That is sooo cool. Thanks for sharing

Lenn:  AR is NOT loosing Google Juice!  If anything it is gaining!  I see the same thing in my posts!

Lenn,

Just goes to prove...Google is nothing to Giggle about!!! Thanks,   Fran

Lenn - I have just started posting open houses on Active Rain.  I hope I get the same results.  Are you postings these on localism or just on your AR blog?

Extremely impressive! It would be hard to beat 6 minutes.

Do you have an outside blog Lenn? Has Google started to crawl that as well?

Thanks for sharing! :-)

Lenn, now that's speedy!  Have fun on Sunday - or tell whoever is holding it open to have fun!

A post I wrote the other day was found by Google in just minutes.  (I have alerts set up for the keywords.)  An article I wrote for my outside blog yesterday morning was found by Google today. 

24 hour difference.  Amazing!

Lenn - I have seen some mighty speedy results lately too.  I thought it was slowing down for a bit a few months ago, but perhaps it has sped up again.

Lenn, I think we have a lot more fun when we search unique and specific topics like this because there is little competition.  Your turn-around time on this new post is awesome!

Meriam.  My pleasure.  Surely put a smile on my face.

Steve.  ActiveRain is back in the fast lane.  With the new servers, we're back in the game.

Fran.  How true.

Pam.  I post them on AR and my own private blogs and my outside AR blog.  One of my own outside blogs was right up there on Google too. 

Patricia.  The broker holding the open is one of my former agents whom I encouraged to get her broker's license and now she's doing very well.  I serve on a consultant and referral bases. 

Kris.  There are a lot of agents out there that would be delighted to see one of their posts searchable in 24 hours.

Steve.  It did slow down with the offline glitches.  It's fine now and better than ever. 

Diane.  Awesome is the word for it. 

Lenn, I know, It's just fantastic and I loooooove the Rain. If one does their SEO and Tag studies, Google will reward them.

Mana.  Shhhhhh!!!

Thanks for the heads up, Lenn.  That's absolutely remarkable.  I did that search on Google and you were already number one.  Talk about instant gratification!  :)

Not Yet.  Actually I have 4 spots out of 10 on page 1 for that search term and one of them is my ActiveRain outside blog. 

I love it when a plan comes together.

That is fantastic. We as "humans" do not want to wait on anything - including Google!

LENN- Good for you!  Sure does feel good when you see instant results!  All your hard work is paying off. I hope it sells!

When it happens this way it is intoxicating isn't it !!!!

Wow that is very fast Lenn. I will try this on my next open house.

Good. The synergy is back and back with a vengance!

I too love instant gratification.  I am often hooting and hollering about something I just posted coming to the top of the google page.  I think my husband thinks I am nuts!

Gary.  It appears that we don't have to.

Allison.  This is great.  I couldn't believe my eyes.  I expected to see Open House sites of other agents or lead companies and there was my post right at the top.  One of my own blogs was right there #2.  In fact the ActiveRain "outside blog" was about #6.  Very productive.

Charlie.  Always, always!!

Mike.  Good luck.

Craig.  Absolutely.  The first time I checked, the post was 4 minutes old.  Then I edited it once and went back and it was showing 6 minutes.  Amazing. 

Lenn, It is incredible isn't it? I've noticed the same thing on mnay occassions. In fact, I am constantly doing searches to see what search terms I need to work on. When I find one I write a post and within a couple of hours I can be in the first position. You gotta love it!!!!

Team Newington.  If you have a good handle on SEO, your husband should worship the ground you walk on.

Bryant.  I've been pleased with the AR production since the new servers were installed.  Google is crawling these pages every day.  What more could a body ask?

WoW Lenn.. CONGRATULATIONS on your Google Juice.... Maybe you can sell this one before the open house  :)

Roland.  Wouldn't that be nice?

That's wonderful, Lenn.  Please let us know how your turnout at your Open House is.

Lenn- I think google is having a secret affair w/activerain...

Talk about fantastic results!  Definitely a great tool for us listing agents to use to expose our clients' homes to the marketplace.

Lenn, have you noticed the Localism posts sometimes follow soon after?  I have yet to see the "AR outside blog" making any headway though.

Here's hoping the consumer response on Sunday is as quick as Google was today. Would be interesting to find out how many attendees found out about the open house through the web.

SEO?

Kristina.  Will do.  Open house at luxury homes doen't bring out a lot of folks.  My fingers are crossed.  The broker holding the Open is very good. 

Jeremy.  Let's hope so.

Tamara.  We need all the tools we can find.

Georgina.  I don't see as much with Localisms, but my AR Outside Blog is everywhere.  I'm using it for a specific market, but added this post this a.m. because it does so well in SERP.  Geez.  There is was. 

John.  One thing I found out a long time ago is that the consumer often doesn't know how they found out about you or a listing or open or anything.  Most of the buyers I ask say they found me on Realtor.com.  HA!  Just bring a check and Lenn's happy.

Whatever works for you...good luck!

Lenn, Just curious then, what is your AR outside blog url?  I need to see what I'm doing wrong.

Lenn ActiveRain is a valuable tool in getting our names out there, as well as a valuable tool to advance our business.

That is very nice to know. I will definately keep htis in mind! Never hurts to try as many avenues as possible.

That, my friend, is the power of Lenn Harley's posts! Great stuff Lenn!

wow - how cool is that!

Georgina.

searchforhomesmdva.com

I've been using it exclusively to promote foreclosures and the Grant program that I'm using.  But, it has such good synergy on Google, I thought I'd add this Open House post and there it was.  I have found that the Outside Blog was indexed before I selected the posts to be included, but no matter, it's still Google Juice.

George.  Indeed.  I'm a loyal and dedicated fan. 

Yvette.  It works if it's all put together.

Barbara.  Indeed.  Work it.  Work it.

Thanks Tracy.  It's hard work, but it works.

Damon.  Cool, Cool indeed.

Lenn you tied my record! 6 minutes is the quickest I have seen one of my posts get indexed :)

Isn't A/R just the best marketing tool around?  I noticed this too recently when I wrote a blog late at night about a property I'd just staged -- and the next morning Googled "home staging Portland" and my blog was right up there at the #2 position (after my A/R profile, which was #1).  Wow!

I alos posted an OPEN HOUSE for this Sunday July 27th and searched it on Google and it is right there

Lenn- Great post.  Never thought of posting an open house here, but I think I'll give it a try. Thanks for the tip!

Lenn - To say AR has a pulse on Google is probably an understatement at this point.

Thanks Lenn, I don't get it... by AR OB has zero juice.  I will have to play around with it I guess.

Lenn- It sure does not get any better than this! GO AR! RAHH RAHH< CHEERS! Active rain, active rain, go, go, go, Get that Google juice, mo, mo, mo;)

Lenn.....we have the juice, google juice.  Actually it does get better....look at the relationships we are building in addition to our google juice!

Ahhhh...as usual Lenn...yet another sterling reminder of what we all SHOULD be doing....and we will !

Thank You !!

It is amazing how quickly the AR elves get these things out! It's it cool?

I saw your post about that beautiful house this morning. I'm glad google saw it too.

Hi Lenn, it sounds like the Google spiders and crawlers are traversing at lightning speed. Is that the way this normally works? Spiders on steroids, that would be weird. LOL

That is awesome!  I have noticed the Google loves ActiveRain!!

Olan Carder
www.charlottemortgageonline.com

I am absolutely thrilled to know about the responses everyone has had.  I am posting my Sunday open house immediately!

AR + Google will bring you the web traffic...let's hope it goes beyond and brings you foot traffic to your open house!

Best of Luck!

GA Real Estate

Pretty cool, Lenn. I have seen things pop up on a couple of occasions in a very short period of time. Must have caught the indexing just right. Hope you get a good turnout.

Jeff

Good luck on having a good turn out for this open house.  Great work on your SEO.  I am having fun with the google juice.

Len,

With the SEO power I have as #2 in WA, and the top inspector, I find I am picked up by google sometimes within an hour. With your clout they probably are in the attic -- #1 at Active Rain. Wow.

HI LEN!

AR is the best!  I'm looking forward to big successes through AR.  I know that it's  because of AR that I'm even in google.

Thanks for sharing,

Lenn:  I post all my listings in AR and use the keyword as the "address" and "Subdivision".  I do the same for Truila and several other sites and it sure is GREAT PR to send my seller client an email link to a Google Search on their house address or subdivision and virtually always have ALL TOP 10 of the google searches on that home with AR splattered all over it. 

I call this SEO By Accident since I really don't understand why it works so well.

Lenn,

It is amazing how fast it works, also some time just for fun Google your name, I did and all sorts of stuff popped up including my blogs, open houses, my web pages etc. Great exposure!

-Jeff

It is amazing, I see the same thing all the time.  Sure makes it worth while doesn't it.

Woo hoo, that is great, I am continually amazed at how fast Google indexes all the posts here. Must be the collective amount of blogs, as my outside one takes several hours.

Active Rain is the only way to go when delivering the news or your views!

Hi Lenn,  Isn't it amazing how we are starting to take for granted all of this fabulous technology !  Good selling to you.

Bill.  Ha, ha!  I don't take any of it for granted.  I grind out this work every single day. 

Jim.  Indeed.  It's got to be the best crawled network on the net.

Missy.  One of my outside blogs about the Open House was indexed quickly too.  It was just under the ActiveRain post. 

Dick.  Indeed it does.  I thought I'd share that with folks who still don't believe.

Jeff.  I agree.  Studying Google is a good use of a bloggers time.  Or, anyone with an Internet presence. 

David.  That would clearly impress a home seller.  Rainers know.

Yvetts.  I was on Google long before ActiveRain, but I'm on Google through ActiveRain even more.

Steven.  Thanks.  I love it when a plan comes together.  I knew Google would index that post, but I never expected it to be done so quickly.  What it did was give us an extra day of exposure to folks looking for Open House in Leesburg for Sunday. 

Christine.  It is fun isn't it?  I don't often hear that description but I agree completely.

Lenn, I think that the google crawlers just wait outside your computer for you to post fresh, original content.  They know you are the "Queen" of posting. AJ

Thanks AJ.  I was asked by someone recently what foreign languages I speak.  I said that I speak Google. 

They didn't have a clue. 

I speak Google!  LOL  Lenn I love you - you crack me up... but oh so true.  People don't get it sometimes... Active Rain really does work !!

Lenn, that is very impressive! I have always wondered how fast google puts our posts into the mix. Now that you have tested the waters and shown us how fast it would do us all well to realize and remember that there is power in the blog (and especially ActiveRain!)

Our localism post seem to be very high on the list. We have had a nice increase in visibility on our properties.

Lenn,  It is amazing how fast Google works!  It is so much fun to write a blog article and see where you are in the Google search engine within an hour. 

Pippa.  Indeed.  I posted about Reston Virginia this morning and it was in the SERP within an hour.

Terry.  Don't you love it when a plan comes together?

Stephen.  That's why I'm here.

James.  I've been studying Google since 1997.  It speaks my language.  Simple minded and to the point. 

Further Proof that AR gives good google (God, that sounded dirty!), Have you done a comparison of what the result would be vs. posting a unique page on your personal site?

Johathan.  I've got the top three spots.  One from AR, one from a personal blog and one from Localism.

Lenn~  You surely know what you are doing!  I think it is great that you have the top three spots!  Could I borrow your brain for a little while? 

Vickie.  Thanks for the compliment, that I have a brain.  Ranking in Google is not complicated.  It's simple minded common sense.

It is simply amazing to me ! I am so glad I am blogging on active rain

Anne

Lenn, I have found this to be true for me as well. I have had prospects call me within a half hour of a blog post on ActiveRain. They just happened to type in some key words from that blog entry and it was #1 for those words on Google.

Listen - I just contacted you at your outside blog - let me know if you ever get it.  Have you tried it?  What do you think?

thanks

thanks for the post Lenn...it really is great, it is amazing how quick it gets picked up

Lenn, I'm constantly amazed by the power of Active Rain. we all benefit from each other here.