AgentGenius Magazine rated the Active Rain Bloggers.

The article was posted October 23, 2009.  Here is the link http://agentgenius.com/g-rants-insanity-more/real-estate/51-top-ranking-activerain-com-real-estate-blogs/

I know based on a number score how I rate.  That has very little to do with how effective your blog is and the viewership....is viewership a word?  It is now!  :-)

I received a nice email from a client that told me about the article.  I had no idea my blog had reached #23 in Active Rain.  That has very little to do with issues that I write about...or pod-casting, videos or any of the issues you would think would make a blog rate.

The issue of being rated in anything that is titled AgentGenius is a bit laughable to me.  If you know me personally...I won't WOW you with fancy words, in fact I am engaging...open...intent.  If I do say so myself.

I paddle everyday for all I'm worth and enjoy life so enjoy my only magazine cover shot....I made it myself!

The fact that I have fun with my clients and business is almost difficult for some to understand in a business and economy so decimated with foreclosures and family hardships.

So to believe the rating of this Internet magazine is hard for me to understand.  I know the 139 blogs I follow on Active Rain are superb.  Many are on the list as well.  Their blogs are a cut above and should be recognized.

Take a quick look and you will see it has nothing to do with points.  It has nothing to do with pod-casting, videos or the things you would suspect would place people high on the list.  It is content...it is engaging the reader so they comment.

It is sharing so readers connect and come back.  People come and go from blog sites.  They read you for awhile and then go away....then they come back.  It is interesting how blogs flow. 

So many great articles have been written on how to blog and gain readership here on Active Rain it is hardly worth me adding my two cents. 

Here it is anyway and might be worth more than two cents to some. 

Many just don't have the time or patience to develop a blog that is as rewarding to write as it is to read.  Sounds simple and it is...just write engaging posts with content.  It works everytime.

Now you want to know how I rated #23?  It was simple they did the ratings by state in Alphabetical order!  Michigan is #23 in the order "M"...I knew you would wonder about the number system.  If I kept you reading this long....you found out.  If you skimmed the page and commented you will never know!

Thanks for visiting my blog.