You may have noticed that there’s a new category showing on this blog – Link Building. That category has been updated to identify the posts that relate to building incoming links to your website. I didn’t go all the way back to the very beginning of this blog, but tagged the posts that talk most specifically about how to get incoming links. Older posts would be under the SEO category.
And, here’s another tip. RealEstateABC.com just updated their agent directory to provide more features for the $25/year “Official Member” listing. Here’s what you get for your money:
- A do-follow link under your name, linking to your home page
- No-follow links to your listings page and home search page
- Your address and phone will be displayed; adding a photo is optional at $50/year
- Up to 250 characters of “Area Text” – describing the area you work in.
Visit RealEstateABC.com to learn more about getting listed in the real estate Agent Directory. I was surprised to see that the chart on that page doesn’t list all the things that are now included in the “Official Member” listings. But, I contacted them and was assured that the features listed above are in effect.
The directory pages don’t have high PR, but they are cached by Google. And, the site gets a lot of traffic, so you may end up with people clicking through to your real estate website, too.
4 Comments
January 14th, 2009 at 11:46 am
Hi, Kathleen
It’s our experience that a minimum of 150 inbound relevant links are necessary to make an impact. Link building (NOT the reciprocal kind, which is a no-no)is the second most important off page process for SEO.
It’s also one of the hardest. One of the advantages of using our company is that we do all that for the client. IN many areas one can do well without building the kind of link presence we provide, but in almost every competitive market, 300 links are necessary to place on the first page of Google, Yahoo or MSN.
January 14th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
Mike,
Thanks for joining the discussion. I agree – link building is an arduous process. It’s nice there are good firms like yours around to provide that critical service!
Kathleen
February 1st, 2009 at 4:28 pm
Our web developer is also an SEO expert. He took us from the 8th page of Google all the way up to the first page in a very short period of time.
I’m not exactly sure how he did it (I’m honestly not a techy) but he did say something about links in one of our company meetings.
February 1st, 2009 at 11:43 pm
A good SEO expert is a great asset. And, you’re right – incoming links are an important part of getting to the top.