True confessions of a tired webmaster. Sometimes it is all too overwhelming!

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Geez.... if the tried and true webmaster of the sages is tired and overwhelmed can you imagine how us dorks but learning are feeling right now? Sometimes I feel as if I will never catch up so my business plan for next year includes bringing a techie on board so I can spend more time selling more homes!!

Richard,

I am so happy to have found my friends, like you, in the Rain.  I will keep up with what Google changes by checking it out here.  It has made my life a little easier.  And I can sure use that these days!!

April

Richard, I thought I was alone!  It does get lonely at the top!  I have been doing this for over a decade now.  It is like pulling a rabbit out of your have over 1 million times. What worked yesterday does not work today.  There was a time my new websites could be on top of the Internet in 2 weeks.  Now it takes months, and I can only get one page indexed.  Hang in there buddy!

Keep fighting the power Richard. As long as there are major businesses to spend major money, we will always have a hard time keeping up. But, that doesn't we go down without swinging.

Some interesting comments here.  Sounds like we just need to keep plugging away, as exhausting as it can be.

Richard - I could not agree more.  I have been at this for ten years now, and it seems like there is always a new challenge or competitor.  We continue to get business from our site (and my blog now), but it is tough to maintain the edge that I once had.  I also had a competitor spend a bunch of money, and I was dethroned.  I still can't bring myself to do the same thing. 

Richard, Have you thought about getting a high school student to help with all of the updates?  Maybe a team of them, each with a different area to work on for you.

We can all help each other by doing something as simple as linking to another member's outside blog and localism blog. Internal linking doesn't count to Google, Technorati, etc but external links do.

You want to dethrone them back? Start networking with your closest pals and show someone else a little link love. They will link love you back, my friend when you least expect it. I talk about the blogs I enjoy all of the time and my habit of linking to my friends increases their SEO. My benefit? People read me more because they want to know where are we going today (LOL). I get e-mail requests to follow-up on older posts by the public when I least expect it (e.g. the teenager and Shea Stadium, Citi Field post). When kids bookmark you or embed a realtor video because they like your music, what else can a person say?(LOL)

Don't outspend them. Out perform them with a little help from your friends. BTW, everyone who participated in the Fall Eye Candy contest got a boost because the linkback went to their outside blogs. Posting to Localism.com made their original post originate from the highest tier, but my links to their outside blog gave them each an authority link on Technorati. See... there was a method to my madness when I insisted the contest must run a particular way. I maxed out their SEO for that one post for them with that one participation. If we each did it for each other, more authorities linking back externally will move them up in Google, Alexis and Technorati.

So, you guys wanna play with us for the Winter Eye Candy contest? You could always play among yourselves as well. Seriously! ;-)

Richard,

You seem to have quite a handle on things. I wish I had your knowledge. I read Carolyn's comment and my head is spinning. Too much to learn. Keep your head up though. You seem to be doing great! And, you are teaching me with most of your posts - so THANK YOU!!

~A:)

Richard - It seems like there will always be someone with deep pockets.  I think most people would rather deal with someone who is real to them rather than the giants.  But it scares me to read your post.  As a newbie here on the rain, I need what I am doing to matter.  Things are touch here in Michigan but I am not willing to give up on real estate yet.

As fast as Google , makes changes to its site ranking methods, others come along to implement methods to put them to your favor. It is probably a good thing from their perspective. People are attracted to the change, the challenge and Google thrives on (and is well aware of) the free publicity they always get when they make these changes. Even people on blogs are talking about them I'll bet.

It depends on what you are trying to accomplish. Our site shows up very well for our small, specialized niche, and it gets us business. Most people now days who call us are either on our web page or have been on it. Our site is not on top of all the latest bells and whistles, and we don't care. If we were in a bigger and more competitve market I guess it would matter more, but potential clients want information, want the site easy to understand and navigate, want an easy way to search listings. These things are easy enough to provide.

Another great post from the famous Richard Weisser. Please keep posting I injoy your post very much.

Edward

The internet is exciting. Like Prest Realty, I sell in Payson, AZ, a very small market.  So you can make a few mistakes, but not many.  It is fun and I spend far too much time on it.  Thanks for the post that has provoked so many comments.