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Robert Vegas Bob Swetz

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3,169,508
Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

When someone gets booted the account is archived and no longer public viewable.  The posts CAN be retrieved and if you have the software know-how you can copy the posts.  However, they're no longer visible to the bots, so the links to a members posts will get the "Not found" errors and all that SEO work over time will go POOF as the content is no longer published.

Sep 16, 2016 10:51 PM
Ambassador
3,727,873
Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@Properties - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital

They probably get growled at by that vicious Chihuahua with sunglasses.

Sep 16, 2016 12:55 PM
Ambassador
2,061,814
Alan May
Jameson Sotheby's International Realty - Evanston, IL
Home is where the hearth is.

are you planning something?

Sep 16, 2016 10:54 AM
Rainmaker
2,401,235
Robert Vegas Bob Swetz
Las Vegas, NV

Not that Vegas Bob plans on getting banned from the ActiveRain network, I am just curious about others that have ...

Sep 16, 2016 10:38 AM
Ambassador
5,230,102
Debe Maxwell, CRS
Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC
The RIGHT CHARLOTTE REALTOR!

I would think, yes, they would lose everything - their accounts are deleted, aren't they?  

Definitely makes you want to play well in the sandbox, doesn't it?!  We've got a powerful investment here - too valuable to risk losing!

Sep 16, 2016 01:16 PM
Rainmaker
2,224,473
Debbie Laity
Cedaredge Land Company - Cedaredge, CO
Your Real Estate Resource for Delta County, CO

I guess the threat of loss of all that hard work is reason enough to play well with others in The Rain. 

Sep 16, 2016 11:53 AM
Ambassador
2,178,603
Carol Williams
Although I'm retired, I love sharing my knowledge and learning from other real estate industry professionals. - Wenatchee, WA
Retired Agent / Broker / Prop. Mgr, Wenatchee, WA

This is good reason to NOT put all your eggs in one basket.  Whether you play well in The Rain or not, there is no guarantee it will be around forever.  

Sep 16, 2016 11:03 PM
Rainmaker
989,652
Jennifer Mackay
Counts Real Estate Group, Inc. - Panama City, FL
Your Bay County Florida Realtor 850.774.6582

I would think yes, you would lose the links

Sep 16, 2016 10:00 PM
Ambassador
5,049,450
Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

I have no idea, but the posts that were indexed by the search engines don't just all suddenly disappear from the Internet do they?

Sep 16, 2016 01:22 PM
Rainmaker
1,771,867
Noah Seidenberg
Coldwell Banker - Evanston, IL
Chicagoland and Suburbs (800) 858-7917

Good question. Maybe I do not want to know?

Sep 16, 2016 12:12 PM
Rainmaker
3,986,258
William Feela
WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN
Realtor, Whispering Pines Realty 651-674-5999 No.

Good question

Sep 16, 2016 12:03 PM
Rainmaker
2,362,977
Lise Howe
Keller Williams Capital Properties - Washington, DC
Assoc. Broker in DC, MD, VA and attorney in DC

Interesting question. Sort of like the tree falling in the forest

Sep 16, 2016 11:14 AM
Rainmaker
5,583,278
Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

I'm sure that everything connected to this site would be removed from the Internet.... so once someone misbehaves, there is severe punishment!!!! Ask Conrad and/or Roger.... so foolish...

Sep 16, 2016 10:54 PM
Ambassador
2,436,099
Kat Palmiotti
eXp Commercial, Referral Divison - Kalispell, MT
Helping your Montana dreams take root

I think the posts are still there but they are no longer accessible. If you do a search for someone who is no longer here, their posts still show up on a search result, but if you click on the link, you won't be able to read the info.

I don't know for sure, but that's my guess.

Sep 16, 2016 08:20 PM
Rainmaker
634,482
Kathleen Luiten
Resort and Second-Home Specialist - Princeville, HI
Kauai Luxury Ocean Home Sales

Rainmakers should be posting their content on other platforms in addition to AR so it would never really be lost.

Sep 16, 2016 07:03 PM
Staff
1,685,353
Bob Stewart
ActiveRain - Mesa, AZ
ActiveRain

In all of our years (10 now) this has happened fewer than 5 times. But yes, in theory, they would lose all of their SEO.

The community guidelines are pretty straight forward and easy to understand. This is VERY rare thing. 

Sep 21, 2016 08:57 AM
Rainmaker
1,622,432
Inna Ivchenko
Barcode Properties - Encino, CA
Realtor® • GRI • HAFA • PSC Calabasas CA

Liz and Bill answered it. I noticed that everything gets deactivated. I talked to a few members who left few years ago. They had to copy/paste each blog post  to somewhere else....otherwise it would be lost.

Sep 18, 2016 05:11 AM
Rainmaker
4,319,419
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

Robert Vegas Bob Swetz - reading all other answer and thinking, I should have a backup plan!

Sep 17, 2016 03:26 PM
Rainmaker
3,988,007
Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties
Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN
The Dedicated Clarksville TN Realtor-(931)320-6730

It is a privilege to be here and not a right so it would be best to behave or copy the posts you want to forever keep and move them to your own site which you would have total control of. i know you are only speaking hypothetically, VB.

Sep 17, 2016 11:59 AM
Ambassador
3,345,091
Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

Liz and Bill Spear have this one.  I see it like losing privileges when people go to prison or jail.  Okay ... maybe NOT that severe ... but it does take a lot to get kick off this platform.  Play nice and all is well here. 

Sep 17, 2016 04:56 AM
Ambassador
2,684,109
Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate
Fred Griffin Real Estate - Tallahassee, FL
Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker

   They go to Internet Hell.

Sep 17, 2016 12:10 AM
Rainmaker
5,216,409
Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

Think Bill and Liz Spear covered it well!

Sep 16, 2016 11:39 PM
Rainmaker
2,781,173
Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

Next stop: The old posts home....

Sep 16, 2016 11:29 PM
Rainmaker
1,466,207
Michael Setunsky
Woodbridge, VA
Your Commercial Real Estate Link to Northern VA

Robert Vegas Bob Swetz I would think if the account is deleted the links would be deleted also.

Sep 16, 2016 11:20 PM
Rainmaker
3,071,489
Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers
Serving the Greater Phoenix and Scottsdale Metropolitan Area - Scottsdale, AZ
Haven Express @ Keller Williams Arizona Realty

Liz and Bill Spear  nailed this one!

Sep 16, 2016 11:17 PM
Rainmaker
5,104,931
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

When I get kicked out, I'll let you know.

Sep 16, 2016 11:06 PM
Rainmaker
3,626,530
James Dray
Fathom Realty - Bentonville, AR

I would believe all of their posts would disappear.

Sep 16, 2016 10:47 PM
Rainer
232,019
Jessie Cochran
Counts Real Estate Group, Inc. - Panama City, FL
Panama City Realty Group

I would expect the links to go dead myself, but that's up to AR and the type of banning I susupect

Sep 16, 2016 10:43 PM
Rainmaker
1,844,301
Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
Real Estate Broker Retired

I think if their account would be closed they would drift out of G within a certain amount of time.  Can't shut off the Google switch. Eventually the bots would find out the account no longer exists.

Sep 16, 2016 10:01 PM
Rainmaker
7,836,139
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

I think they lose everything but I am not certain.

Sep 16, 2016 07:44 PM
Rainmaker
1,157,785
FN LN
Toronto, ON

In some cases, the member's account has been deleted and thus, everything disappears.

Sep 16, 2016 07:04 PM
Rainmaker
4,272,548
Paul S. Henderson, REALTOR®, CRS
Fathom Realty Washington LLC - Tacoma, WA
South Puget Sound Washington Agent/Broker!

They go poof!

Sep 16, 2016 02:57 PM
Rainer
97,816
Carol Wilson
Your $imple Home - Toronto, ON

I haven't been around long enough to actually witness this kind of person's handiwork in the Rain to know what their contributions are like, but my total life experience doesn't lead me to expect a lot of SEO from them.  I could be very wrong, but I think someone so intent on self harm wouldn't be allowing himself or herself to get much SEO in the first place.  

I also think the threat of losing SEO from deleted posts would have little impact on people who employ such disrespect that they might get themselves kicked out.

Sep 16, 2016 02:05 PM
Ambassador
6,393,494
Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

Depends on whether the posts are deleted or not, it they are deleted then there is no SEO.

Sep 16, 2016 11:55 AM
Rainmaker
1,231,853
Mary Yonkers
Alan Kells School of Real Estate/Howard Hanna Real Estate - Erie, PA
Erie/PA Real Estate Instructor

I am clueless.

Sep 16, 2016 10:57 AM
Ambassador
3,164,294
Tammy Lankford,
Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA
Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

what links?  links here would vanish, if a person is banned everything here goes away.  I would frankly suggest if a person was banned then they wouldn't care. Generally speaking the people banned don't seem to be primarily blogging for business here in my knowledge of the few it's happened to.

Sep 17, 2016 01:15 PM
Rainmaker
4,882,355
Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
REALTOR®, Broker

Good question; however, I have no idea.

Sep 17, 2016 07:55 AM
Rainmaker
3,416,038
Scott Godzyk
Godzyk Real Estate Services - Manchester, NH
One of the Manchester NH's area Leading Agents

Are you going to be writing something to get you kicked out?

Sep 17, 2016 05:41 AM
Rainmaker
4,936,705
Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

I always wonder how someone can get kick out

 

Sep 17, 2016 03:23 AM
Rainmaker
1,661,936
John McCormack, CRS
Albuquerque Homes Realty - Albuquerque, NM
Honesty, Integrity, Results, Experienced. HIRE Me!

Bill has this one.

Sep 17, 2016 01:32 AM
Rainmaker
5,005,659
Dorie Dillard Austin TX
Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX
NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones

It looks like Liz and Bill Spear have the right answer to your question.

Sep 17, 2016 12:52 AM
Rainmaker
4,572,183
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

I'd say Bill Liz and Bill Spear has a reasonable answer.   

Sep 17, 2016 12:19 AM
Rainmaker
1,725,996
Sandy Padula & Norm Padula, JD, GRI
HomeSmart Realty West & Florida Realty Investments - , CA
Presence, Persistence & Perseverance

Liz and Bill Spear receive the "Golden Star'

Sep 16, 2016 11:44 PM
Rainmaker
1,617,916
Harry F. D'Elia III
WEDO Real Estate and Beyond, LLC - Phoenix, AZ
Investor , Mentor, GRI, Radio, CIPS, REOs, ABR

That is the cost of being banned from the Rain--Lord of the Ringers

Sep 16, 2016 11:32 PM
Rainmaker
4,434,127
Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

No idea.

Sep 16, 2016 09:56 PM
Rainmaker
911,338
Jeff Pearl
RE/MAX Distinctive / LIC in VA - Lovettsville, VA
Full Service Full Time Realtor

That can happen on many rented platforms where agents blog.

Sep 16, 2016 09:07 PM