But of course, Leo, that means nothing in regards to getting traffic or placement in the SEs.  No one who doesn't know me goes looking for Ron Tarvin Real Estate.  If they know me, they probably have a pretty good idea how to find my site.

It's good to know how many pages you are found for though...although it isn't all that accurate.

For a Google term, "Ron Tarvin" Real Estate it returns 3,670 items that may or may not all be related to ME.  The most interesting one was :

http://www.journaldelagence.com/annuaire/Regional/North_America/United_States/Texas/Localities/K/Katy/Business_and_Economy/Real_Estate/

and it's not in English!  My site is there along with what appears to be MOST if not all the other agents in the area!

The right margin on the comments (not the original post) seems to be a problem, but I think I get the gist of what you both wrote.

I did a search on myself when I first began paying attention to my site (Mid-February).  Got nuthin'.

Since then, I've become obsessed.  Upgraded to Professional, testing Google Adwords, working on content...my goal is one page per day....not always met but I at least do something.  Learning here, message boards, AR, RET, etc.

I just Googled myself again.  13 results and I'm in all of them.  One amusing result though.....Did you know I sell real estate in Dubai?  Really!  My web address comes up on some unknown website with Dubai listings.  India, too. Obviously a market yet to be tapped!

My hits thru P2, google, craigslist, etc. have jumped much higher than I expected.  A few good leads although I don't require registration yet.  Just trying to drive traffic there.  Seems to be working.  Ultra Stats very helpful.  Trying to work with Google on Analyticals.....don't yet "get it".

One thing....if anyone is working with AdSense.  Did you know that your "impressions" are shown only in your own state unless you specify otherwise?  I didn't.  Being a summer destination, MA is OK, but we draw a lot of traffic from all the mid-Atlantic states and north.  I change my area to all of those states too and doubled 4 days worth of clicks in 12 hours. I could just be naive, but I thought I'd pass that along to all, especially those of us who are relatively new to the playground.  Learn from mistakes, folks!

Another thing I've learned from AdSense.  Most people don't think of my area by "town", only as "Cape Cod".  We need to think about "how" people find us and focus!

Gettin' there!  

Ron did it.  Ron did it.  Ron did it.

Way to go Ron!

;)

Wow, Ron!  You're an international star!  And here I was thinking Dubai was pretty cool. Can I know you?