Real Estate SEO Blog

Written by Matt McGee

  • Today

Google LSAs Get Even Worse for Real Estate Agents (and many small businesses)

Starting October 1st, Google is going to start charging you for being a busy real estate agent.
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  • Aug 31

Are You Only Winning at AI SEO Because LLMs are Dumb?

Some real estate agents are succeeding today at AI SEO because the SEO company/consultant they hired is using short-term tactics that take advantage of the fact that today's LLMs are dumb. This won't last forever.

  • Aug 24

10Xing Your Content? You Better Know the Risks

There's an idea going around that you need to 10x your AI content to succeed. Before you do that, make sure you know the risks.
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  • Aug 18

My New Sprinkler Guy Can Teach Real Estate Agents an Important Lesson

I got home from a recent real estate conference and discovered that about 25% of our backyard grass had turned brown. What happened next turned into an important lesson for real estate agents.

  • Aug 11

The Big Fuss over Claude Watermarking Missed an Important Fact

It's interesting to see all the posts about Anthropic/Claude adding watermarks to text and image content, because all the fuss is missing an important fact.
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  • Aug 11

AI Search Visibility Graders for Real Estate Agents: What You Need to Know

AI Search visibility graders are becoming popular in real estate. But do they deliver on the promise to assess your visibility in ChatGPT, Google/Gemini, and other AI tools?
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  • Jul 26

How Much Does SEO Cost for Real Estate Agents in 2026?

What you pay depends on your market size and competition, your goals, how quickly you want to see results, and whether you're hiring a real SEO consultant, a production-line vendor wearing an SEO label, or someone who "does SEO" on the cheap to earn a quick buck.
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  • Jul 14

Can Real Estate Agents Use AI to Write SEO Content?

Yes, but there's a condition: What you publish has to include valuable expertise and experiences that could only come from you. Here's how to do that.

  • Jul 6

Can I Use Claude or ChatGPT for My Real Estate SEO?

There's a lot of interest among real estate agents to let a favorite AI tool handle SEO. If you're doing that, please be careful.
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  • Jun 28

Does a Real Estate Company Need a Full-Time SEO and AI SEO?

No, a real estate company/brokerage/team doesn't need a full-time SEO or AI SEO. But there are pros and cons to hiring a full-time employee, and the right answer depends on your goals, commitment, and available resources, among other things.
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  • Jun 22

3 YouTube Tactics That Backfire on Your Blog

Video content and blog content are a killer combination. But that's not a license to take all of your tactics for one platform and reuse them on the other.
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  • Jun 7

Today's AI Tactics That Look Like Yesterday's SEO Spam

At best, these tactics will be a waste of time and money for real estate agents. At worst, they could have more serious ramifications. Proceed carefully.