local google advertising: Above The Fold | Battle Between Graphics Department And SEO Department
- 07/17/11 06:37 PM
There is constant tension between a companies SEO department and it's "graphics" department: a fist fight for who gets to edit "above the fold" IF.. if you concede to having a glitzy flash banner or some other subjective (albeit visually appealing) graphic... You're company website or blog has just been knocked out of Google ranking. Text rules Google's Roost The machine that runs Google's Ranking (it's an algorithm, a mathematical equation) can't make subjective distinctions, it can not look at the Mona Lisa and tell you why it's "better" than a little kids water color Now TEXT G can "parse", … (0 comments)
local google advertising: Why Your Company Website Isn’t Showing Up In Google Local Listings?
- 05/31/11 08:23 PM
by ApexPredator on 2010/08/24 Reading time: 4 – 6 minutes Why is your company website not showing up in Google Local Listings? What’s the most valuable part of your website and blog? The title and the opening line of text. The first words out your mouth need to be what your prospect wants… NOT what you want to say about yourself. No One Gives a Damn Who You Are Nor do they really care if you “welcome them to your website” The most common gross tactical error I see in company websites of all kinds is to open with: “Welcome to … (6 comments)
local google advertising: Yahoo Local Business Listings | DIY SEO
- 05/31/11 10:35 AM
by ApexPredator on 2010/01/19 Reading time: 6 – 10 minutes Yahoo can provide traffic to your site via means other than Yahoo…Even though Google is the big Kaunas. Fix your Yahoo Listing to fix your Google ranking If you’ve listed your brick n mortar small business with Google Local (Googlemaps) you’re way, way ahead of the game. If you’ve done so at: Yahoo Local Bing Local BOTW Yelp Insiderpages You’re even farther ahead of the game. However: If you’ve moved your place of business (your physical street address), changed your phone number, moved to a new website, changed your url, changed your email … (8 comments)
local google advertising: Google Places Ranking Improved For Real Estate Agents
- 05/31/11 07:23 AM
Reading time: 2 – 3 minutes Latest news from Frederick Web Promotions: Google Local Business Listings aka Googlemaps ranking can be improved. The algorithm Google employs to determine which company is ranked where in Google local is: Different than the algorithm for the main body of search results (aka the organic search results Slower to update Easy to get in trouble with Google’s “rules” for what is acceptable and what is not acceptable are ambiguous If you had a high ranking in Googlemaps and you just found your listing fell.. Frederick Web Promotions can help. How much is a Googlemaps ranking … (0 comments)
local google advertising: Geographical Google Juice, Here's What Your Local SEO Is Missing
- 02/24/11 09:40 PM
Geographical Google Trust Geographical Google Trust: one thing most SEO's miss is to get the client to rank NOT for the keywords that people type in (see my blog post "It's a Keyword Driven Economy http://www.frederickwebpromotions.com/2011/01/23/its-a-keyword-driven-economy/ ) we need to rank for our Geographical Area -
The purpose of our blogs is to drive traffic to our main websites, one purpose of our Facebook Business pages is to improve our Google Trust with regard to our Geographical Google Juice:
Google your county (and nothing else), the first thing Google returns is the Google Map then the government's website then … (5 comments)
local google advertising: What you don't know CAN hurt you! If you are promoting your business on Facebook you should check this out
- 01/02/11 05:26 PM
Facebook (For Business Promotion) Gross Tactical Error most businesses make: Businesses assume Social Media is for getting YOUR message out. Facebook filters out business messages that don't meet certain criteria So you got your business on Facebook and you're hoping to "get your message out" via social media, how do you know anyone is seeing what you're posting? When you put something on your FB wall, you're assuming all of your Facebook friends are going to see it? You sure about that? Everybody knows they need to do something to promote their local small business on Facebook When you post TO … (8 comments)
local google advertising: What Tone Should Your Blogging Voice Be?
- 08/24/10 06:20 AM
You guys n gals are real estate professionals. I, on the other hand "did stay at a Holiday Express last night". I'm a Local SEO/ Social Media Marketing Contractor, specializing in the real estate industry. What "voice" do I recommend you use when blogging? In my not so humble opinion, blogging is NOT stuffed shirt, it is coloquial, it's a conversation... the reason it's so effective is due to it NOT being "same old/ same old" You *could* argue that a blogger is less than a journalist, it's somehow "messy", almost "blue collar", and you'd be right... I'm saying that's WHY … (5 comments)
Hi Mike, To answer your question requires that I split the answer into 2 parts: Facebook Friends and Facebook Business Page Fans. With regard to FB friends (on your PERSONAL FB Profile) having competing RE agents post their offerings on your wall could only serve to further them and not you... within FB's edge rank (ranking algorithim) having relevant "objects" (people, contacts, and websites could be considered "objects") *should* serve to improve your ranking within Facebook. Now … (0 comments)
local google advertising: 162 Characters Between Your Website And Google Oblivion
- 08/23/10 12:57 PM
As a Local Google Advertising expert I'm often asked to get a corporate website to rank higher in Google's SERPS (Search Engine Results Pages). 80% of that work off site, that is the work I do is NOT to the clients site, it consists of creating external sites that link to the company site. Of the remaining 20% of what I do is divided between 'under the hood' changes to the site's code and altering the position of and strategic placement of copy on the existing corporate website. Almost always a client comes to me with an existing website. That … (1 comments)
local google advertising: Why Does SEO Cost So Much
- 08/06/10 06:32 AM
I'm often asked why it costs so much for a webmaster to pay an SEO professional to improve a company website's rank in Google. The often steep fees charged by competent SEO consultants can price some small businesses out of the market. The ROI or return on investment from increased sales or leads from a top ranked spot in Google can double a businesses gross sales. Why is it a company has no problem paying $30,000 for a pick up truck that earns no income but balk at paying $5,000 or $10,000 for a top ranking in local Google search … (0 comments)
local google advertising: You Want Something From Google And Don't Have a Blogspot Blog?
- 08/05/10 05:30 AM
Every ActiveRain Blog Needs a Blogger.com Supporting Blog Everybody wants to be #1 in Google, categorically/ universally... everybody wants the same thing. The brass ring of advertising (and the point of entry for marketing) is to rank #1 in Google If you WANT something FROM Google, use Google's tools (as many as possible), what you want to do is ingratiate yourself with Google. If you're reading this you probably have an ActiveRain blog, some of you also have an outside blog which you are using in lieu of a conventional HTML website... If the regional search engine competition in your geographical … (10 comments)
local google advertising: Hyper Local Posts Means Being The Local Newspaper
- 07/21/10 04:26 AM
We sell homes or we get paid one when someone buys a home, if you're an agent and you blog, you're likely wanting to have your current listing "show up in Google". You wouldn't be here if you weren't aware that blogging is hands down, the best way to "show up in Google", but do you know HOW to get a blog to show up in Google where you want it to show up? I'm an SEO Contractor, companies hire us to get them to rank, ranking where you want to rank is NOT a guarantee the client will get sales.There … (3 comments)
local google advertising: You May Not Rank in Google Like You Think You Do
- 07/11/10 09:52 AM
Google personalized search shows you what IT THINKS YOU WANT TO SEE, or you may not rank near as high as you think you do... How to see what everyone else sees, a HOW TO from CWP Tech Solutions So you think you rank in Google? You sure about that? Google personalized search shows you what it thinks you want to see. To check to see if Google is Showing You What You Want to See, disable Web History.
Google Is Tracking Your Search History Your Search Results "MAY" Be "Customized" based on search activity from "this computer"
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local google advertising: SEO Your Blog Titles |Stop Naming Your Blogs With Your Name
- 06/22/10 01:27 AM
This post is gonna be short and to the point: I've got a pet peeve with many of you ActiveRainers I do SEO/ Social Media Optimization for small businesses, doctors, lawyers and I specialize in real estate professionals. Almost all of you guys named your ActiveRain blogs with YOUR NAME! Keywords are currency Stop naming your blogger blogs, your wordpress.com blogs, your company websites and your active rain profiles with your name... and you wonder why you aren't ranking in Google. You've got to put yourself in your prospective customers mind, your customers are concerned about one thing and one thing only: What … (4 comments)
local google advertising: So You Want Something From Google And Didn't Hang Your Shingle Out?
- 06/20/10 10:24 AM
Everybody wants to rank #1 in Google, who wouldn't? That means you WANT something FROM Google... did you hang your shingle out? There are tens of thousands of blogs, most of them are not for commercial use by professional bloggers. If you were Googlebot, how would you know "this one is important" and "this other one is the diary filled with teenage angst"? Did you remember to tell Google you Are a Professional Blogger? The path to all things Google is a gmail account, no gmail - no Google juice for you. Lot's of you have a Gmail account and aren't aware … (7 comments)
local google advertising: Get Your AR Blog To Autopost To Your Company Facebook Page
- 06/15/10 09:44 AM
I'm a social media optimization/ SEO consultant, I have real estate professionals as social media consulting / SEO clients. I'm finding out more than a few of you in the AR real estate marketing community want to learn how to SEO your listings and your real estate sites rank in the geographical area you're licensed to work in. Regional Search Engine Marketing You all want to be #1 in Google... you can't pull that off nationwide, I could but not without a half million dollar warchest, being #1 nationwide doesn't really do you any good if you're only licenced to work … (7 comments)
local google advertising: Blog Titles and Website Copy... Wasted Valuable Real Estate
- 04/10/10 06:45 PM
You want to sell real estate, that's why you got an ActiveRain blog to go with the real estate website you're hoping will translate into real estate sales. What's the most valuable part of your website and blog? The title and the opening line of text. The first words out your mouth need to be what your prospect wants... NOT what you want to say about yourself. No One Gives a Damn Who You Are Nor do they really care if you "welcome them to your website" The most common gross tactical error I see in company websites of all kinds … (46 comments)
local google advertising: If you don’t write to please GoogleBot FIRST
- 09/26/09 08:50 PM
Do you do web design?” The following reply is common for many SEO agencies: “Not really, but I always seem to have to go behind you guys take the client out of the witness protection plan you all keep sending them to.” Web Designers think they’re supposed to be writing to please humans. Web Designers are Totally Clueless… If you don’t write to please GoogleBot FIRST no one is ever going to see your Shakespearean prose of glitzy flash presentation. Most web design or redesign projects are executed on specifications. In most cases, those specifications emphasize front end design and user … (3 comments)
local google advertising: Google Local Business Listings Secret
- 09/13/09 09:24 AM
Local Business Listings on Google Local Google Advertising Google offers a free business listing to small businesses at the top of most local search results pages. Anatomy of a Google search result page: Listings on the right side bar are paid advertisements, often called "sponsored links" The main body of a search result page are called the "organic" or "natural" search listings At the very top in a colored text box are also paid advertisements, sponsored links. Above the organic listings are "Google Local Business Listings" This wiki deals with only with the Local Business Listings You will notice a map … (6 comments)
local google advertising: Google this: Local Google Advertising
- 12/10/08 10:11 AM
Go ahead, Google this phrase: Local Google Advertising Why bother hiring a Google consultant if that consultant isn't #1 in Google themselves? What does it take to get YOUR real estate listing(s) #1 in Google? ...It takes a Local Google Advertising Consultant For details, see Frederick Web Promotions David Bruce301 363-8206davidbrucejr@frederickwebpromotions.com6688 Canada Goose CtFrederick, Maryland 21703 … (0 comments)
There is constant tension between a companies SEO department and it's "graphics" department: a fist fight for who gets to edit "above the fold" IF.. if you concede to having a glitzy flash banner or some other subjective (albeit visually appealing) graphic... You're company website or blog has just been knocked out of Google ranking. Text rules Google's Roost The machine that runs Google's Ranking (it's an algorithm, a mathematical equation) can't make subjective distinctions, it can not look at the Mona Lisa and tell you why it's "better" than a little kids water color Now TEXT G can "parse", … (0 comments)
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