I just created 2 mini websites

By
Home Builder with The Flooring Girl

A few weeks ago, I was inspired by a post that Joe Smith wrote on April 6th on the importance of domain names and how that can really help you in the SERPS.  I knew this and had read it before, but it was a great reminder about something I had been meaning to for a while...

...so , that night, I went to bulkregister.com and did some searches for my key words.  Much to my surprise, I was able to find 2 GREAT domain names that were available...in fact, my top 2 choices:

WestchesterHardwoodFlooring.com

and

WestchesterCarpet.com

I couldn't believe my eyes.....So, I bought them right away.  Well now, just a few short weeks later... I have launched 2 mini sites.  These are simple wordpress sites.  I basically had my we developer replicate the look and theme of my TheFlooringGirl.com and made 2 new sites (I did the content):

Westchester Hardwood Flooring

Westchester carpet

These sites are only 3 pages - a hardwood home page, an about us page and a contact us page.  Very simple.  More to come later when I have more time.  and, I did write one blog post on the carpet one...soon, I'll add one to the hardwood one.

I'm hoping that by adding links from this post and having a few people +1 them, it will help get me indexed a bit faster and help in the SERP's.  If you have a second and if you like what you see, it would be wonderful if you can +1 these sites.

I hope you like them.

Comments (18)

Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate

Debbie,  Congratulations on your insight and find on great domain names!  You will get powerful Google juice from the sites as they age and you continue to link to them!  Way to go.

May 08, 2012 11:59 AM
Debbie Gartner
The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY
The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

Kathleen - Thx so much.  My other wordpress site is doing great now, so looking forward to these helping me even more.

May 08, 2012 12:04 PM
Kristen Wheatley
Better Homes & Gardens | The Masiello Group - Brunswick, ME
Supporting Success - Best Job in the World!

I love how you have a video on each of them as well.

May 08, 2012 12:09 PM
Adrian Willanger
206 909-7536 AdrianWillanger-broker.com - Seattle, WA
Profit from my two decades of experience

Hi Debbie, your a one person marketing department. I'm sure after you get a bit more content these will pay for themselves 100 fold. Good job. 

May 08, 2012 12:11 PM
Shar Sitter
Rooms With Style - Minneapolis, MN
Home Staging and Redesign Minneapolis/ St. Paul, M

Great job and very smart. How are you going to keep up with all the work? LOL

May 08, 2012 12:14 PM
Lisa Rees
Coldwell Banker Reilly & Sons - Lansing, KS
Coldwell Banker Reilly & Sons Real Estate Agent

What a great post and i really enjoyed your enthusiasm.  I have a friend that is an exterminator and wants to start writing a blog - i suggested AR but do not see many businesses other than Real Estate on here.  How do you feel about this?  Thanks! :)

May 08, 2012 01:39 PM
Cathy Criado
Criado Realty - San Antonio, TX
Making Real Estate Profitable

Debbie that's a great idea! I went and bought about 10 domain names (.net or .info cheap ones) to use for SEO reasons. It is quite helpful. Have a super night!

May 08, 2012 03:11 PM
Debbie Gartner
The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY
The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

Kristien - thank you so much.  I hope that helps.

Adrian - I sure hope so.  They'll get there eventually.

Shar - Not sure, but my intent on these 2 sites is low maintenance and most new content will still go on TheflooringGirl.com

Lisa - AR is awesome for SEO. It doesn't matter what the business is, and I have brought in several that are not real estate related.

Cathy - Good for you.  Yes, I may buy some additional ones later - there were several good ones.

May 08, 2012 08:00 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, I'm convinced that niche is where it's at for getting results.  Our 30 posts to our niche AR blog have FAR outperformed the 1000+ other posts to our general blog.  We got a listing interview yesterday for a 400K patio home.  That price point is about double most of the area median price. 

May 08, 2012 08:30 PM
Tammy Emineth
Personal SEO - Website SEO and Real Estate Marketing - Marysville, WA
Content Marketer, SEO Teacher, Website Fixer

I can't believe you found those! That's awesome. I love it when I find a domain that's perfect and no one's taken it yet!! Way to snatch up some good ones!:)

May 09, 2012 01:30 AM
Debbie Gartner
The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY
The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

Bliz - Yes, I think so and that's why I'm trying this.  and, your idea helped influence my thinking.  That's awesome on your latest client.

Tammy - I know, I can't either.  I don't think they were available a year or two ago.   If this works, I'm going to search & reapply to few other areas/niches.  Testing my way there.  (and limited on time/budget).

May 09, 2012 01:50 AM
George Souto
George Souto NMLS #65149 FHA, CHFA, VA Mortgages - Middletown, CT
Your Connecticut Mortgage Expert

Debbie I will check them out. 

You will need to write a blog in the future on whether the websites achieved what you were hoping for.

May 09, 2012 07:48 AM
Anita Clark
Coldwell Banker Access Realty ~ 478.960.8055 - Warner Robins, GA
Realtor - Homes for Sale in Warner Robins GA

Headed over to +1 them now.  Thanks for the heads-up Debbie.

May 09, 2012 09:07 AM
Ellen Caruso
Daniel Gale Sotheby's International Realty - Glen Head, NY

Deb, I'm in awe...I still cant get one done! I want something for my husbands construction site but cant find the help I need. I'm hoping the summer will get me some college students to help. Congrats on getting yours done!!!!

May 09, 2012 12:41 PM
Michael S. Bolton
Michael S. Bolton,Inc. - Zimmerman, MN
MN Appraiser

I visited your sites, great job! I think it's great you were able to get the two domain names right of the bat.

Have an AWESOME day!

 

May 09, 2012 01:12 PM
Joe Petrowsky
Mortgage Consultant, Right Trac Financial Group, Inc. NMLS # 2709 - Manchester, CT
Your Mortgage Consultant for Life

Great job and thought process and it certainly make good sense. I looked at the two sites, nicely done.

Thank you for sharing the post with all of us.

May 09, 2012 06:55 PM
Tammie White, Broker
Franklin Homes Realty LLC - Franklin, TN
Franklin TN Homes for Sale

Debbie, wow you just never give up girl. I can't keep up with everything that needs to be done. Great job!!

May 10, 2012 02:07 PM
Debbie Gartner
The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY
The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

George - Yes, I will.  I'm hoping google indexes them quickly.

Anita - thank you so much.  I really appreciate that.

Ellen - Yes, that sounds like a fun summer project.

Michael - Thx.  Yes, I was very lucky.

Joe - Thank you.  I'm so glad you like it.

Tammie - Thank you.  I really appreciate it.  These did not take long at all.  The first one took me a while; these were easy.

May 10, 2012 08:29 PM

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