We were a little slow to add the new ActiveRain Outside blog feature. Now that we've added it, there's no going back.
In only a few short weeks, we've seen an increase in traffic to our blog posts and in our posts getting indexed by Google, and quickly!
We specialize in Localism posts on Missoula and Western Montana and its communities and Google is eating it up.
According to Active Brad: "The high point is our automatically generated Site-map which helps Google (and other search engines) more quickly and accurately index these Blogs."
Kevin was a professional web designer prior to our career in real estate so this is what impressed him the most. We are in the process of going back through our past blog posts and breaking them down by neighborhood so those will show on the URL also.
Brad's post includes info on the SEO features and a list of other Outside Blogs for you to check out:
And Virginia Hepp's New Address is Google and Carole Provenzale says Is ActiveRain the New eBay?
My favorite features of the Outside Blogs are the Widgets - thanks Rich (keep 'em coming)! I love that you can add a Google Search to your blog and it's easy to set up the Subscribe by Email or RSS feed through Feedburner.
ActiveRain Widgets for Outside Blogs
So if you're thinking about setting up an AR Outside Blog - here's how:
How to Create an Outside Blog in 10 Easy Steps
And Bring on the Traffic!
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I need to get on the ball and create an outside blog. I have one through my hosting company, but it just isn't doing what I need.
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