I’m going to share a story with all of you first. Yes, it’s true, although I hate to admit it.
A few years ago I decided that I needed a website. Not just a template website, but a website that was custom to me. Branded. One that I could call my own. So, I contacted a company that was referred to me by another agent and started working with them. All I can say is CA-CHING! Lots of money. At the end of the design process the designer said “I really think you should sign up for our SEO package”. I’m thinking to myself, what the heck is SEO and why would I need it? I declined the service. I knew absolutely nothing about anything internet, just that I needed a website, right? I was ok with using these designers for everything. After all, I’m a Real Estate Agent not a web designer. It didn’t hit me until I started blogging what SEO was. I then went in to this almost livid state wondering why they didn’t explain it to me back then. What’s the point of designing a site if it is not optimized in the least? My AR blog showed up on Google in 2 days, surely it couldn’t be that hard. LOL.
The popular question for PBII seems to be about platforms. Which platform should I choose? WordPress.org vs. WordPress.com, etc. This post is really just to put my opinion out and share a little of my experience so far with my fellow litter mates that may still be deciding.
I have mentioned that a year ago I started my Blog on a GoDaddy Quickblog. It was easy, showed up well in Google, that is what I wanted. At the time, I felt that I did not know enough of the techie guru type anything to do WordPress. Today, I’m wishing that I could have found some more confidence on that topic. It has been much easier than expected to set up a WordPress.org site. (Must note here the Queen of Kludge and DaBlogMother has helped out tremendously. Along with Greg, Read more