Realtors like to be leaders when it comes to finding new marketing advantages. If they don’t. They quickly get beat down by the competition. In the last decade many have turned to marketing online. Why are you not making money online with your listings? Thats easy. Your not marketing online properly. At least not when realty seo is concerned.

To start, you have to begin your quest for an optimized site with keyword research. You have to know people are searching for before you can attempt to target them. Often times it is not as obvious as you would think. You want to do this before and not after you build you site. Even if you have it isnt to late. Correct the major SEO boo boo’s like have a title tag that says homepage. Make it target a keyword on your list.

Dont try to rank for California Realty of Chicago Realty overnight. You won’t be able to for quite some time. Not only do the companies in the top 10 have at least a 5 year head start on you. They are also spending more money on in a month than you make all year often times.

Instead try to focus your realty SEO efforts on what the industry calls long tail keywords. The research that you did earlier will help you with this step. A long tail keyword is at least 3 words long with low levels of competition. These are keywords that you CAN compete for and be seen, but still have some traffic.

Some great keyword ideas are to do city, number of bedrooms, feature. This would look like…orlando 2 bedroom condo. Do the research and be creative. You would not believe what people search for. Here are some keyword ideas

1. zipcodes, cities, and counties

2. downtown, lake, park

3.3bd, 3 bedroom

4. loft, condo, victorian, tudor

5. marble countertops, wood floors, tile floors.

These are just a few of hundreds of realty seo tips that are available