You started blogging, working with some SEO (search engine optimization) techniques and now you wonder why you are not on the first page of Google yet? How long will it take for your site to rank well?
Here's the answer: No one knows for sure.
Not the answer you wanted? Sorry, there is no magical 3 month 12 step program for getting on the first page. If there was, I would be rich.
Of course you can get on the first page with your AR (Active Rain) blog within 10 minutes which is great. But your actual real estate website is going to take some time and some major tweaking. I have clients that expect first page results on a brand new domain and site within two weeks and that is just not realistic when we're talking Organic SEO.
- ORGANIC SEO simply means working directly and indirectly with a web page to gain rank slowly, effectively and naturally rather than paying for sponsored pay-per-click keyword advertising.
This organic SEO approach takes time to build as more keywords are used in content, more back links are generated and the site becomes more of an authority on it's main subject. Orgainic SEO is not about one technique but about all techniques working together to create a perfectly optimized site.
As SEO professionals, we have no control over when Google will crawl a site. We can ask, plead, beg and hope but there is no guarantee as to when or how often we can make that happen. The more fresh, new and revolving content a site has the more Google has something to come back for again and again.
The more back links with the main keywords hyperlinked to the site, the more Google will assume the site is known for that keyword. The longer you purchase the domain even carries weight. Google will think the site is a fly by night site if the domain is only purchased for a year.
Speaking of domains, If you have a lot of domains that are keyword rich, they are useless unless they are properly redirected to the same site (if it's only one site we are talking about here). You don't want to go to ColdwellbankerSantafe.com and CBSantafe.com and find the same content on two different URL's. Google can and possibly will penalize the site for duplicate content.
There are many ways to gain rank, slowly but surely. And the best part is, once you have a site that is well optimized it should stay towards the top for a while even if you take a break from blogging and SEO for a short time.
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I specialize in helping real estate websites gain rank and move up organically. I love helping Realtors and agents increase traffic to the site and share valuable real estate resources as with my Santa Fe Real Estate experts at Coldwell Banker Santa Fe.
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