Hey Everyone,

As I posted in the introduction section I am new to the forum. I like to share idea's and spark conversations. I enjoy other peoples opinion.

Although I am new here I have been tinkering in Real Estate for quite some time. I have had my ups and downs as I am sure most of you have. But they all are learning experiences.

Through the years I have had the opportunity to explore different real estate venues. Internet Marketing has always been of the greatest interest to me. I am in no way proclaiming to be some internet genius here. We all have our specialties.

It was not until more recently that I turned everything up a notch. I guess those of us in this profession need to be creative and thrifty during a down market. I am a member of some internet marketing forums that are phenomenal.

After about 2 months of hanging out in the forums, asking questions I enhanced some basic knowledge about Internet Marketing and learned a whole lot about Search Engine Optimization.

You have heard the term content is king, well write articles.
I wrote 2 articles specific to a real estate niche.

And here are the Google Rankings after 7 DAys
Results 1 - 10 of about 12,300,000 for XXXMY KEY WORDS. (0.15 seconds)

I could not believe it. All I did is write some good quality content specific to my niche in Real Estate..submitted it to an article directory and am #3 on Google out of 12,300,000.


Keep it simple. Try to avoid information overload. Ask great questions. Keep listening and you can achieve it.

Cheers
Sean McAlister

Are you saying your site ranked in 7 days, or the article site? Was your site brand new, or has it been around for quite a while and you just noticed an "increase" in search engine rankings in 7 days?

Either way, articles are a great way to get your name out there and build links, they are a cornerstone of the REW SEO program as well - thank you for sharing

Out of interest, what was the keyword?

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Where does one submit articles too? Thanks.

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Michael Trinchitella
Associate Real Estate Broker
e-PRO certified Internet Expert
RE/Max Classic Realty - Yorktown Heights, NY
Putnam & Westchester County NY Real Estate

Mahopac NY Real Estate | Northern Westchester County Condos | The Preserve at Somers

If you look at his URLs this looks like a spammer...

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Aaron

Minneapolis Real Estate | Twin Cities Real Estate | Edina Realty Agent

Aaron,

Let me be CLEAR> I am not a spammer. If I were I spammer I would not take the time to write out a post and share a success story. If you look at one of my blogs.....you will notice a link for my construction company as well as other resources. Of course there are some affiliate links.

The other blog site is a resource center for eBooks and specific information

To answer other questions:

The Ranking was a result of an article that I submitted to ezine articles. The article has a link to my real Estate Blog. The traffic has soared as a result of this.
My blog is about 8 months old. But as I said, I have been in the dark with certain SEO tricks until recently.
Other directories are Article City and go articles (this answers the question to where may you submit)

To assume and make comments about people is laughable. This goes along with a post I have in another forum about selling..
Part of peoples problem with selling is that they jump to conclusions and make their mind up about a client before they get to know them. This prohibits their ability to understand their client and effectively get the right product or service in front of them. The results are usually measured by a poor sales performance.

If you would like to see examples of spam check out the Free Ad Forum.

Sean

Here is a good list: http://www.realestatewebmasters.com/thread21794.html

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I was skeptical about the power of article writing myself. However, my first article has brought in three outside clicks to my site and has potential for link building. This is more then enough motivation for me to get the next one done.

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Raleigh Real Estate

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Sean,
You made a big claim, and some will question if the claim can be supported. The easiest way to support your claim is to post the keyword that went to the #3 position in just seven days. We can then verify the claim and congradulate you on the great work.

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Neal M
Jackson MO Real Estate, Cape Girardeau Missouri Real Estate, Cape Girardeau Real Estate
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No No No.... Aaron made no claim, Sean A. McAlister did.

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Aaron

Minneapolis Real Estate | Twin Cities Real Estate | Edina Realty Agent

Sorry Aaron, my mistake. I edited the post.

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Neal M
Jackson MO Real Estate, Cape Girardeau Missouri Real Estate, Cape Girardeau Real Estate
HouseViewOnline™ is southeast Missouri’s leading site for touring real estate online. See 100’s of properties from Cape Girardeau, Jackson, Perryville & Sikeston Missouri. Properties are displayed in photos taken by our professional photographer. We are proud to work with Realtors and real estate agents through out SE Missouri.