New site to help members increase their SEO now lists # of members in each state/prov

[Darren Spencer]

great idea, like it.

[Russell Spriggs]

Originally Posted by gromicko

Russell writes:

www.nachi.org/profileintro.htm

Ahh, yes, thanks-
Sometimes I need a reminder of the sites!
I think a NACHI directory would be bigger than the phone book for Spirit Lake. Actually, I know it would be!

[Stephen W. Stanczyk]

Originally Posted by gromicko

Russell writes:

www.nachi.org/profileintro.htm

Nick, the only problem is the profile uses our mailing address as the city in the listing. There is also a choice of a zip code in our profile and I would much rather use the zip code than the city, since my address is a PO Box in a very rural area and not my base of operation.

[Blaine Wiley]

While this is a good tool, I did a search on my area. My name comes up third for Rotonda West (33947), and none of the other people in the top 7 are even licensed to work in Rotonda West, or Charlotte County (Rotonda West, Cape Haze, Placida, etc.).

And please don't think in this market they will say "I am not licensed to work here".

[David P. Valley]

Originally Posted by bwiley

While this is a good tool, I did a search on my area. My name comes up third for Rotonda West (33947), and none of the other people in the top 7 are even licensed to work in Rotonda West, or Charlotte County (Rotonda West, Cape Haze, Placida, etc.).

And please don't think in this market they will say "I am not licensed to work here".

Blaine,

I had thought the the Florida HI licensing Bill didn't take effect until July 1, 2010?

[David A. Andersen]

Your AddressIt is very important that you provide a WORKING mailing address (P.O. boxes are permitted). If mail can't be sent to this address, you will be removed from our membership database.

We need a place to enter a "service area" (only one city).

I don't want to change my working address.

For rural inspectors, we have several cities in any direction we may want to be listed for (as posted, some are out of state).

If we can change this as we please, we can provide better coverage areas depending on others listings. You won't have 50 inspectors in one city, or inspectors listed in areas like mine. The only thing in Woodlawn is a one bay fire house and a post office the size of your living room! And in actually, I live in Dotsonville, TN (but there is no post office there). I go to Woodlawn about once a year, when I vote!

Ben Kelly and I never cross paths because the Cumberland & Tennessee River is in the way! I can see the other side from my back door, but I have to swim, or drive an hour to get there. My home telephone listing address was over there at one time, but there was no Internet then to mix things up.

[Russell Spriggs]

Originally Posted by bwiley

While this is a good tool, I did a search on my area. My name comes up third for Rotonda West (33947), and none of the other people in the top 7 are even licensed to work in Rotonda West, or Charlotte County (Rotonda West, Cape Haze, Placida, etc.).

And please don't think in this market they will say "I am not licensed to work here".

Seems like they are not fulfilling the standards for NACHI membership, Blaine . . .

[Russell Spriggs]

Steve, Dave & I share the same problem as many other members. It's been an ongoing problem for years. I had been under the impression that, by entering our primary (target) zip code in our profile, we'd be able to change that.
Now, we either lose out on a lot of business, or type in a different home address . . .

[Mark E. Northrup]

Originally Posted by gromicko

http://www.nachi.org/find-an-inspector

this is awesome thanks Nick

[Blaine Wiley]

Originally Posted by dvalley

Blaine,

I had thought the the Florida HI licensing Bill didn't take effect until July 1, 2010?

I'm not certain it will even take place then by the looks of things, but Charlotte county has a license (only county in the state) that requires among other things....you guessed it, passage of the NHIE, only not just pass, the minimum score is 555.

The inspectors (if they are inspectors) listed prior to me could easily live in Charlotte county but work in Sarasota county.

It just seems that someone who can't legally work in a county shouldn't be listed there, but it is the same with ASHI.

[David P. Valley]

Originally Posted by bwiley

I'm not certain it will even take place then by the looks of things, but Charlotte county has a license (only county in the state) that requires among other things....you guessed it, passage of the NHIE, only not just pass, the minimum score is 555.

The inspectors (if they are inspectors) listed prior to me could easily live in Charlotte county but work in Sarasota county.

It just seems that someone who can't legally work in a county shouldn't be listed there, but it is the same with ASHI.

Wow... The Florida HI licensing is a mess.

The only way to resolve this particular situation is for iNACHI to designate an individual to verify all inspectors in licensed counties/states.

[Christopher Currins]

Of the first 102 Illinois inspectors on the SEO list.

14 did not renew their Illinois License.

9 do not have any record of ever having an Illinois License.

1 who only had their Lic. for 5 months is on probation, Lic. suspended.

Total = 24 out 102 Almost 25% can not legally perform home inspections in Illinois.

[Chris Morrell, CTO]

Hey guys,

I realize that the city listed on this page is your mailing city and not your target city. This will change with a future update (soon). We're rolling this system out in small updates as part of an ongoing SEO strategy. For the time-being, FindAnInspector.US, InspectorSeek.com and InspectorNow.com are our primary listing pages (each of which list you under your target city). The page Nick linked to is part of an upcoming refresh of our listing pages and search engines, so don't worry about it too much yet.

Cheers,

CM

[kweiss]

I did not find myself. Do we have to do something to get added?

[Stephen W. Stanczyk]

Originally Posted by kweiss

I did not find myself. Do we have to do something to get added?

You are there. Left hand column. 3/4 of the way down. Pull up the Texas list, go to Edit on your browser, choose Find, and type in your last name.