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The Real Estate Blog Lab The Real Estate Blog Lab The Real Estate Blog Lab is a laboratory created for Real Estate Bloggers. It is where RE bloggers can come for ideas and information on plugins, new widgets, single property sites and tutorials. Articles
Hyper Local Target Marketing Driving Traffic or Herding It
2008-03-10 01:41:00 Traffic Addiction Deprogramming What is your market? WHAT is your MARKET? WHAT IS YOUR MARKET? Yes, I'm shouting at you to break the spell or Traffic Addiction. You can not target your market if you have not defined your market. More About: Marketing , Traffic , Driving , Local , Target
Splogs A Rite of Passage
2008-02-29 02:58:00 When I first started blogging about 18 months ago I heard the term "splog" from time to time in a rather derogatory manner. I had no idea what splogging and scrapping were all about. Then I heard the term "Content Thieves" now that made sense.
Google Content Analysis Tool
2008-02-29 01:01:00 I was in my Google Webmaster Tool s yesterday clicking around as the PR update continues to make its way from data center to data center. I've often found a correlation between PR updates and "New Google Toys" to play with in the Webmaster Tools. Content Analysis with emphasis on Meta Tags and more. More About: Google Webmaster Tools
PicLens One Sweet Add on for Your Browser
2008-02-20 04:39:00 PicLens is hard to describe until you try it and once you do you will never look at images the same way again. You can't use it to view all images (YET) but we can only hope. It works with IE 6+ Firefox (Windows and Mac) or Safari browsers. It works with Google Images, Flickr, Yahoo, and more. More About: Sweet , Browser
Kicking a New Post to the Top of the Search Engines
2008-02-03 16:53:00 You can in some cases get a post that isn't indexed found in search engine results. Is that cool or what! More About: Search Engines , Post , Search , Engines , Kicking
Google Sitemap Stats
2008-01-31 17:42:00 Google went away from the supplemental indexing or at least from reporting the supplemental results. Which left some of us wondering what might be going on. Personally I like having everything in the index or at least most pages and post are doing better these days. More About: Google , Sitemap , Google Webmaster Tools , Stats , Google Sitemap
My Blog Log - Goes Yahoo Gray
2008-01-30 19:21:00 MyBlog Log was purchased recently by Yahoo . I thought okay no big deal, till I had to log into my account and start making changes, like they didn't know what my avatar is so I have to create a new one. Like I can link to my Yahoo account if I want to, etc. etc. More About: Gray , Yahoo!
Restore your WordPress Database From Mysql 4 to Mysql 5
2008-01-30 02:26:00 Is your blog showing its age. Was it created with mysql 4.0 or earlier? Then you know what it is like to click and wait and click and wait to do anything. Follow these simple none destructive steps and you can turbo charge your blog and bring it into the present century and learn how to backup and restore your MYSQL database while you are at it. More About: Wordpress , Database , Mysql , Restore
IE 7 fonts on Firefox and ALL OF YOUR APPLICATIONS!
2008-01-19 21:13:00 The last post here at the Lab was about the font legibility on IE 7 vs Firefox . I looked and looked to find a way to make them as bold and easy to read on FF as on IE 7 to no avail. But now I have a solution and you can get this same ... More About: Applications , Fonts
Firefox and IE 7 Display
2008-01-14 19:29:00 I’ve waited for a very long time to update IE to version 7. Our local MLS software was not compatible with IE 7 when it first came out. I recently checked again to see if any of the recent work they have done on the software changed this. It is now functional with IE 7 ... More About: Firefox , Display
The Chronicle of a Domain Name Change to a Blog
2007-11-22 19:34:00 Steve Belt has a running chronicle of what he went through while changing the ULR Domain Name for his blog. If you are thinking about making this kind of change you should read Steve's post on what you will probably encounter in the process. More About: Domain Name , Change , Blog , Chronicle
Supreme Ruler Feasting & PR
2007-10-30 03:43:00 Need I write or even say the Ruler associated with PR. No not the Price is Right. Some would think it Pretty Risky, or Purposely Ridiculous. It was waited for two month longer than some thought it due. More About: Supreme
SEO De-programmers Needed for RE Bloggers
2007-10-06 17:30:00 I’m going to count backward from 3 and when I get to 1 I want you to wake up. Here we got 3. . . . 2. . . . 1. . . . WAKE UP! There is a growing cult in the Real Estate blogging community. It is the Cult of SEO. More and More RE bloggers are being recruited to this cult almost every day. The seduction begins with “Look into my eyes, I can ... More About: Bloggers , Gram , Programmers
Wordpress 2.3 All-in-One-SEO for Meta Tags in the Header
2007-09-30 01:03:00 Why do I want Meta Tags In the Head At one time these tags had great significance in search engine placement, (Web 1.0). Since it is now generally believed they are for the most part ignored by the search engines (Google) many have stopped using them all together. You can tell the significance WordPress places on them since there is no internal support for Meta Tags in the Header file. So Why do I want them and make such a ... More About: Wordpress , All-in
Wordpress 2.3 Meta & Keyword Tagging
2007-09-29 20:12:00 Wordpress 2.3 Tagging I’m the last person that should be trying to explain tagging in Wordpress. I’ve spent the better part of two days trying to duplicate the way I had tagging set up in the earlier version of Wordpress. It took a great deal of searching but I think I finally have a system that gets me back close to what I had before. First I need to explain what I had set up for tagging and how it ... More About: Wordpress , Keyword , Meta
RE Blog Lab Smoke Everywhere 2.3 WAIT A LITTLE WHILE
2007-09-28 05:53:00 WORDPRESS 2.3 BREAKS MORE THAN IT FIXES BE WARNED! Yep, I did it. I upgraded the lab this afternoon and there is debris and smoke everywhere. The kids making these version must never test some of the basic functionality. You would think they were throwing hand grenades and calling it “Close Enough” lets call it a new version. I call it, lets fix something that isn’t broken and break a bunch of stuff and not tell anyone about it. I’m ... More About: Blog , Smoke , Litt , Wait
Growing Peas in a Day!
2007-09-22 21:18:00 Have you ever tried to grow peas in a day? Did you know you can do it? Layout the rows Dig up the soil Mix into the soil manure and potting soil (Home Depot has both) make a row with the edge of a hoe space the peas to be grown about 10 to 12 inches apart Cover with ... More About: Growing , Peas
Eric Blackwell?s Must Have WordPress Plugins
2007-08-14 17:47:00 Maureen Francis of MIOaklandCounty asked “On another note, I am looking around for any must have WP plugins. Would like to see a bunch of us post what we are using to see what we can learn.” Eric is the first victim volunteer to share his list of plugins and in so doing became ... More About: Wordpress , Wordpress Plugins , Plugins , Plug-ins , Lack
Google I?m in Love with You !
2007-08-10 20:35:00 Have you ever wanted a multi billion dollar company to get your information to the world in seconds and for the amazingly low price of FREE! Last week I wrote the post Googl e Search Results faster than a Speeding Nanite The short of it, I was beginning to notice my blog posts were showing ... More About: Love , With You
RE Photographers Get The Digital Photography Book
2007-08-04 03:03:00 I recently wrote about the Importance of Tagging your photos in a blog post in “Photos and overlooked part of your blog traffic.” Now I want to talk about taking better digital photos and introduce you to a great book “The Digital Photography Book ”. But first a quick look at what is being said about photography, real ... More About: Photographers , Graph
Google Search Results faster than a speeding nanite
2007-08-03 20:19:00 Do you check your posts when you published? I have a routine when I publish a new post. Especially now that I’m tracking the test site Tucson AZ Real Estate. The routine is as follows: Publish the post Ping (now using autopinger, it pings Google ) Wait 15 minutes Go to blogsearch.google.com and search the title tag If not ... More About: Results , Search , Google Search , Speeding
Ping-O-Matic ? Connection Time Out!!!
2007-07-26 16:52:00 Request Time out This request takes too long to process, it is timed out by the server. If it should not be timed out, please contact administrator of this web site to increase ‘Connection Timeout’. You might want to try and send a manual ping for your site! I’m getting connection time out error meaning ... More About: Time Out , Ping
Photos an Overlooked Part of Your Real Estate Blog Traffic
2007-07-24 22:27:00 Photos on a blog post are cute, sometimes they have nothing to do with the post, sometimes they are stolen and used without permission, but that is a post already written, just not by me. They should enhance the post. Photos are like adding seasoning to the meal. You can eat it ... More About: Blog Traffic , Photos , Estate , Real Estate , Traffic
Realivent CMA request Form on the Lab
2007-07-23 21:26:00 Has anyone found it odd that there is a CMA Request form on the lab? I thought someone might ask me about it, but I haven’t had anyone inquire about it. Yep, I’m running another experiment on this CMA Request Plugin from Realivant. I like the results. It is easy to install and Activate Create a page (I suggest using ... More About: Plug-ins , Form , Alive , Vent
A Fable Do Follow and Comments
2007-07-21 05:11:00 There is a story told of heaven and hell being exactly alike. There are large banquet tables set with every kind of food and desert imaginable. Everyone has a fork in their hand that can’t be removed or repositioned. The Fork is so long you can’t put it in your mouth. The scene in hell; everyone is stabbing food ... More About: Comments , Fable
Zillow Directory of Real Estate Blogs
2007-07-19 16:46:00 Is Your Real Estate blog listed in the Zillow wiki? Would you like to be listed? It is free. Go to the link below Create an account if you don’t have one Log in to edit the wiki page Find the section where your blog belongs Type in your blog name Highlight the name you enter Click the Globe add link at ... More About: Real Estate , Blogs , Directory
Tucson AZ Real Estate Blog
2007-07-18 22:25:00 More than an experiment a passion. The premise for the experiment Setup a new domain name. Use Wordpress as the basis Posts & Pages See how the search engines respond The process that brought about this new venture is outlines in the posts I’ve written recently in this order: Real Estate Weblogging 101 A Tucson Realtors Journey in Web Presence Building a Real Estate Blog Site ...
Building A New Real Estate Blog Site or Refurbish the Existing
2007-07-18 04:16:00 Have you ever said, “I wish I had known what I know now when I started all of this” I’ve said it over and over during the last year. I’ve continued to make improvements to all the sites we have but there has been this nagging desire to put it all together and see if it ... More About: Building , Estate , Real Estate , Blog , Site
Real Estate Blogging Hot topic of the Hour
2007-07-17 01:24:00 Real Estate blogging is the hot topic of the hour. It will continue to pop up at the top of the charts for the rest of 2007 and into 2008. Let’s face it Real Estate is tough especially now. Real Estate Agents everywhere are looking for ways to better market themselves and their services. In years ... More About: Blogging , Hot Topic , Topic
A Tucson Realtors Journey in Web Presence
More articles from this author:2007-07-16 23:06:00 Things have been very busy here at the lab over the last month. I know the number of posts don’t reflect that, unfortunately some experiments and setting them up takes time to perk and have some results worth sharing. There are a number of those brewing as I write. The latest is one of the most exciting ... More About: Realtors , Journey , Tucson , Presence 1, 2, 3, 4 |
