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SEO for Realtors

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Real Estate Agent with Nextage Achieve Realty
I've been studying Search Engine Optimization in relation to another venture I'm involved in. And I've been testing some of the concepts I'm learning on my real estate website, www.bobwuest.com.

What I'm finding is that if I find a couple good keywords I want to promote my site around, and then start building backlinks using those keywords, I can move right on up in Google, MSN and Yahoo rankings.

For instance, I like these keywords:
Search Cincinnati MLS
Buy a home in Cincinnati

Check it out! I think you'll find it's really pretty easy to build the links you need to get your site ranked pretty highly by the major search engines. I know real estate is about listing and buying homes, but isn't it nice when your website starts generating leads for you?

-- Bob Wuest

Comments (3)

Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

Thanks for the information. I will check out the link. Good luck.

Mar 23, 2009 11:14 PM
Anonymous
Gary

Bob

I am always interested in finding new ways to get our site, www.newbeginningshomeinspection.com, to move up in rankings.  Do you have any suggestions on good resources, books, websites, etc. thatone could research to find more info on SEO?   Buy the way, great looking website.   

Mar 30, 2009 09:33 PM
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Bob Wuest
Nextage Achieve Realty - Cincinnati, OH

Hey Gary, thanks for the compliment on my website. A work in progress, as I'm sure you know.

You already have one of the tenets of SEO down - leaving links for your website all over the place.  That'll give you some nice backlinks.

But if you notice in my original post, i was talking about keywords that I want to be found on in Google. If you link to your site using the keywords, that'll move you right up in the search engine rankings.

There are some great websites for SEO.  Check out http://www.seomoz.com and http://www.seobook.com.

What I know from recent reports and statistics, is that the market sales momentum is with the first time buyer. So, I've been targeting some new products on my website to appeal to that visitor.  Things like a <a href="http://www.bobwuest.com">free Home Buyer's eBook</a> to help him save $5,000 or more on his home purchase.  And knowing that he's looking for a bargain, I'm producing a <a href="http://www.bobwuest.com">free list of Cincinnati foreclosure properties</a> that they can get delivered 1-2x per week just by registering.

Gotta be creative, ya know?

 

Jun 06, 2009 07:23 PM