The Best of 2010- Year in Review

As this year comes to an end I always try to reflect back and see what successes and what struggles we faced as a company and reflect as we make our preparations for the upcoming year.  One of the places where I start this is by looking at my Google Analytics to see what pages, what posts were the most popular of this year.  This post will share what you the visitors of 210 found important and were interested in.

Here are the top 5 most visited posts from this past year:

5. Goo.gl Changes Link Shortening

The first week of October I wrote about Goo.gl releasing a link shortener how this could be used to build QR codes, track the traffic instantly to a specific link & also share that information collaboratively with others to view.  One of the links shared via goo.gl has already received over 500 clicks in the last two months from over 8 countries.

4. Using Creative Commons Photos- For FREE!

This past year I was asked over & over how to get safe and legal photos to use in your blogs.  I was spending so much time teaching people how to do this that I finally made a short video and wrote a blog post on how to do this.  It seems that people really wanted to know how this was done by the amount of traffic the post has received.  If you are looking to get good photos for free for your posts, check this one out.

3. Facebook Page of 47,000 Gets Shut Down Over Vanity URL.

The online community really shocked me by the power they posessed when Jonathan Rivera and the Real Estate Referral Group page was shut down.  The reason it was shut down was over a trademark violation in the user name he chose for the group.  Even though he tried to get Facebook to change the URL he was unsuccessful and the page was then shut down.  However after the post we wrote here on 210 and the one over on Tech Savvy Agent and a massive online effort by thousands, the page was reinstated & the URL was changed.

2.  Custom WordPress Sites.

This was an actual page of our site and was neck and neck all year long with #1 for the most popular thing on our site.  While this is not an actual blog post and is a static page, I was amazed to see the amount of traffic it has received this year.  What it shows to me is that people are recognizing the importance of having a powerful website.  It also shows me that you have realized the importance of your site having a solid platform like WordPress powering it with their great plugins and blogging components.

1. Google Instant and How it Will Change Your Keywords

In September of this year Google release Google Instant.  The day that it was released I wrote a blog post about my thoughts on Google Instant and what I thought it meant towards search engine rankings.  This post was by far the most popular one of the year receiving 2 1/2 times the traffic of any other blog post on our site.   People understand that while social is important, having a good grasp on SEO is huge.  It also showed me that in the upcoming year we need to do classes and posts regarding SEO.  I think one of the reasons this post received so much traffic was due to the amount of people sharing the content on both Facebook & Twitter.  It was shared on Twitter 66 times and Facebook an additional 41 times.

So as we make our plans for next year, be on the lookout for a post this coming week where we will share about some of the things 210 has in store for next year & also a post regarding what we see as the hottest new things for 2011 that you want to jump on before everyone else.

Thanks to everyone for an amazing 2010 and for Jason & myself we want to wish each and every one of you a Happy Holidays and an amazing new year!