jill Wente - Spring TX Real Estate (Prudential Gary Greene)

Wow, Liz! Good for you. But really, your wonderful blogs have a lot to do with it.

02/22/2008 02:55 AM

by Virginia Hepp Mesquite NV REALTOR>> Mesquite NV Real Estate (Mesquite GMAC Real Estate)

Hi Jill, thanks and yes I'm addicted to AR...that's why we are up so late. Night night. Liz

Hello my friend Virginia, I was thinking about you today! Hope all is well, and will get my some of your post tomorrow...promise. Gotta go night night. Liz

02/22/2008 02:59 AM

by Liz Carter,Broker/Owner of Liz Carter & Team Realty, Katy TX (Houston) (Liz Carter & Team Realty-Top Realtor in Katy & Houston Texas)

Cool.....seo does work......and blogging is a big part of it it seems.

02/22/2008 03:43 PM

by Konnie McKee Northern Virginia Real Estate (Konnie McKee )

Liz - I am only slightly ahead of you in that I know what SEO stands for (I learned two weeks ago after pretending for a week that I knew). Congratulations on your search engine rankings. It is very encouraging for those of us new to AR to read so many success stories. I hope one day to be able to write a similar post inspiring someone else. Thanks for sharing.

02/22/2008 07:20 PM

by PTBAC

Hi Konnie, yes it does, but be careful who you hire (if you hire someone to help), that field is loaded with people who can end up hurting you, and really ripping you off. I was lucky to find Justin Smith, and I had only gone though one quack. He was a little nuts too, even as little as I know, I realized he was not helping me and I canceled the contact and got away with only a short amount of money spent for nothing, $300. Learned a lot, and feel very blessed to have Justin, he is extremely ethical. Liz

Hi Steven, yes it's sad...but everyone has to start somewhere. I've never been afraid to ask dumb questions and risk being made fun of. You get pretty tough skin after 32 years in real estate , and lots of rejection. So ask away. Liz