Think about this when marketing your listings:

If a consumer is seeking information about homes for sale in an area they may not be totally familiar with, why do you think they would care about an address until AFTER they have located the City & State first?

They wouldn't know the address until they arrive at the location (your City & State) first, so how could they provide Google or any other search engine with a search title by address until they know it?

If you place anything in front of the City & State part of the title, you are missing the point of the power of using your City & State first and THEN adding your listing's address to the title of your posts.

This group is not Listings By Address and was designed to give you better results with the premise of the various Search Engines looking for property for sale in your area by the location first, such as your City and State.

By putting the City & State first, then your title, you are maximizing your search engine results by being repetitive in your location announcements. If you want to be known as the expert for your area, you must promote your City & State, and then your listings to get the best search engine results.

Only consumers that already know about your listing will, perhaps, then re-search it later by address. They first go to the City and State, so you will do your listings a favor by composing your title using City & State first, then add whatever title you want.

The other group, "Listings by Address" does not care what order your title is in as long as the address is in the title, so, if you are going to post to both groups, that is fine, but this group will get better results if you follow the format and guidelines, CITY & STATE: the your title.

Here are the Short & Sweet Guidelines once again:

GROUP: CITY & STATE: Listings and Market Reports

Post only: Listings and market condition reports or statistics

HEADING: MUST start with City or County or Area, then 2 letter State: then your title.

Posts that do not follow the format and concept of the Group: will be removed.

Please read the complete  GUIDELINES before posting!

Designed to have members and consumers TARGET your City or Area and your State!

Thank you and we hope to see you inform us about your CITY, STATE: Listings and Reports!

CITY (or county or area), STATE: Title is the format!

CITY, STATE: TITLE, not  Title, City & State.

There is a purpose for placing the City & State first! Getting search results!!!!!!

UPDATE 1/19/2008.........ActiveRain has just put on a post that addresses LISTINGS. See Item # 3 in the post.

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