Oops...misread your question.

Onsite blogs serve a number of purposes. Used correctly they can assist with linkbuilding, frequent and deep search engine visits and a number of things IMO.

Offsite blogs can perform some of the similar things. I like offsite blogs when dealing with specific niches.

best;

Eric

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Eric Blackwell
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Louisville Real Estate

Southern Indiana Search Engine Marketing Blog

Real Estate Industry Watch - Real Estate Industry News Blog

My question is can you get an onsite blog on your domain, to rank and post on the SE's just like you can an offsite blog? By offsite blog I mean your own offsite blog that you control and own. Or is there more of an advantage to your own offsite blog, rather than your own onsite blog?

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MARK Z. & Associates

Coldwell Banker Real Estate
Northville, MI 48168
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Northville Real Estate
West Bloomfield Real Estate
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Servicing the entire Metropolitan Detroit Real Estate market. If you know of anyone looking to relocate to Michigan, call me with their name and number. I am willing to pay you up to a 30% referral fee.

If I had to start over again, I'd prioritize like Wayne did above - with the effort going to the onsite blog. It is easier to build authority to one domain.

I still like doing niche (and hyperlocal) blogs as well.

Just my .02

Eric

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Eric Blackwell
Technologist, SEO Specialist and Consultant

Louisville Real Estate

Southern Indiana Search Engine Marketing Blog

Real Estate Industry Watch - Real Estate Industry News Blog

@Mark - yes I think you can get your onsite blog to rank that well and then it is yours. I think blogging is a form of prospecting but I am not the best at keeping up all the blogs as I should.

One way to do it is to have different themes for each blog. Because my site has plenty of Real Estate Info - I use my onsite blog to blog about local interest stuff like restaurants, things to do, and events. More of a laid back thing where I use the REW blog for RE info and how to RE stuff.

Blogs are a great way to communicate - develop friendships - and draw clients. Yes, I do get clients from my blogs.

Thoughts??

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Our plan is to post on our blog, then go to Activerain and one or two more and post a summary with a link to our site blog.

ActiveRain seems to get higher in the SEO here in my region in Florida.

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