What has happened to PPC in www.Google.com or for that matter www.yahoo.com ? That's the question and I think I might know part of the answer. A few months ago my traffic started dropping off in my key phrases ie virginia beach real estate, virginia beach homes for sale, virginia beach va real e
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10/31/2007
I read in a recent post that www.realtor.com has all listed homes in every locality in the US. I don't believe that is completely accurate.Until 2007 our MLS (Rein), for a number of years prior, did not have a sharing relationship with www.realtor.com. Consequently during that period of time indi
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10/29/2007
After a dryer then usual summer in the Virginia Beach area (that also includes Chesapeake, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Portsmouth Va,) we are getting a good soaking. So far from 1 1/2-4 inches of rain has fallen in the area, sometimes called S Hampton Roads. More rain is expected at least thru Saturda
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10/26/2007
I'm still a newbie on this real estate blogging but I'm having fun and I'm fascinated with the shared information available. The easy willingness of other Real Estate bloggers on www.activerain.com to share ideas and thoughts and details with others is quite amazing and enlightening. Wow!Today
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10/25/2007
One of the real pleasures of practicing real estate in the Virginia Beach area of Va is the opportunity to provide my real estate services to a number of military families relocating to this area. We have a number of military bases here in the Virginia Beach area, which includes Chesapeake, Norfo
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10/25/2007
I had a conversation with 2 Realtors in my office re my new venture into real estate blogging in the Virginia Beach area of Va. They both are big on expires and fsbo's and they both do a lot of mailings and a load of phone calls and well organized Open Houses to search for potential clients.I'm s
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10/24/2007
In my opinion, it's hard to beat a local Realtor who has good content and ALL the homes listed for sale in their market area, updated daily and knows his local product and cares about his clients. It's also important to keep on top of advances and changes in the dynamics of Real Estate. ZILLOW hi
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10/23/2007
One of the situations that really concerns me is when a client informs me upfront he is pre-approved (a necessity to write a contract; not pre-qualified) with XYZ Mortgage Co he/she found on the internet. Most of the time it's a Mortgage Broker from who knows where that I've never heard of. I imm
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10/23/2007
It bothers me when I read or hear something negative about Realtors. I am proud to be a Realtor in Residential Real Estate and find it deeply rewarding.As in any profession, their are a few "bad apples" that tend to tarnish the reputation, to some degree, of all. ie Attorneys---and, of course, Re
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10/23/2007
Anyone thinking about looking for a getaway place to relax from the stresses of everyday life. If you live on the East Coast area especially you might want to consider Virginia Beach, Va. It's centrally located, has 4 seasons, but none extreme, and compared to most areas, prices are still reasona
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10/22/2007
