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Building .EDU/.GOV Links Ethically

Building .EDU/.GOV Links Ethically

I recently piped in on a REW thread concerning links from .edu’s and .gov’s, and it got me a little “miffed”. I thought it would make for a good post topic to cover here because there are ways of getting these links without being spammy….

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Top 10 SEO Tips for Real Estate

Top 10 SEO Tips for Real Estate

If you have a real estate website then it is essential that you are property utilizing search engine optimization (SEO) to its fullest. Here are 10 SEO tips that are great for any real estate website. Tip #1: Do Your Research When creating (or promoting)…

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Google Reaches Out to Real Estate Businesses

Google Reaches Out to Real Estate Businesses

Google is arguably the best search engine on the web with everything from Google+ to Google AdWords. Over the last several years the company has landed in the top of the Fortune list of the top 100 employers, offering employees everything from nap areas to…

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Whether or not to Target Common Search Phrases vs Uncommon Search Phrases

Whether or not to Target Common Search Phrases vs Uncommon Search Phrases

Another question from Jason Richards: How do you determine whether or not to target common search phrases vs uncommon search phrases? How do you find a happy medium? As a general rule of thumb, specifically targeting uncommon search phrases is not a good use of…

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Builders, Strong Foundations, and SEO

Builders, Strong Foundations, and SEO

Every “builder” understands the importance of a strong foundation. When most people think of builders, they likely think of home builders — so let’s run with that a bit. For those that know what they are doing (ie home builders), the process of building a…

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Zopim Live Chat for Lead Generation

Zopim Live Chat for Lead Generation

I’m starting to hear more and more people in the real estate industry talk and ask questions about Zopim, a company specializing in integrated live chat software for use on websites. Who’s using it, and is it generating leads for you?

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Latest WordPress Statistics

Latest WordPress Statistics

The latest numbers from WordPress are out: 14.7% of the entire web (top 1 million sites) are running on WordPress 22 of every 100 new active domains are running on WordPress If you’re still on a proprietary platform build in the 1990’s — are the…

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What is Google's PageRank Good For?

What is Google's PageRank Good For?

There are a lot of misperceptions floating around out there regarding Google’s famous PageRank and what it is and is not good for. Luckily for us, Rand Fishkin at SEOMoz recently recorded a “whiteboard friday” on the topic that anyone looking to understand the SEO…

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How Google+ Might Impact Search Results over Time?

How Google+ Might Impact Search Results over Time?

One our clients, Jason Richards at NoviProperty.com, asked a question in our Facebook group that I wanted to answer with a blog post (for every questions someone asks, there are likely at least 10 people who have the same question but doesn’t ask it). The…

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Top 5 Apps For Adding MLS Search To Facebook

Top 5 Apps For Adding MLS Search To Facebook

I’ve noticed an interesting trend developing; agents are adding MLS Widgets to their Facebook page. Some of the Apps being developed for Facebook are complete websites onto themselves that using clever scripting to shoehorn themselves into the Facebook Platform. Others offer sophisticated lead capture capabilities….

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