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Inaugural Real Estate Top Blog Index: March 2008

Introducing the Real Estate Blog Index! This is the inaugural index, so my list is incomplete and I am eagerly hoping for submission of blogs to add to my list.

The Rules:

Blog must be about real estate.
The URL must be ranked individually on Alexa and Compete. (For instance a blog address of sethgodin.typepad.com would not be allowed because the typepad.com domain is the site that is being ranked. This applies to all inside ActiveRain blogs as well; sorry.)
The blog must drive the majority of traffic to the domain name. (For instance although Bloodhoundrealty.com is a real estate brokerage, it is my opinion that the Bloodhound blog drives a majority of the sites traffic.)

Rank	Website	Index Change	Alexa Ranking	Compete Ranking	Average
1	Curbed	-	32,028	20,721	26,375
2	Inman Blog	-	38,334	17,728	28,031
3	Real Estate Shows	-	67,862	8,319	38,091
4	Bigger Pockets	-	45,531	34,169	39,850
5	Bloodhound Blog	-	83,874	50,862	67,368
6	The Housing Bubble Blog	-	108,615	49,784	79,200
7	The Future of Real Estate Marketing	-	98,124	67,522	82,823
8	Zillow Blog	-	165,987	93,146	129,567
9	Raincity Guide	-	173,418	94,272	133,845
10	The Real Estate Bloggers	-	208,052	84,069	146,061
11	Phoenix Real Estate Guy	-	176,211	153,750	164,981
12	Agent Genius	-	171,996	170,370	171,183
13	Lenderama	-	236,704	135,902	186,303
14	4Realz.net	-	183,489	209,719	196,604
15	Housing Doom	-	272,952	131,822	202,387
16	Transparent Real Estate	-	292,958	116,751	204,855
17	St. Paul RE Blog	-	250,672	169,753	210,213
18	Blown Mortgage	-	338,434	82,223	210,329
19	360 Digest	-	226,618	226,218	226,418
20	All About Athens GA	-	371,115	144,189	257,652
21	Altos Research Real Estate Insights	-	371,115	144,189	257,652
22	GeekEstate Blog	-	315,675	238,595	277,135
23	Mortgage Fraud Blog	-	452,447	115,213	283,830
24	Long Beach Real Estate	-	271,387	319,758	295,573
25	Real Estate Radio USA	-	336,247	298,869	317,558
26	Matrix	-	466,820	195,732	331,276
27	House Blogger	-	446,765	265,226	355,996
28	Denver Real Estate & Relocation	-	500,739	407,964	454,352
29	REALCentralVA	-	673,194	300,654	486,924
30	REagent in CT	-	582,490	454,199	518,345
31	Dothan Home Search	-	723,015	416,043	569,529
32	MLPodcast Blog	-	710,285	433,534	571,910
33	The xBroker	-	805,370	364,327	584,849
34	Mi Oakland County	-	1,049,898	237,183	643,541
35	Maxsell	-	511,800	788,740	650,270
36	Phoenix RE Jonathan Dalton	-	894,477	421,129	657,803
37	Miamism	-	744,463	579,050	661,757
38	Reno Realty	-	868,997	503,693	686,345
39	Mortgage Porter	-	1,050,037	381,646	715,842
40	Maggie Dokic	-	1,085,708	354,450	720,079
41	Arizona Real Estate Notebook	-	1,203,604	240,507	722,056
42	Real Estate Zebra	-	960,314	488,419	724,367
43	Brian Brady	-	954,231	596,026	775,129
44	REI Blog	-	1,025,979	606,496	816,238
45	IndyRealEstateTalk.com	-	1,308,267	348,607	828,437
46	Colorado Springs RE Connection	-	1,263,948	490,779	877,364
47	Realty Thoughts	-	1,116,173	648,504	882,339
48	Triple Mint	-	1,158,433	626,177	892,305
49	Maureen McCabe	-	1,631,711	603,223	1,117,467
50	Brian Block	-	1,823,240	518,741	1,170,991
51	My Tucson Blog	-	2,256,042	402,756	1,329,399
52	NewHampshireMaineRealEstate.com	-	2,081,537	608,695	1,345,116
53	Gary Bolen	-	1,974,459	816,134	1,395,297
54	Focus on Crofton	-	2,042,381	886,459	1,464,420
55	AnnArborRealEstateTalk.com	-	2,046,045	896,350	1,471,198
56	Chris Elizabeth Griffith	-	2,468,992	484,125	1,476,559
57	Blog Arizona	-	2,416,182	657,229	1,536,706
58	Ian Marshall	-	2,608,052	513,381	1,560,717
59	Bryant Tutas	-	2,609,557	729,783	1,669,670
60	RealEstateSnippets.com	-	2,837,539	693,168	1,765,354
61	HousingBubbleCasualty	-	3,015,904	540,044	1,777,974
62	BlogCalabasas.com	-	3020087	655010	1,837,549
63	Real Crozet VA	-	3,277,741	785,197	2,031,469
64	RainCity Houses	-	3,535,301	707,084	2,121,193
65	West Chester Real Estate Blog	-	3,693,184	819,290	2,256,237
66	The Arlington Dirt	-	4,091,417	765,066	2,428,242
67	My Charlottesvile	-	4,615,861	636,203	2,626,032
68	Thesa Chambers	-	5,154,832	928,373	3,041,603
69	Foster City Blog	-	7,402,275	823,687	4,112,981
70	Marchel Peterson	-	7,315,750	922,248	4,118,999
71	Real Estate in Denver & The Suburbs	-	5,001,115	*	*
72	LaneBailey.com	-	6,049,969	*	*
73	Jim Lee	-	8,752,832	*	*
74	Gary White	-	11,501,859	*	*
75	Ryan Hukill	-	13,744,225	*	*
76	San Mateo RE News	-	2,405,605	*	*
77	Ardell DellaLoggia	-	3,004,566	*	*
78	The Landlord Blog	-	3,690,097	*	*
79	The FHA Expert	-	9,411,420	*	*
80	The Real Estate Text Book	-	*	*	*
81	NELA	-	*	*	*

Posted by Jonathan Washburn on 04/14/2008 04:41 PM

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101 Comments on Inaugural Real Estate Top Blog Index: March 2008

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I want to play!

Well, that's a start anyways.

I like this grid. Now, what do all these sites have in common that drive viewers to them? That's the important thing.

Jonathan - very cool. How do you check a blog's ranking? Looking forward to having the links so I can check out these top blogs, will be coming back soon!

Thanks Mike, those will make it into the next index review! Feel free to add or edit that list all you want. :)

David, Exactly! Use this list to grow your traffic.

Penny, Go to Alexa.com and compete.com

Don't forget about me....http://www.PortOrangeJuice.com

Well...I only visit about a third of those, guess I better get busy reading.

Thanks for the heads up. Not sure how it ranks but you're welcome to add

http://www.mlpodcast.com/blog

To the mix.

I just stumbled on to compete.com. Bob Carney showed me it. I have been known to get lost for lengths of time snooping on that site.

Thanks Mike, Not sure how I missed that. Actually I am sure I missed a ton of obvious ones.

Would love to be included in your rockin' compilation of real estate blogs. Here are the scores for MyTechOpinion:

Alexa: 577,412

Compete: 395,821

AVERAGE: 486,616

Thanks for putting together this list! NikNik

I heard I made "the list" and I'm so glad it wasn't your "you-know-what" list - why did you use Alexa and Compete? as opposed to other ranking sites

Count me in as well. www.realestatesnippets.com (If I have a ranking on Compete or Alexa!) You should add the links so one could check them out.

Please add IndyRealEstateTalk.com.

Thanks!

Jonathan...

I am a little brain dead right now but I'll come back and bring some goodies with me :)

I do read outside of AR...I just don't tell anyone I'm there :)

TLW...ROAR!

I don't get it. If ActiveRain blogs don't qualify, how can RealTown blogs qualify?

Lenn, RealTown blogs shouldn't be on there. I'll get the links up soon.

TLW, Looking forward to your goodies!

Others that provide links: I will make sure to include all the suggestions here that qualify.

http://www.knoxvilletennesseerealestateblog.com/

I'm in.

Jonathan... I have a lot to learn..... I am just now getting to a few of my little sites from type pad and I am working on an outside one soon.... but I need to work on my rankings and such. I just looked up the two that I have....

www.thefhaexpert.com and www.zeromoneydownbook.com

Alexa said....

Thefhaexpert.com has a traffic rank of: 9,411,420

Zeromoneydownbook.com has a traffic rank of: 9,431,619

OUCH.,.... lol

In regards to compete, I am having a hard time navigating through this site....

I recognize a lot of those names from AR. Way to go! But how the heck did Zillow get so high up there? I just noticed they even had a blog, a couple of days ago.

Jonathan, I was excited to see my blog on this list. One quick thought -- perhaps you could make the list with active hyperlinks so that we can all check out each of these great real estate blogs.

Jonathan, I have no idea what any of those numbers mean.

www.RainCityHouses.com is mine:)

Thanks,This is great info.

Jonathan... I had to laugh at BB's comment. It made me want to raise my hand and shout "I know! I know! :)

... Way cool ...

what great ease of use