real estate websites: Increasing Traffic to Your Real Estate Websites - What's it all about?
- 05/13/08 04:01 AM
Understanding the concepts surrounding search engine optimization and website marketing is the first step towards making your website successful as a leadgeneration and sales tool through the internet as a marketing medium. Search engine optimization(SEO) is defined as initiatives that affect a site's natural or organic search engine ranking results (not pay sponsored results). This includes analyzing and making many adjustments to items such as title, meta data, sitemaps, verification codes, robot commands, textual content, uniqueness of content, quality of content, textual links, alt tags for images, site submission, outbound linking, inbound linking, reciprocal linking and page refreshing, participation in real … (6 comments)
real estate websites: Inbound Links That Work
- 07/14/07 11:13 AM
I have been amazed to see how well this website has done to push up it's members in the organic searche engine rankings for searches related to relocation, and several variations of this search.
LINK PARTNERS ARE FREE- and I highly recommend this site as well since it does not put a bunch of Ads by Google between you (the members) and the visitors - but is truly designed to help buyers and sellers find local agents.
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real estate websites: Another Real Estate Website SEO Tip of The Day - Title Tags
- 07/09/07 11:47 AM
Something that is as simple as writing a good effective title can be more difficult than one might imagine - but here are a couple tricks to help out. First you probably know that the title is one of the most important identifying factors that tells a search engine, and in turn the people searching what you website is all about - so being clear and to the point is essential. Here are two tips: Keep the number of characters in your title to 90 or under - plain and simpleTry to overlap keyword phrases...for example )a very basic example, but I'm sure you … (7 comments)
real estate websites: Knowing When to hold 'Em of Fold 'Em - SEO Tip of the Day
- 07/09/07 11:06 AM
One of the hardest things about the search engine optimization realm is know when to adapt your website due to changes in the search engine algorithms, but it's even harder to know when to not make changes and then act accordingly. Truly knowing when to hold steady and not make changes is (in my opinion) one of the hardest things to do in the space. In the past couple weeks both Google and Yahoo's algorithms made some very serious changes (you may have noticed a lot of movement in the organic search results) - and this definitely affects all of us that utilize the internet as … (3 comments)
real estate websites: Another Home Staging Website SEO Client Reports First Page Search Engine Results!
- 06/30/07 11:08 AM
Congratulations to the home staging company, Nuances LLC (www.nuances,net) of Cape Cod, MA on total Internet domination in their geographical coverage area in the category of home staging. Take a look at these results! Yahoo:cape cod home stagingcape cod home staging companiesfalmouth ma home stagingsandwich ma home stagingeastern ma home staging companies Google:cape cod home staging companiescape cod home stagingfalmouth ma home staging companiessandwich ma home stagingeastern ma home staging MSN:cape cod home stagingcape cod home stagers AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON - ANY DOUBTS ABOUT IF FIRST SEO CONSULTANTS IS THE REAL DEALWHEN IT COMES TO SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION? We love to tell you … (0 comments)
real estate websites: An Upgraded Custom Optimized Real Estate Website May Cost Less than You Think
- 06/23/07 09:54 AM
How much do you think this one was for one of our clients? www.CapeAnnRealEstate.com And you should see how it ranks on Google and Yahoo!! We can develop these very quickly - and they are not the limiting out of the box solutions that don't rank very well that you get from so many other providers. Get a website that works wonders for your business! … (1 comments)
real estate websites: Increase Your Web-Presence Through Relocation Network
- 06/23/07 08:39 AM
As we know in the SEO realm, inbound links from quality sites is an important variable when organic search engine rankings are calculated. As it is everyone's goal to increase your website's presence on the internet, I thought I would share a well built and structured website with you that offers FREE link partners. Americas Relocation Home Services This site already ranks well for many searches, will continue improving its rank organically and considered to be a high quality website by the search engines as it has been optimized on many fronts already, and the SEO process and quality content building processes continue - so this is a great … (2 comments)
real estate websites: When is it time to upgrade your website?
- 06/23/07 08:28 AM
It's always hard to pull the plug on a real estate website that may have been cutting edge at one time a couple years ago, back as websites get fancier and new technologies emerge it may be time to snaz up your website. Here's a good before and after example of one we just upgraded for one of our clients: BEFORE AFTER Framesets are on the out as well … (3 comments)
real estate websites: Proud to announce the unvailing of a new optimized real estate website in Cape Ann, MA
- 06/16/07 04:25 PM
We just completed another one and went live yesterday for anyone who has fallen in love with Cape Ann, MA (in Gloucester) - a beautiful beachfront community. Comments are welcome - and we are actually making some adjustments on Monday to Re/Max is up: www.CapeAnnRealEstate.com It also ranks very well on Google and Yahoo :o) … (1 comments)
real estate websites: SEO Tip of the Day - Search Engine Optimization for Real Estate Websites
- 06/15/07 02:26 AM
Submitting your website:One of the first steps in the "right"direction to increase your website's traffic is to make sure your website is being found and crawled by the major search engines. Be wary of companies that offer to submit your website to 50 or 100+ search engines for $59.95 (or something like that) - many times they do not even submit your website to search engines that really matter in the United States, and they use what are called "robots" to submit your domain to many search engines (in this case, robots are programs that automatically submit your domain to websites - but the … (10 comments)
real estate websites: Somebody Registers at Your Website - Now What?
- 06/14/07 10:06 AM
Many times I have seen real estate agents, or agencies that capture many leads in their virtual office website (VOW) and then, time and time again, many leads go cold, or the person that has registered buys or lists through another agent. This happens all the time - how frustrating!!! Here are 3 easy steps to help you increase your conversion rates from website registrations (in your VOW) to actual deals: Call them immeidately - waste no time (put a disclaimer on your website allowing you to contact them by phone if they register on your website) - so not be intrusive or pushy - … (11 comments)
real estate websites: Driving Traffic to Your Website - Tip of the Day
- 06/13/07 10:53 AM
Once again I would like to tell you about the importance of high quality inbound links - no not those sites that you exchange links with that put all those "Sponsored Ads" above where they list you - the agent - most of those sites don't even rank well organically (naturally) on major search engines. Here's a site you can exchange links with for FREE that does put a bunch of Ads BEFORE YOU - and that's truly intendsto not only provide a very high quality inbound link to your website (which can improve your website's ranking on the search engines), but intends … (16 comments)
real estate websites: Real Estate Websites - SEO Tip of the Day - Mirror Sites Get Banned!!
- 06/12/07 09:54 AM
As I rack my brain to try to always come up with something helpful, and of true value that you don't have to be a technology wiz to get and implement - which is not as easy at you may think - it came to me that sometimes I think too far forward on these SEO tips of the day - and here is one that many times could be overlooked and could cause your website to be banned from the major search engines: Avoid Mirror Sites!!! - Now to let you know what this means in case you are scratching your … (14 comments)
real estate websites: Absolutely the most important factor to a successful website
- 06/08/07 10:22 AM
Give visitors the information they're looking for - According to Google:Provide high-quality content on your pages, especially your homepage. This is the single most important thing to do. If your pages contain useful information, their content will attract many visitors and entice webmasters to link to your site. In creating a helpful, information-rich site, write pages that clearly and accurately describe your topic. Think about the words users would type to find your pages and include those words on your site. This is just one of the many steps to creating a successful website - but definitely the cornerstone. … (6 comments)
real estate websites: SEO is just a "SCAM" and tricking Realtors - according to A La Mode real estate websites
- 06/07/07 08:30 AM
I had taken this down and was asked by several to put it back up - so here it is: My opinion is that they don't know what the heck they are talking about - I personally have worked with their websites, and they not only do not rank well generally, they do not have good SEO tools. And if we in the SEO business are just tricking and scamming our clients - then why are my clients making at least 300% ROI in year one, and over 1000% by year two - EVERY ONE OF MY CLIENTS - and if these … (17 comments)
real estate websites: Real Estate Websites - How to Make a Ton of Dough
- 06/06/07 09:14 AM
Here's the cut and dry version - 3 points: Driving traffic (visitors) to your real estate website through developing a web presence (SEO/SEM, inbound links play a huge part)Keeping the visitor at your websiteand compelling the visitors to take a specific action and thus converting the visitor into a registration or customer (actions would be: call you, email you, register in your VOW/IDX online database)Converting the registered customer in an actual client and sale - CRM - how you manage your internet leads can cause you to convert from .05% of leads to up to over 20% of internet leadsThis is what … (2 comments)
real estate websites: Importance of Inbould Links - How Can I Create a Google Friendly Site
- 06/06/07 08:51 AM
Google webmaster's guidelinesspecifically talk about how important this is - and I would like to share a site that is already yielding great inbound link results for many AR(er)'s: http://www.amer-relo.net/ Or to go directly to the join page (LINK Partners are FREE)
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real estate websites: The Cardinal Rule To Making Your Blog Rank Well on Search Engines
- 06/04/07 04:15 AM
This is just a refresher basically - or call it a reminder. There are several items that help your blog rank well, which will not only help you build your name and brand, but drive people to your real estate services website, and help increase your ranking on your real estate website - since your blog can act as a quality inbound link to your website. But most importantly to get recognized and ranked by the major search engines is the subject of your content. Everything I have ready, and everyone I talk to says the same - throwing in an occasional … (10 comments)
real estate websites: Why Website Visitors Leave Within 3 to 5 Seconds on Average, from a marketing and SEO standpoint
- 05/29/07 02:05 AM
Most people surfing the net looking for something on average leave most websites within 3 to 5 seconds - and this is for a simple reason - they do not find anything compelling to make them stay. What can you do about this? In media, as the saying goes: "Give the people what they want" --> which is to view properties (lots of photos) and search for them This holds true for websites an extension of the Internet as a marketing medium. I can't tell you how many websites I see with intro pages, annoying music, and lots of fancy flash - which serves … (56 comments)
real estate websites: Prudential Prime Properties Bucks a Down Market through Internet Savvy
- 05/20/07 07:18 AM
When we started with Prudential Prime Properties (www.PruBostonRealty.com) about 10 months ago, they were not even in the top ten pages of results on Google. Now on the organic results we have them coming in #4 out of between 17 million and 30 million search results (at any given time) on Google for the search "Boston Real Estate". This was a great win for us, and for Prudential Prime Properties. Additonally, we have many other easier search results that have Prudential Prime Properties, Boston Realty Group coming in the number one through 4 position - this stuff works. I was recently speaking … (5 comments)
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