How to Use Google Reader and/or RSS Feed Reader

Using a RSS feed (that cool orange button) reader or Google Reader is the best way to stay on top of blogs that you like to read, without physically going to their physical website every day.

I was going to do a post on using Google Reader or an RSS Feed Reader, but thought, “If I wait long enough, someone else will put together a post explaining RSS feed readers and Google Reader better than I can.”

And, sure enough, someone did.

Nick Bostic, author
of RETechCoach.com and Agent Genius contributor, just wrote a very detailed, yet easy to read explanation of RSS and Google Reader:

Stay on top with RSS and Google Reader

There are all kinds of great visuals and instruction. Check it out!

Thank you, @nbostic for making my/our life easier!

Posted By: Mariana Wagner – Keller Williams Clients’ Choice Realty – Colorado Springs Real Estate Agent

Understanding the Long Tail of SEO

What is Long Tail SEO?

According to Wikipedia: “The long tail in keyword research is basically an expansion of a core, generic, high volume keyword phrase to include numerous combinations and permutations of the keywords and their associated or relevant phrases. These phrases individually are unlikely to account for a great deal of searches, but when taken as a whole, can provide significant traffic.”

Basically, the long tail is all the random search terms – outside of your set keywords that will drive traffic to your site. Maybe each random long tail search term only drives ONE hit, but the total of ALL long tail keywords combined can be more powerful than the total of all targeted keywords.

For example:

“Greenhaven Neighborhood” is a main target keyword for my neighborhood niche blog. However, I can also get hits from searches for long tail keyword searches like “homes for sale near Vista Ridge high school“.

If you want to see exactly how important the long tail keyword is, please take a moment to read:

The Long Tail of SEO by Ed Kohler

In this easy-to read post, you will see how important it is to have plenty of high quality, relevant content … that will generate the long tail keywords … and eventually lead to MORE traffic to your sire.

Posted By: Mariana Wagner – Colorado Springs Real Estate Agent – Keller Williams Realty