Realtor Web Design 101 - Tips for a site that works

Imagine you're using a GPS system to get around town to show your clients a series of potential houses. Your GPS device has 68 buttons on it and they aren't labeled correctly so when you push the buttons you get unexpected results. You push the menu button and you get topics about dog whistles an...

One of the common topics we talk about with our sellers is how to make their homes more appealing and sellable. We go on and on about cleanliness, staging, curb appeal, and presentation, etc. Why is it that we inculcate this into our clients? As a buyer with hundreds or thousands of houses out th...

There are a lot of awesome tools and designs out there. As a web designer you have to ask, "can I implement the most advanced tools and design into my site?" Surprisingly, the answer may be, "NO."The purpose of great design is to retain viewers and convert them into clients, right? Well, have you...

This is about as simple as it comes. When you write your web page it is supposed to be specific. As you write about that specific topic it is important to place the topic from your meta tags at the top of your content area in a header html tag. Below it is the "This is the Header Title for My Con...

The importance of Meta Tags  A web page keyword set is used by search engines to help them determine what a page is about and to help them know when to display certain results. The keywords are not visible to the user because they are placed in what are called meta tags. A meta tag is html that i...

The importance of Meta Tags  A web page description is used by search engines to help them determine what a page is about and to help them know what to display in search engine results. The description is not visible to the user because it is placed in what is called a meta tag. A meta tag is htm...

Suit up and strap it on, this one's a dooooozy... but very important for those serious about good search rankings... Web Site Popularity Explained One of several key ways to make your web site or blog rise to the top of the search engines is by making it popular. Popularity for a site works very ...

A web site is a location on the internet comprised of multiple web pages. The pages link together creating the site. Web pages (hereafter "pages") should be specific, providing mass to a web site. Well written pages (and tools) give true value to the web site. In the end, well written pages will ...

What could be said of World Book Encyclopedias? They are generally reliable and they are consistent. Search engines give credit for the age of a web site. How much credit? no one knows. However, engines like a site that has been around for some time. The content can change and navigation move aro...

Would you go into a store called "Dog Whistles R US" to buy car brakes? Having the right domain name is very important. A domain name is the name of your web site. For example, "Yahoo" is the domain name in www.yahoo.com and "ebay" is the domain name for www.ebay.com. Search engines give a lot of...