Are Your Websites / Blogs Ready for 2009? Here Are 5 Things To Do NOW

It's the beginning of the year, and everyone is thinking "NEW" - but what about "OLD"?  We need to maintain what is already in existance.  Here is a list of 5 things that you need to take care of now :

1. Make sure that the Copy Right notice on your website / blogs, etc... has been updated to include 2009.  Copyright notice should look something like:  "Copyright © 2000-2009 eRealty Network, LLC --- All Rights Reserved."
   
2. Make sure that your contact information on all your sites and blogs is current and accurate.  Think to include new contact means like IM,
   Text, Skype, etc...
   
3. Test your forms.  They may have been created years ago, and since the market has slowed maybe you have just assumed that no one is using them, but they could have stopped working if the programmer's scripts were changed, if the host no longer is supporting certain scripts, etc... (make sure your confirmation pages after the forms are filled out work correctly as well)
   
   
4.  Validate all your links.  That's just fancy talk for "make sure they work"!  2009 is going to show greater relevance placed by Google on a site's usability and broken links are not good!  Google is going to be placing much more influence on how visitors use your site - Google Analytics should become your new best friend.
   
5. Review all your domain registration and hosting information, make sure your contact info is updated with them and set calendar reminders of your renewal dates...you don't want to find out the hard way that you've missed a renewal deadline...or miss potential business because of it!

Those were fairly simple, weren't they?  Now you're 5 steps closer to getting 2009 started off on the right foot - give yourself a cheer! Actually - I've already done it for you :-)    (Don't forget that these items could all be handled skillfully by your Real Estate Virtual Assistant if you don't have room for them on your own plate.)