Real Estate related question....

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by NewComputer, May 31, 2004.

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    I have seen a few real estate websites on my journeys through this forum. You may not know it, but I am licensed realtor up here in the great white north, as well as a mobile equipment instructor. I am designing a website for the training of agents before they actually write the real estate exam. I am curious whether I should submit to the search engines or link from other websites? Is there a certain process to submitting? I am creating the home page and letting people know it is under construction and then I will build it out after that. Will search engines look down on one page websites that are under construction? This will be a great little site for me I hope, but I do not want to market it at all ($$$$) and would prefer that all traffic comes from the web initially. Not because of the cost, I just want to experiment a little, see how well it can do.
     
    NewComputer, May 31, 2004 IP
  2. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    Your best bet is to use links. The ability to get into a search engine (especially Google) is questionable if there are no links to it (even if you manually submit it).
     
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  3. john_loch

    john_loch Rodent Slayer

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    Whenever you're ready - (and **only** when you have your 1 or 2 page site complete), and if you don't mind wearing a small badge on your homepage, go visit relmaxtop.com

    Carrying a link in their Real estate directory (free) will typically earn you a couple of PR 5's and a six at least. More than enough to get you 'discovered' by Google. One more point. Get yourself in DMoz, AND (important) spend $30-$40 and buy a link in IRED.com - it's what some refer to as authoritative, and can make a healthy difference :)

    And remember - internal linkage is important. Even name/anchor tags to jump around within the same page.

    All I can say is Real Estate is VERY competitive. You want to highly optimize your pages (perhaps try SEO-Guy.com and follow his tutorial - it's detailed and sees results) if you're even going to rank. :)

    Cheers, and good luck.
     
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    compar Peon

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    I have read that not only quality of content but quantity of content plays a part in SERPs so having a few pages about local information or anything that would be useful to your users could be very helpful.
     
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    fryman Kiss my rep

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    Might of been helpful 10 months ago, when this thread was started... :rolleyes:
     
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    Blogmaster Blood Type Dating Affiliate Manager

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    The balance between content, links and navigation is very important. When you want to rank for let's say " San Diego Real Estate " it is good to have links coming in from San Diego sites and world wide real estate sites as well.
    That means you will be validated for real estate as well as importance in your local area.
    When those links are being supported by quality content, you will move up, no question about it.
     
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