Comments on: Free Bloginar in L.A. for 200 Agents! http://raincityguide.com/2006/07/11/free-bloginar-in-la-for-200-agents-plus-how-to-link/ Seattle's Leading Resource for Real Estate Information Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:05:24 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dustin http://raincityguide.com/2006/07/11/free-bloginar-in-la-for-200-agents-plus-how-to-link/#comment-198439 Dustin Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:30:57 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/07/11/free-bloginar-in-la-for-200-agents-plus-how-to-link/#comment-198439 Chad, I'll be giving a seminar on Thursday, but it is LA... I've been meaning to blog about it for a while... Maybe I'll do that right now! :) Chad, I’ll be giving a seminar on Thursday, but it is LA… I’ve been meaning to blog about it for a while… Maybe I’ll do that right now! :)

]]> By: Chad Hallberg http://raincityguide.com/2006/07/11/free-bloginar-in-la-for-200-agents-plus-how-to-link/#comment-198395 Chad Hallberg Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:52:10 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/07/11/free-bloginar-in-la-for-200-agents-plus-how-to-link/#comment-198395 Dustin - First and foremost, good to see from your post this morning that you and your family are safe from the fires. Secondly, are you doing another bloginar in the near future, and if so, where? Dustin -

First and foremost, good to see from your post this morning that you and your family are safe from the fires.

Secondly, are you doing another bloginar in the near future, and if so, where?

]]> By: Seattle’s Rain City Real Estate Guide » 20 million reasons to cancel AOL http://raincityguide.com/2006/07/11/free-bloginar-in-la-for-200-agents-plus-how-to-link/#comment-10834 Seattle’s Rain City Real Estate Guide » 20 million reasons to cancel AOL Tue, 08 Aug 2006 00:46:04 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/07/11/free-bloginar-in-la-for-200-agents-plus-how-to-link/#comment-10834 [...] In looking at the other Seattle Real Estate searches, it seems that the adage that buyers and sellers go with the first agent they talk to does not apply to searches (no big surprise here). Searchers go all over the internet and leave and come back to the same search repeatedly. If they’re as committed as User 917673, they use lots of slightly different word combinations. What I found interesting was watching users hit a site that they are interested in, then go on to search for that company’s or person’s name to see if they can find some background (so it is good to be on a first name basis with the search engines). [...] [...] In looking at the other Seattle Real Estate searches, it seems that the adage that buyers and sellers go with the first agent they talk to does not apply to searches (no big surprise here). Searchers go all over the internet and leave and come back to the same search repeatedly. If they’re as committed as User 917673, they use lots of slightly different word combinations. What I found interesting was watching users hit a site that they are interested in, then go on to search for that company’s or person’s name to see if they can find some background (so it is good to be on a first name basis with the search engines). [...]

]]> By: Dustin http://raincityguide.com/2006/07/11/free-bloginar-in-la-for-200-agents-plus-how-to-link/#comment-10171 Dustin Thu, 20 Jul 2006 22:57:53 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/07/11/free-bloginar-in-la-for-200-agents-plus-how-to-link/#comment-10171 Joe and Judy, Thanks for your feedback! Joe and Judy,

Thanks for your feedback!

]]> By: Judy http://raincityguide.com/2006/07/11/free-bloginar-in-la-for-200-agents-plus-how-to-link/#comment-10170 Judy Thu, 20 Jul 2006 22:45:39 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/07/11/free-bloginar-in-la-for-200-agents-plus-how-to-link/#comment-10170 Thank you Dustin and Russ for opening a whole new world up for me yesterday -- your seminar on Blogs..blogging.. was well presented. I enjoyed your handout -- still absorbing it. You did well to cover the important points within the time constraints -- there is a lot of material but both of you complemented each other well and tried to keep the subject as simple as possible. I've told my colleagues about it and they are interested in attending next class offering. Thank you again! Thank you Dustin and Russ for opening a whole new world up for me yesterday — your seminar on Blogs..blogging.. was well presented. I enjoyed your handout — still absorbing it. You did well to cover the important points within the time constraints — there is a lot of material but both of you complemented each other well and tried to keep the subject as simple as possible.

I’ve told my colleagues about it and they are interested in attending next class offering.

Thank you again!

]]> By: Joe http://raincityguide.com/2006/07/11/free-bloginar-in-la-for-200-agents-plus-how-to-link/#comment-10166 Joe Thu, 20 Jul 2006 21:00:59 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/07/11/free-bloginar-in-la-for-200-agents-plus-how-to-link/#comment-10166 Thank you for the insight on blogs, as it is something that I and my business are now incorporating into our area. My business partners is young and tech savvy and understand blogging, as I really did not. The use of the set up is simple and easy, keeping up on it will be something we will both be part of it. As for the class, you went too fast over the set up as Dustin is very excited about his success. Russ was a little slower in his presentation and it was easy to follow. I did not like when you got off track, it bogged down. I did not like it that you started late, as I understand you wanted to wait for the people who had not arrived yet. But agents know traffic and should have allowed the time to be there. Two agents from Santa Barbara were there on time, why could not everyone else. Thank you for the insight on blogs, as it is something that I and my business are now incorporating into our area. My business partners is young and tech savvy and understand blogging, as I really did not. The use of the set up is simple and easy, keeping up on it will be something we will both be part of it. As for the class, you went too fast over the set up as Dustin is very excited about his success. Russ was a little slower in his presentation and it was easy to follow. I did not like when you got off track, it bogged down. I did not like it that you started late, as I understand you wanted to wait for the people who had not arrived yet. But agents know traffic and should have allowed the time to be there. Two agents from Santa Barbara were there on time, why could not everyone else.

]]> By: Seattle’s Rain City Real Estate Guide » Thanks to SoCal Agents for Another Successful Bloginar http://raincityguide.com/2006/07/11/free-bloginar-in-la-for-200-agents-plus-how-to-link/#comment-10113 Seattle’s Rain City Real Estate Guide » Thanks to SoCal Agents for Another Successful Bloginar Wed, 19 Jul 2006 22:16:26 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/07/11/free-bloginar-in-la-for-200-agents-plus-how-to-link/#comment-10113 [...] By the way, if you were one of the attendees at today’s seminar, please consider leaving some feedback on how you think it went. Your feedback is crucial for us to know how to improve the seminar into the future! [...] [...] By the way, if you were one of the attendees at today’s seminar, please consider leaving some feedback on how you think it went. Your feedback is crucial for us to know how to improve the seminar into the future! [...]

]]> By: ARDELL http://raincityguide.com/2006/07/11/free-bloginar-in-la-for-200-agents-plus-how-to-link/#comment-9899 ARDELL Wed, 12 Jul 2006 06:02:00 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/07/11/free-bloginar-in-la-for-200-agents-plus-how-to-link/#comment-9899 Dustin, Now that I have learned to link, I don't need to cut and paste. Thanks for teaching me and now others this nifty feature. I did just notice that Grow A Brain, in CA, one of my favorite sites, shows under Kirkland Real Estate Blogs because they link to me, as you said. But many other sites link to me as often and do not show. Oddly, most of my referrals come from Yahoo and not msn or Google, and yet Yahoo doesn't show me at all. Very odd. Dustin,

Now that I have learned to link, I don’t need to cut and paste. Thanks for teaching me and now others this nifty feature. I did just notice that Grow A Brain, in CA, one of my favorite sites, shows under Kirkland Real Estate Blogs because they link to me, as you said. But many other sites link to me as often and do not show.

Oddly, most of my referrals come from Yahoo and not msn or Google, and yet Yahoo doesn’t show me at all. Very odd.

]]> By: Dustin http://raincityguide.com/2006/07/11/free-bloginar-in-la-for-200-agents-plus-how-to-link/#comment-9898 Dustin Wed, 12 Jul 2006 05:53:16 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/07/11/free-bloginar-in-la-for-200-agents-plus-how-to-link/#comment-9898 Ardell, I just looked over the results between the two search engines, and I'd have to completely disagree... The fact that MSN lists <a href="http://www.kirkland-real-estate.net/blog/2006/04/Golden-Rules.htm" rel="nofollow">this blog post as the #1 result is complete junk</a> and could only occur because she's stuffed the title of her blog with the keyword Kirkland. Google definitely doesn't let you get away with such simple (and irrelevant) solutions. [<a href="http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=kirkland+real+estate+blog" rel="nofollow">Kirkland Real Estate blog</a>] on MSN [<a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=kirkland+real+estate+blog" rel="nofollow">Kirkland Real Estate blog</a>] on Google The reason your blog is still not showing up in Google is almost definitely the issue that I warned you about previously which is that you copied a bunch of posts you put on RCG onto your personal blog. RCG simply has too much google juice and it may take quite a while for Google to reexamine your blog and decide you are not a spam blog that is just out to copy RCG content. In terms of the non-local websites that show up before you on Google, they are sites that are much more relevant on three of the four keywords (i.e. [real estate blog]). Conveniently, many of those sites are only showing up for kirkland because they are linking to your blog! :) The moral: Give it time and generate a ton more links to your site and you'll get noticed by Google sooner than later. Or go spend a ton of money on SEO and you'll likely be able to score well on MSN. Personally, I prefer the google route, but that probably has something to do with Robbie's comment that I do very well with Google! ;) Ardell,

I just looked over the results between the two search engines, and I’d have to completely disagree… The fact that MSN lists this blog post as the #1 result is complete junk and could only occur because she’s stuffed the title of her blog with the keyword Kirkland. Google definitely doesn’t let you get away with such simple (and irrelevant) solutions.

[Kirkland Real Estate blog] on MSN
[Kirkland Real Estate blog] on Google

The reason your blog is still not showing up in Google is almost definitely the issue that I warned you about previously which is that you copied a bunch of posts you put on RCG onto your personal blog. RCG simply has too much google juice and it may take quite a while for Google to reexamine your blog and decide you are not a spam blog that is just out to copy RCG content.

In terms of the non-local websites that show up before you on Google, they are sites that are much more relevant on three of the four keywords (i.e. [real estate blog]). Conveniently, many of those sites are only showing up for kirkland because they are linking to your blog! :)

The moral: Give it time and generate a ton more links to your site and you’ll get noticed by Google sooner than later. Or go spend a ton of money on SEO and you’ll likely be able to score well on MSN. Personally, I prefer the google route, but that probably has something to do with Robbie’s comment that I do very well with Google! ;)

]]> By: ARDELL http://raincityguide.com/2006/07/11/free-bloginar-in-la-for-200-agents-plus-how-to-link/#comment-9897 ARDELL Wed, 12 Jul 2006 05:36:51 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/07/11/free-bloginar-in-la-for-200-agents-plus-how-to-link/#comment-9897 I come up three times on the first page of msn search for <a href="http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=kirkland+real+estate+blog&FORM=QBRE">Kirkland Real Estate Blogs</a>. Google on the other hand has me no where and shows other blogs that aren't even in Washington under the search for Kirkland Real Estate blogs. So I'd say msn is getting better all the time. I come up three times on the first page of msn search for Kirkland Real Estate Blogs. Google on the other hand has me no where and shows other blogs that aren’t even in Washington under the search for Kirkland Real Estate blogs. So I’d say msn is getting better all the time.

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