Sandy Padula and Norm Padula, JD, GRI
HomeSmart Realty West & Lend Smart Mortgage, Llc. - Carlsbad, CA
Presence, Persistence & Perseverance

Great information and for the production of organically derived SEO results' this is the way to go. Thanks for sharing!

Sep 12, 2014 12:44 AM
Shannon Milligan, Richmond VA Real Estate Agent/Associate Broker
RVA Home Team - Richmond, VA
RVA Home Team - Winning with Integrity.

Your friend was very smart! I would totally type that in to Google for information and you are right, she has it covered!

SEO Guru, you are! 

Sep 12, 2014 01:23 AM
John Meussner
Mason-McDuffie Mortgage, Conventional Loans, Jumbo Loans, FHA, 203(k), USDA, VA, - Walnut Creek, CA
#MortgageMadeEasy Walnut Creek, CA 484-680-4852

I've been taking advantage of this "parent page" idea, too - seems to work as I've got solid SEO in all of the areas I'm working on.  Hopefully as I work on the 'child' pages, the SEO juice gets even greater.  Thanks for sharing this informative post.

Sep 12, 2014 01:47 AM
Debbie Gartner
The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY
The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

Great advice, Michael.  I think I've done some of this with my flooring pages...I have flooring/carpet/wool-carpeting or something like that.

I think in my blog pages some may have hardwood as one of the parents.  I need to check.

BTW, I have been getting over 30,000 unique visitors a month. 

Sep 12, 2014 05:11 AM
Kathy Streib
Room Service Home Staging - Delray Beach, FL
Home Stager - Palm Beach County,FL -561-914-6224

Michael- some of this is a bit over my head but much of it is very logical to me.  I love that you showed how it works in other porfessions.

Sep 12, 2014 07:12 AM
Paula McDonald, Ph.D.
Beam & Branch Realty - Granbury, TX
Granbury, TX 936-203-0279

I am with Kathy ^^!  Way to techie for me but I will bookmark to study later!  Thanks for this!

Sep 12, 2014 09:07 AM
Pete Xavier
Investments to Luxury - Pacific Palisades, CA
Outstanding Agent Referrals-Nationwide

I know this is good, just trying to get a grasp on the details.

Thanks for letting us know.

Sep 12, 2014 09:31 AM
Joe Pryor
The Virtual Real Estate Team - Oklahoma City, OK
REALTOR® - Oklahoma Investment Properties

Your thought process is way above my pay grade and that is why I use consultants.

Sep 12, 2014 09:41 AM
Norma Toering Broker for Palos Verdes and Beach Cities
Charlemagne International Properties - Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
Palos Verdes Luxury Homes in L.A.

Bookmarking so my son can read and implement--he's the techie one on our team.

Sep 12, 2014 10:01 AM
Karen Fiddler, Broker/Owner
Karen Parsons-Fiddler, Broker 949-510-2395 - Mission Viejo, CA
Orange County & Lake Arrowhead, CA (949)510-2395

This is great information. Thank for the tutorial! Appreciated. 

Sep 12, 2014 10:04 AM
Eileen Burns
Trans State Commercial RE Ft. Lauderdale/Miami/Palm Beach - Fort Lauderdale, FL
FL Probate Agent, Hotel & Land Specialist

Thanks for the heads up Michael - now who else is jumping on board?

Sep 12, 2014 10:23 AM
James Renfro SRS, SFR, CPRES
Renfro Realty Group - San Diego, CA
Internet Marketing Specialist

As everyone else has said, this is great stuff!  We do not have a Word Press site and our website is a bit more automated.  We will be checking to see if we can implement this in any way.  Thank you so much!

Sep 12, 2014 10:40 AM
Lori Cain
eXp Realty - Tulsa, OK
Midtown Tulsa Real Estate Top Producer

Michael George - you are so brilliant. I wish you lived next door to me. (Since you are brilliant AND a great chef.) I have always nested, but now will go back and look at permalinks. So, you're saying that if we CHANGE a permalink, we need to redirect the original permalink I think. Got it.

Sep 12, 2014 10:42 AM
Ed Silva
Mapleridge Realty, CT 203-206-0754 - Waterbury, CT
Central CT Real Estate Broker Serving all equally

I don't believe I understand this foreign language and will wait for the English sub-titles

Sep 12, 2014 11:41 AM
Grant Schneider
Performance Development Strategies - Armonk, NY
Your Coach Helping You Create Successful Outcomes

Good Points.  What new website has the parent child page structure too.

Sep 12, 2014 11:44 AM
Ginny Gorman
RI Real Estate Services ~ 401-529-7849~ RI Waterfront Real Estate - North Kingstown, RI
Homes for Sale in Southern RI and beyond

Michael, I love Ed Silva's comment but you've been preaching good silo work for awhile...many thanks for reminding us all...you are the best!!

Sep 12, 2014 12:03 PM
Katerina Gasset
Get It Done For Me Virtual Services - Wellington, FL
Get It Done For Me Virtual Services

Michael- great post, great tips. Creating silos is the one of the top tasks you should do to all of your pages. I too, have been a proponant of this technique. Bruce Clay has a great white paper on setting up silos on new and existing sites. 

Sep 12, 2014 12:31 PM
Joan Whitebook
BHG The Masiello Group - Nashua, NH
Consumer Focused Real Estate Services

This is a most informative post.  I don't have the background to implement these suggestions so if you have any suggestions in that regard, I would like to know.

Sep 12, 2014 12:33 PM
Aaron Poling
Long & Foster - Martinsburg, WV
Working to get YOU the BEST Deal!

This seems to be way over my head, but still pretty cool!

Sep 12, 2014 12:39 PM
Maureen Bray Portland OR Home Stager ~ Room Solutions Staging
Room Solutions Staging, Portland OR - Portland, OR
"Staging Consultations that Sell Portland Homes"

Michael you always come up with the best tips!  I'm not sure how to apply this to my home staging website, but I'll re-read your post about a dozen more times and hopefully I'll figure it out

 

Sep 12, 2014 01:19 PM
Geri Sonkin
Douglas Elliman Real Estate 516-457-7103 - Merrick, NY
Long Island Real Estate & Staging Expert
This could not have come at a better time for me. I'm going to do my best to implement it on my new site.
Sep 12, 2014 02:19 PM
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

Well, I'd assume this should be easy for me - with my technical background. IT seems I am getting old....

Sep 12, 2014 02:41 PM
Laura Cerrano
Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island - Locust Valley, NY
Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher
As long as we're on equal footing, I think I'm game.
Sep 12, 2014 03:28 PM
Jennifer Fivelsdal
JFIVE Home Realty LLC | 845-758-6842|162 Deer Run Rd Red Hook NY 12571 - Rhinebeck, NY
Mid Hudson Valley real estate connection

This is an area I need to improve on.   I appreciate this informative post.

Sep 12, 2014 03:29 PM
Keith Lawrence
Christie's International - Mahwah, NJ
ABR, SFR

This is great stuff.  Thank you for the tips.

Sep 12, 2014 08:40 PM
Dagny Eason
Dagny's Real Estate - Wilton, CT
Fairfield County CT, CDPE Homes For Sale and Condo

Michael- tha t makes waaay too much sense and is really interesting!    I don't think I could implement, but sure will try to figure it out.   

Thanks!  

Sep 12, 2014 09:15 PM
Bobbie Smith
Stroudsburg, PA
570-242-1891

Michael, Great heads up on some important changes to implement right away. Thanks for the great detail

Sep 12, 2014 10:04 PM
Amanda Christiansen
Christiansen Group Realty (260)704-0843 - Fort Wayne, IN
Christiansen Group Realty

Yeah.  I have no idea what you're talking about.  I'm going to forward this to my tech guy.  

Sep 12, 2014 10:05 PM
Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

Thank you for the information. I will bookmark this post and read it again.

Sep 12, 2014 11:16 PM
Anita Clark
Coldwell Banker Access Realty ~ 478.960.8055 - Warner Robins, GA
Realtor - Homes for Sale in Warner Robins GA

Michael: As always, you deliver quality SEO information we can all benefit from. Thanks so much!

Sep 12, 2014 11:17 PM
Lyn Sims
RE/MAX Suburban - Schaumburg, IL
Schaumburg Real Estate

Brilliant post! I keep forgetting this small but important SEO basic which you or your wife had shown me before. Hope others see the true benefits here!

Sep 13, 2014 01:51 AM
Kate McQueen
Realty Associates Texas - Cypress, TX
Tailored service for your real estate needs!

How will this impact blog posts to Trulia?  I've taken a few re-meshed blogs from to Trulia in the past few days to test the waters.  Should I not be doing that, or is it a good thing?

By sharing all this excellent information you've created a lot of questions!~

Sep 13, 2014 02:00 AM
Kate McQueen
Realty Associates Texas - Cypress, TX
Tailored service for your real estate needs!

It seems to me that this structure could be helpful in generating seller leads. Since they do sometimes try to see what is going on in the neighborhood when they thinking about going on the market.

Sep 13, 2014 02:11 AM
Pamela Seley
West Coast Realty Division - Murrieta, CA
Residential Real Estate Agent serving SW RivCo CA

Sounds like trulia was doing it backwards. Compose urls like normal people would type in searches.

Sep 13, 2014 03:32 AM
SEO Expert: Michael George
Phoenix, AZ
Real Estate and Law Firm SEO

Thanks for the comments and compliments. It's not as technical as it seems, I promise (for those that said that.) Especially if you are using WordPress. You would just create one overview page on a certain topic. Then, you'd create a second page (not post) and in the editor, choose the overview page as the parent...which is an option when you are editing.

 

Kate McQueen, SRS - I don't understand the question; I'm sorry! You've taken blogs from ActiveRain or another Trulia platform? And what does re-mesh mean? Does that mean you took them from one place and moved them to another place? I'm sorry I don't understand!

Joan Whitebook - are you using WordPress?

Sep 13, 2014 04:19 AM
Joan Whitebook
BHG The Masiello Group - Nashua, NH
Consumer Focused Real Estate Services

Yes -- I am using word press.

 

Sep 13, 2014 04:26 AM
Kate McQueen
Realty Associates Texas - Cypress, TX
Tailored service for your real estate needs!

Thanks for responding!  I meant that I've taken a few AR blogs and changed them a bit, then posted them to the Trulia blog.

I've wondered if doing this is a bad thing or a good thing for SEO?

Sep 13, 2014 04:47 AM
Becky Kolb
The Kolb Team - Sun Lakes AZ Specialists - Sun Lakes, AZ
Keller Williams Integrity First Realty

Michael you are always on top of things! Good information and as always I am counting on you to keep us on track

Sep 13, 2014 08:58 AM
Kathy Streib
Room Service Home Staging - Delray Beach, FL
Home Stager - Palm Beach County,FL -561-914-6224

What I learned

Thank you for the Ah-ha moment!  AZ SEO Expert: Phoenix SEO Consultant 

Sep 13, 2014 11:35 AM
Sharon Parisi
United Real Estate Dallas - Dallas, TX
Dallas Homes

Michael, thanks for helping us stay on top of things!

Sep 13, 2014 01:10 PM
Lise Howe
Keller Williams Capital Properties - Washington, DC
Assoc. Broker in DC, MD, VA and attorney in DC

Clearly this is a topic to ponder - I just started following you so that I can continue to learn and improve - thanks so much!

Sep 14, 2014 12:16 AM
Sam Miller
RE/MAX Stars Realty - Howard, OH
Knox County Ohio Real Estate Specialist

This is a very interesting topic and I especially like your advice because with a little time we can fine tune our sites.

Sep 14, 2014 12:54 AM
RVA HomePRO Michael Hottman
RVA HomePRO Realtor with Keller Williams serving Hanover, Henrico, Chesterfiled and Richmond, Virginia - Glen Allen, VA
Helping you achieve goals in life & real estate
Oh my. What a way to do some easy see and think through the structure from that perspective rather than a file folder largest to smallest method. I'm considering doing my own site, tired of the free brand provided site and this gives me something to consider with the new structure.
Sep 14, 2014 01:06 AM
Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, Keller Williams Fox Cities - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

Great information, had to read it twice, and am ready to put into action.

 

Sep 14, 2014 01:10 PM
Georgie Hunter R(S) 58089
Hawai'i Life Real Estate Brokers - Haiku, HI
Maui Real Estate sales and lifestyle info

This is good food for thought. I may have to restructure some pages.

Sep 14, 2014 01:15 PM
Beth and Richard Witt
Long Island Cash Home Buyer - Center Moriches, NY
Long Island Cash Home Buyer 516-330-6940

Have to bookmark this one and spend more time with it.... thanks to Kathy I didn't miss it...

Sep 14, 2014 09:47 PM
SEO Expert: Michael George
Phoenix, AZ
Real Estate and Law Firm SEO

Becky Kolb , Richard & Beth WittMichael HottmanKathy Streib, Joan Whitebook-

 

For those of you that want step by step instructions on how to do this, my friend (who is brand new to ActiveRain) just wrote a terrific post on how this is done in WordPress, step-by-step. You can find it here: http://activerain.com/blogsview/4509669/seo-your-urls--just-like-the--big-3-

 

 

Oct 10, 2014 05:19 AM
SEO Expert: Michael George
Phoenix, AZ
Real Estate and Law Firm SEO

Amanda and Jared Christiansen, YOUR Fort Wayne Realtors, Joe Pryor Praful Thakkar  Anyone can set this up in minutes, I promise. http://activerain.com/blogsview/4509669/seo-your-urls--just-like-the--big-3-

Oct 10, 2014 05:21 AM
Lanre-"THE REAL ESTATE FARMER" Folayan
Keller Williams Select Realtors-Buy a home in Washington DC. Sell a home in Washington DC - Bowie, MD
I don't make promises.I deliver results.SOLD HOMES

AZ SEO Expert: Phoenix SEO Consultant -I don't have a WordPress site. But I should be getting one or possibly two and have two domain names directed to these sites. Have to bookmark this site. Thanks for sharing.

Dec 08, 2014 09:17 AM