Comments on: Real Estate Websites: Falling Off Page One http://www.buildrealestateresults.com/blog/real-estate-websites-falling-off-page-one.html by Kathleen Allardyce from BuildRealEstateResults.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:08:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kathleen http://www.buildrealestateresults.com/blog/real-estate-websites-falling-off-page-one.html/comment-page-1#comment-25432 Kathleen Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:09:26 +0000 http://www.buildrealestateresults.com/blog/real-estate-websites-falling-off-page-one.html#comment-25432 If Sam's presence on the Internet was static, I think his traffic would be down. But, he's seeing the advantage that good SEO brings. He's being found for lots of different searches, and he's got an active blog that increases the number of searches he ranks for. In that situation, even though I'm sure the number of searches in total is down, he's being found for lots of different search terms. So, he's getting a little bit of the traffic from a larger number of terms, and so his traffic is stable. Does that make sense? It's hard to explain! If Sam’s presence on the Internet was static, I think his traffic would be down.

But, he’s seeing the advantage that good SEO brings. He’s being found for lots of different searches, and he’s got an active blog that increases the number of searches he ranks for.

In that situation, even though I’m sure the number of searches in total is down, he’s being found for lots of different search terms. So, he’s getting a little bit of the traffic from a larger number of terms, and so his traffic is stable.

Does that make sense? It’s hard to explain!

]]> By: Charlotte real estate agent http://www.buildrealestateresults.com/blog/real-estate-websites-falling-off-page-one.html/comment-page-1#comment-25416 Charlotte real estate agent Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:55:28 +0000 http://www.buildrealestateresults.com/blog/real-estate-websites-falling-off-page-one.html#comment-25416 hello Sam, thanks for your post. i agree that,if the number of buyers has decreased, the traffic on any site should have decreased, but it has remained relatively stable, which is confusing. hello Sam, thanks for your post. i agree that,if the number of buyers has decreased, the traffic on any site should have decreased, but it has remained relatively stable, which is confusing.

]]> By: Kathleen http://www.buildrealestateresults.com/blog/real-estate-websites-falling-off-page-one.html/comment-page-1#comment-25410 Kathleen Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:11:51 +0000 http://www.buildrealestateresults.com/blog/real-estate-websites-falling-off-page-one.html#comment-25410 Sam, I agree. It is very rare that anyone I talk to can remember how they found me. How do you identify the conversions you described, Joey? Sam,

I agree. It is very rare that anyone I talk to can remember how they found me. How do you identify the conversions you described, Joey?

]]> By: Sam Chapman http://www.buildrealestateresults.com/blog/real-estate-websites-falling-off-page-one.html/comment-page-1#comment-25408 Sam Chapman Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:51:05 +0000 http://www.buildrealestateresults.com/blog/real-estate-websites-falling-off-page-one.html#comment-25408 Joey - by conversions, do you mean the number of people who jump from the blog to the website? Or are you talking about registering to see listings? I can't track the latter and besides my stats it is difficult to track specifically how people find me. I always ask and people usually have no idea the search term they used. Sometimes someone will call and tell me that she was reading my blog, but that is rare. Joey – by conversions, do you mean the number of people who jump from the blog to the website? Or are you talking about registering to see listings? I can’t track the latter and besides my stats it is difficult to track specifically how people find me. I always ask and people usually have no idea the search term they used. Sometimes someone will call and tell me that she was reading my blog, but that is rare.

]]> By: Joseph Bridges http://www.buildrealestateresults.com/blog/real-estate-websites-falling-off-page-one.html/comment-page-1#comment-25396 Joseph Bridges Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:43:01 +0000 http://www.buildrealestateresults.com/blog/real-estate-websites-falling-off-page-one.html#comment-25396 Sam, You make some great points about the long tail. Do you find that traffic from your blog converts well when going to your website? We found that if we can link a post or reference a particular portion of our website in the post the referral traffic will convert in excess of 10% in certain cases. What has been your experience with this? Joey Sam,

You make some great points about the long tail. Do you find that traffic from your blog converts well when going to your website? We found that if we can link a post or reference a particular portion of our website in the post the referral traffic will convert in excess of 10% in certain cases. What has been your experience with this?

Joey

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