Kay, dang it is hard to keep up with next week.  I am so HAPPY to have found your blog. 

Thaaaaaaaaaanks Kay....Yer #1 fan...

Let me tell you, I can barely keep up!

That is pretty cool, I just submited my outside blog and my website to yahoo.ca.  That will be cool if it is added quickly.  Is it acceptable to post an AR blog or will that not be accepted?

Steve - I don't know...I think of it as more for web sites. There are a lot of blog directories though, that you could add your AR blog to, for free.

Wow...thanks for the great info and tips...just added my site to yahoo.ca

Terry Ledford Realtor

Kay - You amaze me.  You sure know how to provide exactly what I need!  Thanks again.

Kay,

Thank-you for all the advice. One link I have is real.com. Do you have any more "free relevant links" for my real estate website? I am in Tennessee.

Kay - thanks for the tutorial on links and the tip on the Canada link.

Terry, Marlene and Jill - glad to help.

Mike - do a search for "add URL tennesee" 

Hi Kay,

You state above that a few paid links are OK.  And yet in your post about the Google Page Rank update you state that sites are getting dinged for having paid links.  Are you suggesting that a few paid links won't get the attention of Google in a negative way but do not rely heavily on paid links as that will definitely get Google's attention?  Thanks for your insights.  W

Will - LOL I was waiting for someone to comment on that one!

Yes, Google will ding you for paid links - when they find them. I have found that paying for a few links on highly relevant, high traffic sites has excellent results. The key is to be subtle about it, and my recommendation is to contact the site owner directly, rather than go through a link broker. This is considered "gray hat" but trust me, it's still part of good SEO strategy. I chickened out and removed my links from my real estate postcards site when all the furor was going on, and it dropped from #2 to #8, and my PR still dropped.

Kay, I deleted my reciprocal page on my website.  It was a really pretty page; but I'm over it. 

So you think it is a good idea to put the link to Active Rain on my home page?  It is worth 400 points here so that would be cool, especially since I have two websites.

My concern with a link to AR from my web site, is that it exposes my potential clients to other realtors in my area.  Any thoughts?

Great post.  I can use all the help I can get.  Thanks for the tips

I love your blogs Kay!  Your a treasure to Active Rain!

Hey, thanks for the Canada tip.

Thanks for the hint about the Canadian directory. That's great from an SEO perspective but also great considering the increased spending power of the Loonie.

Thanks for the info... I am just learning the industry and marketing seems a little overwhelming in today's market... your tips are helpful

good list. prior to submitting to any directories or other sites, its a good idea to check if they include the "no follow" tag on their links. Many classifieds do this and some webmasters are adding this into their sites so they don't get dinged for low ranking, lower quality outbound links. 

Directories typically don't have no follow tags. But you do want to check for them prior to placing links on sites and in classifieds (like craigslist, which is no follow).

I don't undestand- is a "no follow" a good thing or a bad thing?  And how do yo check if it is there or not?

Carol, a 'no follow' tag means you don't get link credit, so that's bad for you. You have to look at the source code to tell. That's why finding lists of 'do follow' blogs is good - you don't have to do that, or know how to do it.

Kay--

Thanks for the great ideas! I did not really fully-understand the relationship between the free links, paid links, etc. and website ranking.  This has helped me.

Kay,

I'm slowly getting better at this SEO and then you come up with another update and that's wonderful. Doing SEO seems to be a never-ending chore if you want to achieve results that long-lasting. 

Thanks for the tips

Hi Kay!  Thank you for the tip on Yahoo Canada.  We've been seeing a lot of Canadian buyers in our Arizona Active adult communities this last month so this was very timely.  I've submitted my website to them.  Thank again!

Kathy Anderson

Kay - Great tip on Yahoo Canada - I had no idea they had a free option - THANKS!

Demetria - Good, I'm glad it was helpful.

Esko - Honestly, it is never-ending. There will always be new web sites trying move up and move you down. 

Dalp - You're welcome! 

Kathy - Cool - a lot of Canadians like it here, I wasn't even thinking of that when I suggested the link. 

Bill - You're welcome - the free link won't last, I'm sure. 

Thank you for the great tip. I just submitted my website.

Great Post Thanks for the tips

I appreciate your blog! But I need help!  How do I ad myself to Canada's Yahoo?  I went to it and didn't see Real Estate, than I typed real estate but I wasn't sure what to do next...Help, please!

Joseph & Sheryl - You're welcome!

Jess -  I haven't added anything to the real estate section yet - can anyone tell Jess where they found it? I couldn't locate the category.

Be sure and visit Bill Gasset's blogs for links to the other free Yahoo Directories. He was nice enough to research those and post them on AR.

Jess - finally - here's where you need to go to submit your site:

 Directory > Regional > U.S. States > Your State > Real Estate

Thanks for the free info...lets see how long it takes to get into the directory.

Shaun - I'm not there yet, and it's been several weeks, but really, it's worth waiting months for a free Yahoo directory listing.