Getting your posts indexed.

Be sure that your posts are long enough.

Ernest Hemingway (when he still had a head) bet a guy he met in a bar that he could write a compelling story with just six words. The bar patron took him up on it. Ernest won the bet. Here is the story:

“Baby shoes for sale. Never worn.” [Read more...]

Does size matter?

How long should a blog post be? Is bigger really better? Yes. No. Do you think I frequently give self-contradictory advice?

Yes. No. Maybe. [Read more...]

Photo tag shortcuts.

“The problem with your business is that everyone tells you something different.”

- Yoda (or someone like him.)

Google can’t tell what a photo is about unless you tell it what it is about. On your WordPress 2.5, there are fields like “title” (for the PHOTO, not the page) and “caption” (alt tag). [Read more...]

rulEs FOR ProPer caPitaliZation.

Do you know when you should use “upper-case” letters? If you don’t, it would be a “capital” idea to find out! (Bad pun intended. Well, they can’t all be funny, you know. You just can’t expect that!) [Read more...]

Signing up for an IDX provider? Please don’t forget to read the TOS.

The following is an open letter that I wrote to my web development clients:

To my valued AgentBlogBuzz.Com customers:

Recently,one of my website customers had an untoward experience with Diverse Solutions’ dsSearchAgent IDX.   [Read more...]

Any SPAM on your site?

no spam on realtor websitesMost of us think of “spam” as all of those unwanted emails from casinos, porn, or drug sellers that fill up our mailbox. Actually, “spam” is a catch-all phrase that includes any kind of junk on the internet, including garbage webpage content and “black hat seo” schemes. Webmasters do plenty of it. Why? [Read more...]

Why do I keep seeing my old site on my other computer?

man yelling at computerQ. I just built a new site on a test link at Bluehost.com. I re-directed the name server for my url from my old site to my new site. It looks great on my computer at home. When I go to my office I just keep getting redirected to the old site. [Read more...]

Where do I find an IDX provider for my website?

In our fair part of the country (Minneapolis,) we are not allowed to say “Search the MLS” on our websites. Because of technical distinctions and the proprietary rights of the MLS, we have to use some other terminology like “Search for Homes” or “IDX” home search. [Read more...]