31 Days - Day 7 - Lenn Harley Rocks!

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Home Builder with The Flooring Girl

I think everyone on AR already knows how great Lenn Harley is, but today, I was personally touched by her knowledge, insight and warmth.

I wrote a comment/question on someone else's post, and from there Lenn gave me a call - both to help answer my question and to give me SUPER advice on my website and how to make a few tweaks on AR to better optimize my SEO.  Her insights were amazing.  While my site has a lot of good things going on, there are definitely a few things inhibiting it, and most are easy to solve.  Love it when that happens.  I've made a few changes and have plans for a lot more (that I will need to space out between now & end of the year...I have to get back to my estimates tonight.

So, with that, here's what I've done today:

  • Edited my website home page, including my title, metatags (I had way too many)
  • On AR blog page, added 8 links to my website (interior pages) and optimized language for key words
  • On AR profile page deleted a few links going to other websites and optimized key words on the links back to mine
  • Realized I still have canonical problem w/ my website w/ a combo of www. pages and non-www pages and need to find the code to redirect (currently it's as if I have 2 websites competing w/ each other.  I need to fix...and, if someone knows how, let me know.
  • Am armed with many more adaptations I plan to do on a) my website, b) my wordpress blog and c) AR.  Can't wait until I have some more time at the end of the year.

In addition,

  • Had a great networking mtg this am w/ someone who buys distressed houses, rents and renovates them and signed him up for AR.  Pointed him in the right direction to learn some SEO
  • Wrote a wordpress post w/ embedded google map and added a few embedded maps to previous posts.  Still need to fix this blog as I don't think it's currently being indexed by google, but that will need to wait for another day.

Comments (23)

Lenn Harley
Lenn Harley, Homefinders.com, MD & VA Homes and Real Estate - Leesburg, VA
Real Estate Broker - Virginia & Maryland

Debbie.  You need to employ a 301 redirect from one URL to the other, matters not which.   

When you publish a www form of a URL and a non-www form you actually have two identical sites under the same domain.  You will, at the least split your link popularity.

 

Dec 07, 2010 11:02 AM
Debbie Gartner
The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY
The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

Thx Lenn!  I will try that out.

Dec 07, 2010 11:08 AM
Michele Miller ~ REALTOR®, LMC, HSE, CHS, SRES, CMRS
ERA Key Realty~Worcester County Realty Group - Worcester, MA
'Helping You Make the Best Move"

Just another reason I love Activerain Members!

We are all willing to help each other succeed!

Dec 07, 2010 11:54 AM
Tammy Pearce
Haute Realty 214-994-6474 - Dallas, TX
Tammy Pearce

I'm bookmarking this to return to.  I now need to add google maps....on list! Thanks for sharing the helpful information you received from Lynn.

Dec 07, 2010 12:10 PM
Debbie Gartner
The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY
The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

Michele - Yes, AR community is amazing.  I was so touched and honored that she reached out to me.

Tammy - Good.  Definitely add the maps.  There is a great featured post from Victoria Stankard on this topic.  She enhanced what I was already in process of doing.

Dec 07, 2010 12:16 PM
Liz and Bill Spear
RE/MAX Elite 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
RE/MAX Elite Warren County OH (Cincinnati/Dayton)

Debbie, We've been watching Lenn at work when she was a regular on RealTalk, pre-AR days!  If you're going to tap someone for expertise, you'd be hard pressed to find better.

Dec 07, 2010 12:24 PM
Debbie Gartner
The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY
The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

Bliz - That is so cool.  She was mentioning RealTalk today.  Being a non-realtor, of course I had never heard of that.  But, yes, she is a wealth of knowledge.

Dec 07, 2010 12:29 PM
Chris Canfield
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage - Tucson, AZ
Homes for Sale in Oro Valley and Tucson, Arizona

Hey Debbie - Great tribute to a great lady - Lenn is amazing.  So glad to hear that you are able to find things to keep you busy.  Do you ever take a break!?

Dec 07, 2010 12:33 PM
Ginny Gorman
RI Real Estate Services ~ 401-529-7849~ RI Waterfront Real Estate - North Kingstown, RI
Homes for Sale in Southern RI and beyond

Deb, i don't know half of what you were talking about here, lol,  but i'd like too.  Embed maps alot & i embed my youtube videos into google maps for extra juice...now that i can do...i have to connect with you to understand this other stuff.

Dec 07, 2010 01:44 PM
Debbie Gartner
The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY
The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

Chris - Yes, she is amazing.  Oh, I really do need a break.

Ginny - Happy to catch up, but it will need to wait at least another week or so.  I have a lot to catch up on.

Dec 07, 2010 01:58 PM
Dagny Eason
Dagny's Real Estate - Wilton, CT
Fairfield County CT, CDPE Homes For Sale and Condo

Debbie - You and I need a coffee (or tea, in my case) -  I have no idea what you are talking about in that last part.   Love to learn ....

Dec 07, 2010 02:01 PM
Joan Whitebook
BHG The Masiello Group - Nashua, NH
Consumer Focused Real Estate Services

Glad that Lenn was able to inspire you!  You certainly have accomplished a lot.  Good luck to you and keep up the good work.

Dec 07, 2010 03:15 PM
Ginny Gorman
RI Real Estate Services ~ 401-529-7849~ RI Waterfront Real Estate - North Kingstown, RI
Homes for Sale in Southern RI and beyond
Deb, Dagny & me should do a 3 way call in a week or so to get insight from you!
Dec 07, 2010 10:36 PM
Jay Markanich
Jay Markanich Real Estate Inspections, LLC - Bristow, VA
Home Inspector - servicing all Northern Virginia

As neighbors do, Lenn and I have spoken.  She can come over, sit at my computer, and bring me better to cyber life any day!

Dec 07, 2010 10:38 PM
Debbie Gartner
The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY
The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

Joan - Thank you so much.  Yes, she is inspiring.

Ginny - Happy to.  But, I think Dagny & I are going to meet face to face.  We are prob. only 40 mins apart...but I'm often in her area - usually only 10 mins away.

Jay - Yes, I know.  She mentioned you and spoke very highly of you.

Dec 08, 2010 01:29 AM
Jay Markanich
Jay Markanich Real Estate Inspections, LLC - Bristow, VA
Home Inspector - servicing all Northern Virginia

Wow, thank you!  She gets my silly, dry humor.  Not all people do!

I think you do, or are getting there...

Dec 08, 2010 12:00 PM
Debbie Gartner
The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY
The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

Oh, you mean you were trying to be funny?

Dec 08, 2010 02:35 PM
Jay Markanich
Jay Markanich Real Estate Inspections, LLC - Bristow, VA
Home Inspector - servicing all Northern Virginia

No, she really can come over and sit at my computer any time!  I could use her help!

Sometimes I say things that sound true, but really aren't and literalists don't get it.  On one of my living room flooring posts I said that hardwood is so hard that maybe that interesting pad underneath the carpeting should stay to help give the new floor some bounce.  A lawyer contacted me asking me questions about how much pad should be there and which pad works best!  So I added that disclaimer to the bottom of the page! 

Lenn, by the way, wields a shot gun really competently!  Shooting skeet, that is.

Dec 08, 2010 09:27 PM
Debbie Gartner
The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY
The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

Yes, I remember reading that line abt the carpet pad under the HW.  LOL.  Can' t believe you got a call on that.  That is too funny.  Intereting trivia on the shotgun piece.

Dec 08, 2010 10:16 PM
Jay Markanich
Jay Markanich Real Estate Inspections, LLC - Bristow, VA
Home Inspector - servicing all Northern Virginia

Lenn has a very interesting life outside of real estate.  And she always bakes a plate of cookies for the boys at the range!  (More trivia)

Dec 09, 2010 11:20 AM

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