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Thanks Jbrock!

That really helps to see how yours is set up.  My website developer currently has a sitemap set up however I don't think its taking advantage of all the features possible.

Does anyone have any suggestions on a good XML Sitemap Generator?  Also interested in best practices and tips for updating the XML Sitemap.

I typically have relied on my web developers to do this however it seems that they have not been setting this up with SEO in mind.

Thanks Francisco. I'm familiar with that tool. Just trying to see what others were out there like semrush

Is there a keyword suggestion tool available in the SEOMOZ suite of tools that is similar to semrush.com?

semrush allows you to put in  a URL and then will tell you what keywords you rank for.  Looking for a good tool that is similar.

Have you checked the google keyword external tool to get an idea of the # of searches per month you get on certain combinations of keywords?  That will help you decide the order of the keywords.

For example you might find out that more people search for "Photographer Colorado Springs"

What is the PDF about?  Just need to drive traffic to the PDF via social media, link building, basic on page seo.

You should not have to claim again.

Have you already contacted google support?  It takes for ever to get resolution to issues however once you have a trouble ticket started you will typically be able to email directly.

Also, Would love to hear your thoughts on Title Tags?  I know the best practices that SEOmoz suggests, however One expert I spoke with recently in local search and google places believes that putting your company phone number in the title tag helps get local rankings with blended search (both organic and google places)

They also say that Google still credits title tags longer than 60 characters.  G may not show the full title tag however users are still getting credit for them even if longer than supposed to be.

Below are 3 examples that the expert mentioned above suggested.

Austin Office Space 78701 | Commercial Real Estate 512-861-0525 | Search Rent and Lease Listings In Austin TX

Austin Office Space For Rent - 512-861-0525 - Find  Retail and Commercial Property For Lease in Austin TX

Austin Office Space  (512) 861-0525 - Find Commercial Real Estate Property For Lease in Austin Tx

What are your thoughts?  I am looking for guidance on a good HOME page title tag to use for the website www.AustinTenantAdvisors.com

Hi Mark,

Thank you for the comments and suggestions!

What do you mean by this one?  "if you are focused on commercial real estate listings, you might have it as a listing for commercial real estate offer under the sitemap"

Create another page?

I already have a landing page for commercial real estate.

One ongoing challenge I have had is what is the best title tag for the Home page since it is the catchall?  I have landing pages for the other types of space that I deal with.

I don't think Facebook will benefit you from an SEO perspective so focus on Google + and get reviews.  Reviews are the reason why people have contacted me in the past.

Joel is correct.  Analytics does still allow you to download a report that shows the actual keywords used that led them to your website

Joel is correct.  Analytics does still allow you to download a report that shows the actual keywords used that led them to your website

On this site http://www.austintenantadvisors.com/ I have my main landing pages listed in the navigation under "Types".

The reason why I did this is because I am not sure where to insert those on the home page where it does not look spammy to Google and looks natural for users.

Obviously they need to appear somewhere on the home page for Google to be able to continue crawling and indexing them.

Any thoughts or suggestions would  be appreciated.

HI Doug,

Thank you for your input a while back!  Wanted to see if you could give me some insite on best practice for this........

On this site http://www.austintenantadvisors.com/ I have my main landing pages listed in the navigation under "Types".  The reason why I did this is because I am not sure where to put those on the home page where it does not look spammy to Google and looks natural for users.  Obviously they need to appear someone on the home page for Google to be able to crawl and index them.

Your thoughts?

Hi William,

It looks like you have A LOT of out bound links (internal) from the home page.  That can dilute the PR vaule of that page since you are spreading out your link juice to a ton of interal pages.

What kind of weekly or monthly traffic are you getting right now?  Has it increased or decreased over the last 6 months?

What Keyword(s) are you targeting and where do you currently rank for those?  Have the rankings gone up or down?

You might also check out elance.com.  I have hired web designers from here before and had pretty good experiences

HI Colin,

I agree with Marcus's response below.  Getting all the keywords in the title tags and not sounding spammy can be tough, especially when dealing with the home page since that page can sometimes be the catch all page.

From what I have been told it does not benefit you to repeat the same word more than once like you do in this example.............Nile Cruise | Nile Cruises | Nile Cruise Bargains.  By repeating Nile 3 times you are missing out on being able to include other keywords.

His example is a great example - Nile Cruises & Cruise Bargains - UK ABTA & ATOL Cruise Specialist

It includes a different variation of each (singular or plural)