seo: Social Engagement and SEO - 1000 Word Experiment - 10/20/15 03:32 PM
     Today I just wanted to write about something which is pretty important, social engagement and seo.  What I am referring to is how search engines give credit to and value the way your profiles on social media, your website, your facebook page, your tweets, etc, are received by other people.  The value of your content and the way people interact with your content has changed so much in the past 3 years it is amazing, so I just wanted to share my personal experience and current assessment of this issue with you.  Hopefully it gives you some ideas and encourages … (7 comments)

seo: Google Penguin Update Killed Your Real Estate Website? FIX IT - 05/07/12 07:41 AM
Google Penguin Update Killed Your Real Estate Website? FIX IT
 
So by now many of you have discovered that when you search in Google for "Your town + real estate" some of the top search engine results have drastically changed.  Many of the most popular and top ranking real estate websites have now dropped a long way down the list of results.  If your real estate website was hit, you are probably at your wits end wondering How? and Why? and more importantly, what can you do to fix it.
 
How? Let me Explain....
 
This spring Google has … (4 comments)

seo: March is a Boom my Manitoba Friends - 03/07/11 06:53 PM
Still building websites for my real estate, mortgage, and other businesses.  Some huge announcements coming out next month.  I just wanted to pass along to my Manitoba friends the info that the new home of my Lethbridge Real Estate outside blog here at Activerain is now: http://lethbridge-alberta.com
 
So if your thinking of coming out West, look me up.
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seo: Lethbridge SEO - Some Useful Links - 12/07/10 09:45 AM
Lethbridge SEO - Some Useful Links
 
These are some useful links for my local small business clients who are interested in reading more about search engine optimization on a local level.  For those who are interested I also have some printed (yup on paper) reports on what is going on in the local marketplace.
 
Probably the biggest change is the fact that there are now dozens of idiots running around town proclaiming themselves to be SEO experts.  Half of these fools went to community college, the other half bought some $49 course off of Ebay, and now they all … (0 comments)

seo: Lethbridge SEO Search Engine Optimization - 11/01/09 01:43 PM
Lethbridge SEO  Search Engine Optimization
 
As a business owner in Lethbridge, having a basic understanding of Lethbridge SEO search engine optimization is something which can help help you develope an effective and affordable marketing plan. 
 
Lethbridge is an interesting community in the fact that our population of individuals who are under 25 and over 65 are both quite large.  This is due to large numbers of students and senior citizens who call Lethbridge home.  Lethbridge is also a fairly affluent city.  Virtually all of our residents are online or have access to the internet, yet the majority of our … (2 comments)

seo: Get Your Website Listed in 1250 Free Online Directories - 08/10/09 06:17 AM
Getting your website listed in online directories is much like getting your website listed in a variety of 'yellow pages'.  Some of these directories are industry specific and some are just general directories that group websites with similar businesses.  Either way, a directory listing gets your website another potential backlink, which helps give you a little more 'google juice' and improves your search engine ranking.

There are literally hundreds of online directories which allow you to list your website for FREE. 
 
Watch out! There are a few directories that require you to place a link back to the directory … (5 comments)

seo: Bing Lethbridge or Bing Active Rain? How is your Bing Ranking? - 07/14/09 07:24 PM
Bing is a new search engine which may point to some ways that we need to evolve our web activities and presence if we intend to continue to stay relevant and on the top of consumers search results.  The following is an artical which I just read which I think everyone with a website should read.  I am reposting it with full credit to the author, Rene LeMerle, leaving all of his original links completely intact.  Feel free to follow them back to his SEO website and read more great content.
 
 
Bing SEO - How to Get Top 10 … (2 comments)

seo: 99 Cent .com Domain Name! Get in on this Deal - 02/17/09 08:14 AM
There is a deal right now at Godaddy.com that you can buy a dot com domain name for only 99 cents.  This is only available by using a coupon code at the checkout, and only one per account.  Regular price to register a domain there is 7 or 8 bucks a year, so this is a pretty good savings and elminates any excuses one might have to go register a creative domain name.
 
From time to time between real estate and finance related posts, I like to share SEO, internet marketing, and money saving tips with my friends.  If you … (16 comments)

seo: Submit Your Website to Free Directories Online - 02/15/09 07:18 AM
Yesterday I received an email from a fellow AR member who was asking me for a good source for inbound links.   I have my website included in many directories online, many of which I manually submitted it to myself, but also many more that I paid to have my site submitted to.  Directories are like an online version of the yellow pages.  They are simply central websites that contain links to many other wesites by category.  At one time they were extremely significant in achieving top search engine placement.  While they are not as significant a factor anymore, they are still … (16 comments)

seo: Link Exchange, SEO, Your Website, and What to Do Next - 02/14/09 07:18 AM
Many people have websites that go completely unknown and unnoticed due to their lack of proper search engine optimization.  For some people, they have no idea where to start when it comes to tweaking and improving their website so that it not only gets picked up by google but also is looked at by google as being a relevant website and receive a higher placement.
 
Take for example a site that I just recently started in mid-january, about 30 days ago.  That site is:  LethbridgeRealEstateBlog.com    This is now my outside blog for Active Rain and has received great traffic and … (11 comments)