• Why I do what i do

    I have found my truly calling at last. After reading the below, you will think really? Yes, I have... You know why? Because I can do every industry with SEO without ever getting bored of it. I have been involved with a lot of things in life, always a workaholic, never really satisfied until I met the search engines. I have done aluminum roofing for factories (teenage years), I have been a new home construction superintendent. I have worked as a bank manager. I have dealt with automation and security technology consulting. I was involved in startups for hotel wireless internet (when wireless was a big deal). I have an MBA in marketing. I have worked with so many industries it is not even funny. Why do I write about real estate SEO because I am a partner of a family Chicago real estate agency. Do not take me wrong, I am not a "Real Estate" SEO. I have worked with so many clients from steroids to universities, to apparel stores, to hospitals to hedge funds and lawyers. I love being an SEO. No one customer is ever the same.

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When Netpost.com becomes EricWard.com »

By Mert on May 8, 2008 in General SEO Strategy | 2 Comments

I love Eric Ward. Coolest link builder out there. I have read every article by him. Read more »

Sociable becomes SEO Friendly Antisocial at last. »

By Mert on Apr 28, 2008 in Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Sociable becomes Anti Social at last…. For those who don’t know the plugin, this will be a biq question mark. Read more »

Submitting your sitemap to all search engines easily »

By Mert on Apr 24, 2008 in SEO Resources | 1 Comment

An easy way to submit your sitemaps to all search engines is putting a simple code in your robots.txt file. Read more »

How to win an SEO competition »

By Mert on Apr 23, 2008 in Black Hat SEO | 4 Comments

Many people asked and even used the I double triple dare you to join a recent SEO competition. I refused claiming that it was a ridiculous concept to “prove yourself” while getting in Google’s radar. If I was to join in the competition though this would be the strategy I would use to win the […] Read more »

Pirate Code - a tale (SEO version) »

By Mert on Apr 22, 2008 in SEO Humor | 0 Comments

Disclaimer: Below is a “tale” of the doom of the Carribean Pirates. This whole story is not a historical fact but another pirate tale where the facts are told like a fairy tale. The implied similes are simply perspectives rather than facts and the perspectives are not necessarily the “popular” or “true” versions. Please […] Read more »

Re/Max - MSN Alliance? »

By Mert on Apr 11, 2008 in SEO Humor | 0 Comments

Following the alliance of Prudential with Yahoo in Yahoo Real Estate section, RE/MAX is testing an alliance with MSN and taking it one step further. Read more »

Footprints and Big Foot prints in SEO »

By Mert on Apr 9, 2008 in Black Hat SEO | 1 Comment

OK guys, the below blog post is a secret magic code language that only very advanced SEOs will get. Read more »

Best Boy Scouts blog »

By Mert on Mar 27, 2008 in Personal | 2 Comments

WordPress blogs are looking more like Websites every day. I go through many of them every day. I used to live in Brazoria county, Texas at the beginning of the century. I still have friends there whose kids grew up to be the age of boyscouts. Read more »

Trulia domination »

By Mert on Mar 25, 2008 in Real Estate SEO | 3 Comments

There has been a steady increase in rank for major city real estate keywords for authority sites Read more »

Wanna Network profiles. »

By Mert on Mar 9, 2008 in Real Estate SEO | 0 Comments

Ok, I think Wanna Network guys do not realize this but I think they have a redirecting issue in terms of their profiles.
Here are the two profiles of mine. Read more »

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