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	<title>Construction Marketing &#187; Construction Blog and Google</title>
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		<title>Construction Blog and Google</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone who is even remotely interested in online marketing spends at least some time thinking about where their website is listed on Google. Search engine optimization is a fascinating study. Sometimes search engines give you exactly what you&#8217;re looking for. Other times, not so much. Check this one out. Take the category &#8220;Construction Blog&#8220;, for [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Everyone who is even remotely interested in online marketing spends at least some time thinking about where their website is listed on Google. Search engine optimization is a fascinating study.</p>
<p>Sometimes search engines give you exactly what you&#8217;re looking for. Other times, not so much.</p>
<p>Check this one out.</p>
<p>Take the category &#8220;<a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;q=construction+blog&amp;btnG=Google+Search&amp;aq=f&amp;oq=" target="_blank" title="Construction Blog search">Construction Blog</a>&#8220;, for instance. Now, I have found a thick list of excellent blogs relevent to the construction industry in my own online research. But what do we find at the top today? A spammy-looking directory site called <a href="http://dir.blogflux.com/cat/construction.html" target="_blank" title="Construction Blog">Blogflux</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://dir.blogflux.com/cat/construction.html" target="_blank" title="Construction Blog"><img src="http://www.blogflux.com/images/v3/logo.gif" border="0" /></a></p>
<p>It&#8217;s one of those sites that requires participants to register and even pay to get listed. Which is a shame. Because when you take a look at the list of blogs it&#8217;s completely irrelevant to the term &#8220;construction blog.&#8221;</p>
<p>Now, I know that Google does a good job in some instances of weeding out this type of site. But sometimes they can&#8217;t. I hope someday they figure it out for the sake of knowledge and progress.</p>
<p>OK, let&#8217;s check out the #2 listing. It&#8217;s the good old <a href="http://www.constructionjobsblog.com/" target="_blank" title="Construction Jobs Blog">Construction Jobs Blog</a>. This site actually has some interesting posts. Still, the value of this site is somewhat up in the air.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.constructionjobsblog.com/" target="_blank" title="Construction Jobs Blog"><img src="http://homebuilderjobsblog.com/walter%20towers%201.jpg" border="0" width="242" height="242" /></a></p>
<p>Finally, at number three we find the <a href="http://www.contractorsblog.com/" target="_blank" title="Construction Blog">Construction Contractors Digest</a> at contractorsblog.com put up by Stevens Construction Institute (a consulting firm). Now this one actually has some really good stuff on it. I just wish they would post more often.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.contractorsblog.com/archives/loRes%20for%20emaildscf0204.jpg" border="0" width="98" height="138" /></p>
<p>Alright, that&#8217;s enough search engine fun for today. Let&#8217;s hope in the future more guys like <a href="http://constructionmarketingideas.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" title="Construction Marketing">Mark Buckshon</a> make their way to the top of Google for construction related keywords. You know, guys (or ladies, you too) who actually have something to say!</p>
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