I recently saw an ad try to sell a real estate domain name for thousands of dollars. The ad implied that obtaining it would get you on page 1 of Google. As a search engine optimization specialist I can tell you that while having a domain name with good keywords in it is great to does nothing for you if you do not optimize your website.

The number one way that you are going to achieve page one rankings in any search engine is your linking strategy. You can think of it in terms of votes. Every time a website links to you it is a vote for you in the eyes of the search engines. The more votes that you have the better your rankings will be.

The best links are links from established websites that the search engines trust. A good place to start your link building is with directories. With directories however it is not quantity but quality.

Here are the best directories to choose. Some are free and some are paid.

Don't forget about Business.com.

It's another expensive one ($299/yr), but is also very authoritative.

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Joel McDonald
Boulder Real Estate
Free Unique Real Estate Content


"If you love what you do, you'll never work a day in your life."

The point you have mentioned that having keyword in domain helps in boosting your ranking in search engines. But along with that your website needs to be better optimize from the SEO point of view i mean keyword should be competitive and description and title should include keywords as well because all these major helps in off page optimization as well and also help improving your website ranking in search engines

why were the links removed...is there a way I can get those suggested links?

I think it was probably spam.

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Nicholas May | IDX Coordinator | Real Estate Webmasters

I guess the link provided are low quality links.

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