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Real Estate Marketing Online -- Search Engine Tips for Agents
Spend some time in a real estate marketing forum online, and
you'll soon discover that search engines top the list of hot
topics.
Every agent wants his or her website to rank high in the search
engines, and rightfully so. But with so much information (and
misinformation) out there, the path to success can be hard to
follow. This article will help you navigate.
Five steps to better search engine rankings:
Step 1 - Choose Your Key Phrases
The first step in any search engine optimization (SEO) campaign
is to determine your key phrases. Key phrases are those words
and phrases you want your website to be found for in the search
engines. For example, if you're a real estate agent in
Smithville, Texas, one of your key phrases might be "Smithville
Texas real estate."
Don't choose your key phrases based on a hunch. Research them.
Find out how many people are searching which phrases. Overture
(a Yahoo company) has a key phrase research tool you can use for
free. It's located at http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/rc/srch/.
If you really want to get scientific, you can sign up with
WordTracker. It's not free like the Overture tool, but it's much
more thorough. It includes all of the major search engines with
its results.
Step 2 - Evaluate Your Infrastructure
This section will step *briefly* into the technical weeds. Even
if you don't fully understand this information, you will benefit
from it. If you hire a web designer, for example, you'll be able
to speak intelligently about your search engine aspirations.
A website with clean, properly structured HTML (web code) will
have greater search engine visibility than a site with complex,
poorly structured HTML code.
Search engines rank your website on its content (among other
things). The more complicated your website's HTML code, the
harder it is for search engines to find what they want ... your
content. That's the importance of having clean "lightweight"
coding on all your pages.
Burying your site's content under mounds of Javascript, table
tags and graphics will only reduce your SEO success. You can
avoid these things by hiring a professional designer, and
telling him or her you want a properly built website that's
primed for SEO.
Step 3 - Create Quality Content (And Plenty of It) Even
if you do everything else right, your site will rank low if it
lacks quality content. Search engines love content. It's one of
the ways they validate genuine websites from
"spam" websites.
Revisit your list of key phrases from Step 1. Find ways to
interweave those phrases -- in a natural way -- throughout your
content.
One way to achieve this is to add article pages to your website.
An article of 300 - 500 words will allow you to integrate your
key phrases in a natural way. Good for search engines, and good
for your readers.
Step 4 - Obtain Inbound Links from Quality Websites
Search engines also evaluate your website based on the number
(and quality) of inbound links. Inbound links are hyperlinks on
other websites that link to yours.
When it comes to inbound links, you should favor quality over
quantity. It's far better to have inbound links from a handful
of quality websites (that already rank high with search engines)
than 100 "starter" sites with low ranking.
You can increase the number of inbound links in several ways. In
my opinion, writing and publishing articles online is the best
way to go about it. "Article marketing," as it's known, warrants
a discussion all to itself. Just know it can help you increase
the number of quality sites that link to yours.
Step 5 - Be Patient and Persistent
Search engine optimization takes time. People who say they can
get your website on page one of Google overnight are either (A)
lying to you, or (B) using practices that will do you more harm
than good in the long run.
A solid SEO program takes time and persistence. But take heart
in the fact that once you achieve good ranking through the
practices outlined above, you'll be able to maintain your
ranking for quite some time. Of course, it helps to make SEO a
perpetual part of your overall marketing efforts.
Conclusion
There you have it, five steps to a solid SEO program: Determine
your key search phrases. Evaluate your website's structure. Add
quality content to your site. Seek inbound links from quality
sites. Be patient and persistent.
By taking the time to do it right, you'll be able to achieve
better rankings, maintain them longer, and drive qualified
traffic to your website. So keep learning, and keep at it!
About the author:
Brandon Cornett has worked as a web writer and marketing
manager for a direct mail company serving real estate agents
since 1986. His "Agent's Guide to Web Marketing" and his free
newsletter are available at: htt
p://www.ArmingYourFarming.com/products
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Employment site for marketing and sales professionals. |
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