Real Estate Tips Trends For The Coming Year

Now is the time to be planning for next year...the strategies we put in place now will reward us in the months to come...especially with the change in marketplace, financing, etc.

Here is a good article by Walter Sanford as to what he perceives great agents should be doing. Have a good read.

Good Website Design Habits

There are many things you can do right or wrong in website design, and of course entire books have been written on the subject.

Review this article for some good guidelines and simple mistakes to do and don't :~)

And, the mentioned book "Don't make me think in this article is one of my suggested reads as well.

Dashed Lines When Using Tables In Page Layout Tool

So what is with those dashed lines anyway?

OK . . . you have gotten better at using the Page Layout Tool in your GraphicalData website . . . and in fact have even started using tables for better alignment of text and graphics in certain instances.

But . . . whoa . . . what are those dashed lines that appear around the table when you save the page and view in your browser? [Dashed lines do appear when you are actually editing the table so that you can see what you are doing]

Well, just one of those things, I suppose. But what I did want to offer up is a solution that I have found for this issue.

Compose your table as you normally would on the page you are working on. Then, on your final save to the page, click to HTML mode at the bottom of the page (just above the save button) and then Save your changes. Your page should now look normal in your browser . . . not dashed lines.

However, you will need to follow this step each time you have edited in that respective Page Layout Tool.

Don't Make Search Engines Mad

Search engines have guidelines in place to prevent the unfair manipulation of search engine rankings. These search engine guidelines, or algorithms, are modified on an ongoing basis by the search engines as new deceptive practices are discovered. If flagrant, websites can actually be dropped from the rankings of search engines.

If your site is banned or dropped from the search engine rankings, it can certainly have a negative impact on your website traffic, online sales generation and site popularity.

Read this article if you would like some tips in avoiding making the search engines unhappy with your website.

[Note: Most of these points are big time baddies...a couple reflect just good practice to avoid...unless there is a good reason to do so]