Blog on Your Website: Tip #14 of 100
Real Estate Internet Marketing - 100 Tips in 100 Days
Tip #14 of 100 - Blog on Your Website
If you have a real estate blog that you've been using for a long time, it's best to keep it right where it is. Chances are, it has built up some search engine visibility at its current location, so you don't want to relocate it to a different web address.
But if you're about to start using Blogger, WordPress or Movable Type for the first time, it's best to publish the blog onto your own website (i.e. www.JaneDoeAgent.com/blog) rather than under the blog company's domain (i.e. www.Blogspot.com/JaneDoe).
Why?
Because a blog on your own domain will contribute to your website's overall search engine visibility, while a blog hosted by a blogging company will not. Sure, the blog will eventually create its own web presence and will earn search engine ranking in time ... but it will speed things up a lot if you consolidate your blog with your main website.
If you also blog in a community such as ActiveRain, that's great too. It gives people yet another way to find you online. But if you're serious about getting your own personal website to rank well in the search engines, consider adding a blog to the site as well.
Also see: Popular Blogging Software
Look for real estate Internet marketing tip #15 tomorrow!
View the growing list of tips
-Brandon
Tip #14 of 100 - Blog on Your Website
If you have a real estate blog that you've been using for a long time, it's best to keep it right where it is. Chances are, it has built up some search engine visibility at its current location, so you don't want to relocate it to a different web address.
But if you're about to start using Blogger, WordPress or Movable Type for the first time, it's best to publish the blog onto your own website (i.e. www.JaneDoeAgent.com/blog) rather than under the blog company's domain (i.e. www.Blogspot.com/JaneDoe).
Why?
Because a blog on your own domain will contribute to your website's overall search engine visibility, while a blog hosted by a blogging company will not. Sure, the blog will eventually create its own web presence and will earn search engine ranking in time ... but it will speed things up a lot if you consolidate your blog with your main website.
If you also blog in a community such as ActiveRain, that's great too. It gives people yet another way to find you online. But if you're serious about getting your own personal website to rank well in the search engines, consider adding a blog to the site as well.
Also see: Popular Blogging Software
Look for real estate Internet marketing tip #15 tomorrow!
View the growing list of tips
-Brandon
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