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Re: #2 on Google for Phoenix Real Estate?!?

Arizona Home Security — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:00:13 -0000

haha nice work!

We are always actively trying to increase our natural rankings over here at Arizona Home Securityas well but it is not an easy task as we all know!

Good luck to you Phoenix Real Estate Guy

Maybe you should write us up on article and well post it up on our page with a link to your site and we'll write you an article as well. I have seen this work wonders!

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Calgary Real Estate — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:01:40 -0000

Jay .... you're #8 for the term on my DC (G.com)

Looking forward to trying Chrome ... how 'bout you?

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Phoenix Window Cleaner — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:52:03 -0000

Thats Great! I just searched it again and I couldnt find it though.

But with some hard work Im sure you could get it back pretty easy.

Good luck!

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Jim Boyer — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:06:13 -0000

Nice, I have you at #6 as of today. I am sure with all the quality content and the number of visits you are getting that you will continue to clime in the google rankings.

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Pete Kosednar — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:25:45 -0000

Jay

Nice job.

My Scottsdale site: dcranchrealestate.com comes up number #5 with a generic search "dc ranch". I go for the big money!

Pete

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Matt Pellerin — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:50:03 -0000

I like Max's search results best too... ;-)

Glad to have someone like you on the first page with us Jay!

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Tucson Michael — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:57:17 -0000

great job for such a tough keyword, hard work pays and to be first page especially #2 even if your dancing around is a great accomplishement. That should provide just that many more leads, congrats

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Ken Smith — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:34:05 -0000

Greg I have you at #10.

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Daytona Beach Real Estate — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:51:16 -0000

Congrats on your high ranking for Phoeniz Real Estate. You're number 11 tonight in Puerto Rico (I'm traveling).

I let my site go for a while and started rebuilding on January 10th. I moved from out of the top 300 to 54 then dropped to 144 and I'm now back up to 122. I'm number 9 on Yahoo, so go figure.

I agree that the term "real estate" is not the best. I'm in the top 15-25 for "homes for sale" and "condos for sale" and climbing. I think these are better terms for buyers and sellers.

Regards,

Lynn

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Portland Real Estate — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:22:16 -0000

I wonder if that ranking was related to the relevancy of whatever the current blog post was on your homepage at that time...? Because I know that Google really likes fresh content.

Re: #2 on Google for Phoenix Real Estate?!?

Calgary Real Estate — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:31:23 -0000

Jay - just did a search for "Phoenix Real Estate" and you're sitting @ #11 (Google.com) and #18 (Google.ca) on the DC's I'm accessing. Important to remember to "sign out" prior to running a search, otherwise you'll see skewed (personalized) results *which tend to be a little optimistic*

That being said, I've seen a lot of weird results on Google over the past 2 days .... I suspect the SERPS are in flux as an algo update in being implemented.

All the best -

Jim

Re: #2 on Google for Phoenix Real Estate?!?

Shailesh — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:44:37 -0000

Jay,

Wow. Congrats.

Also, you're showing at #2 for "Nepalese lender in phoenix". As far as I know I'm the only one in the valley that could even possibly be seeking to be found that way and you beat me on that one too... not only are you not a lender but you're not even Nepalese from what I know...

Congrats!

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Ginger — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:41:15 -0000

#2 no matter how fleeting is great!! I am showing you at #7. Still awesome to be on page 1 for such a huge term.

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Sam Chapman — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:33:49 -0000

In Austin, I'm showing you at #6 without quotes and #10 within quotes.

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Derek — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:38:56 -0000

#10 showing here in Eastern NC about 55 miles east of Google's new NC headquarters.

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The Phoenix Real Estate Guy — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:39:37 -0000

@Greg - I'm confused about the personalized search. I'm seeing a higher ranking for that term when I'm not logged in.

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Jayson — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:42:04 -0000

Jay - Congratulations! That's a huge accomplishment. I hope it lasts - keep us posted about any increase in traffic from that term.

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Greg — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:30:36 -0000

@Vlad - You won't see what Jay sees logged in because the results get customized based on your search behavior. If you look at Jay's screen shot, you will see that he's logged three times the number of visits to his site as he has to the other two. When Google sees that, they will adjust the ranking so that the site you like most is closer to the top.

We like to call it the CEO SERP. When you are working on a large project with a CEO who is obsessed with tracking the slightest changes, you just have his assistant log him in. Within a week he sees everything at #1 which makes him shutup. :)

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Max — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:16:14 -0000

This one is my favorite - result.
Not sure if anyone can see, but we're #1 on this DC and Jay's blog is #2 :)

Re: #2 on Google for Phoenix Real Estate?!?

Max — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:11:38 -0000

I got surprised there for a moment, not that because we stepped down (been there, done that), but because your blog suddenly jumped like on fire :) Only today I noticed you actually made a post about it. BTW, I saw you #9 today and Yahoo Phoenix Real Estate section was at #2. 20 minutes later you're at #2 again.

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Blue Ridge Real Estate — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:58:06 -0000

Congrats with all the homes for sale in Arizonia by recent reports your gonna be one busy office.

Re: #2 on Google for Phoenix Real Estate?!?

Vlad — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:30:14 -0000

I did the search both being logged in and out. Both times you were number 9. If position #2 was due to personalized search results, then it really did not affect my search in either direction. Mind you I am on the East Coast. I still think top 10 is a great result. Over the period of time it can amount to thousands of visitors.

Re: #2 on Google for Phoenix Real Estate?!?

louis cammarosano — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:14:23 -0000

Congrats Jay
I'd like to think its that it those links we put to PREG and your other sites on the HomeGain blog! Plus your guest post.
Whatever the reason-google got it right-your blog is tops.
Regards
Louis

Re: #2 on Google for Phoenix Real Estate?!?

The Phoenix Real Estate Guy — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:47:45 -0000

Greg -

Now I'm seeing #7 NOT logged in and #11 logged in...

I'm almost always logged into my Google account and have never seen it at #2, as fleeting as it was.

I've also never seen as wide a variation across data centers as I saw this morning. But the difference now is between 7 - 12 (this morning was 2 - 9). Usually I don't see a difference of more than 1 position, occasionally 2 across data centers.

Re: #2 on Google for Phoenix Real Estate?!?

Greg — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:00:11 -0000

Jay,

You should try your search again without being logged into your Google account. I think you have just experienced Google's personalized search. :)