I have always found it amazing that many real estate professionals say “I want to have a great website, but I just don’t know what to write.”  Really? I ask that same person about their area though and they just can’t shut up.  They tell me everything from the best streets to live on, the types of homes, and what sq footages are most common but their website says nothing about it!  I always say, just write what you just told me and you will have a great website.  It really can be that... 

Have you been wondering if SEO will improve your real estate business? I don’t think you have to look any farther than realtor.com. They are the number 1 website for real estate and they have reported that today over 700,000 different search phrases were used in order to find their website. Now this is great but what does it mean to the average real estate agent trying to do SEO (Search Engine Optimization)? What it means is there is an absolute gold mine for Realtors® is those that focus... 

First, what is a sitemap?  A sitemap is a way to let search engines like Google and Yahoo know the pages that are on your website. Now, you might say, I thought Google was supposed to send GoogleBot out to find out about all of the pages on my site, why do I need this sitemap?  Well, GoogleBot will still visit your website but it may miss pages.  Creating a sitemap can allow Google to quickly and easily add more of your web pages to their index.  And the more pages we have in the index, the greater... 

What is standing in the way of most real estate professionals and success in the search engines is something that is not technical at all.  The reality is that most real estate professionals don’t understand the simple benefits of keywords and the content on their website.  Here are some tips to break down the fears of content creation so you can start succeeding with your real estate SEO efforts. Develop a list of keywords that relate to your website’s focus.  You can do this by... 

As the new year is fresh and many real estate professionals rush to enhance or start their web presence we wanted to share some of the differences between a web developer vs. a web marketer so everyone knows what they are getting into.  Some companies exist to put up websites for individuals in real estate without much concern if that website actually produces leads.  Here are some items to consider: Web Developer Creates web pages with an understanding of what a good user experience would be Does... 

One of the best ways to kick start your website in the search engines is to let them know that you exist! Here are 4 places that you must submit your website to, in order to be found. Google - www.Google.com/addurl Dmoz.org - This open directory project is a must have! - www.Dmoz.org MSN - They are quickly growing their search engine and you will definitely want to be a part of the growth. - http://search.msn.com/docs/submit.aspx Yahoo - The number #2 Search Engine can’t be ignored. They have... 

Google is by far the leader in traffic online for searches, so it is helpful to know how they are looking at pages and what they are up to. They actually provide a wonderful BLOG for webmasters so you can keep up to date on changes and make sure that you aren’t going to fall into the Penalty Box! http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/ Some of the posts are a bit more on the technical side, but please feel free to read through the ones that are of interest to you as there are some helpful... 

When we want to improve the results of our real estate seo efforts we have to have something to check their effectiveness. Now there are plenty of tools available that one can pay for. What is more rare is to find a website that offers free tools. In fact we found a site that allows you to check for FREE your real estate seo efforts. Please remember that Search Engine Optimization(SEO) will not producer instant results. When you focus on seo for your real estate website you will have long term results... 

Choosing a company to help you with your real estate agent website shouldn’t be difficult. Although there are many different vendors out there to decide from, the best part to decide first is what you will want out of the company. Here are 5 quick checklist items that you should think about when deciding on who to choose for your real estate agent website. Will you upload new content pages for FREE? - Some vendors like Advanced Access will post up new pages for you if you send them the content... 

In order to maximize your search engine optimization strategy for your real estate website you will want to have other wesbites link to your website. Increasing your inbound links is a way to increase your organic results in the search engines which will help in your overal search engine optimization strategy so you can generate more leads. This sounds simple in principle, but it often seems difficult to know where to start to get websites to link to yours. Here are a few ideas: Directory Links...