Wow! Finally a break from the death grip old man winter has had on the Crystal Coast. It's been so cold that until the other day I was too wimpy to even take my dog for a walk in Emerald Isle. Instead we've been taking really quick, short walks around the house. Thankfully though, the cold weathe
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01/20/2010
Ken was the first person to contact me from Active Rain looking for advice. And I generally enjoy helping people out with their websites. It looks like his is having more trouble than before. In fact its totally gone...yikes! Ken, the first thing I would suggest is move your site FAR away from Po
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04/15/2009
Want to turn EVERYONE away from your website? Want to infect your site's visitors with spyware, mal-ware, or other harmful software? Of course not! No one wants that. But remember as a webmaster, or someone who maintains a site, whether a real eastate or any business for that matter, you have the
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03/10/2009
Okay here it is my FREE SEO tip exclusively for the AR folks. Do you know what a robots.txt file is? Does your website have one? What should you use it for? These are all too important, and often overlooked questions. Your website (not your AR blog) should have a robots.txt file. Why? Well EVERY
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02/13/2009
I like to think of myself as a truly red-blooded American and hold close to my heart all of the freedoms we get to enjoy in our FREE country. My favorite freedom would have to be free speech. In other countries people can be put to death for things they say. This is really hard to imagine. I'd li
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02/09/2009
Given its ease of use and free availability, I am surprised more Crystal Coast area agents do not have Wordpress blogs. Don't get me wrong, I love my AR with its robust SEO and promotional features and awesome link juice, but Wordpress remains my favorite. I'm not talking about the joeschmoe.word
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02/06/2009
Yes it's hard to believe, but the snow is coming down like crazy right now. The weatherman said earlier today it would stop by 6pm. But it's 8:30pm now and it's snowing and blowing like crazy right here in Emerald Isle. When I was coming home from work tonight it was kind of fun driving in the sn
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01/20/2009
Why do I love blogs? Why do search engines love blogs? Most importantly why do site visitors love blogs? Well mainly because there is usually a good amount of fresh content on a blog. I love visiting sites and blogs with fresh content. It's what keeps me coming back. Think about AR. Have you ever
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01/15/2009
Well as you may or may not know I released my new rentals by owner site over the weekend. Saturday to be exact. And I did link to it from my profile here on AR and did a free press release in a Raleigh area newspaper's blog forum thing. But that was about it aside from some linking to it from my
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01/06/2009
Well after a few weeks of long nights writing code and a few more weeks of testing, I think my new Crystal Coast Rentals by owner site is ready to be released for BETA testing. So if you own a vacation rental, or other type of rental property go list it for free. I used a Wordpress blog as the ma
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01/03/2009