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:

  1. Blog must be about real estate.
  2. 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.)
  3. 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 - * * *


















































 

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

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2008

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

 

4:30pm • #2
168,454 Points 2 Featured Posts Outside Blog
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!
4:30pm • #3

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 

4:37pm • #4

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

 

Port Orange Juice
4:45pm • #5
Well...I only visit about a third of those, guess I better get busy reading.
4:50pm • #6

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

 

http://www.mlpodcast.com/blog

 

To the mix.

 

MP 

Mike Price
4:53pm • #7
364,663 Points 62 Featured Posts Outside Blog
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.    
4:55pm • #8

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

4:56pm • #9
3 Featured Posts

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

4:58pm • #10
208,094 Points 56 Featured Posts Outside Blog
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
4:58pm • #11
144,019 Points 14 Featured Posts Outside Blog
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.
5:02pm • #12

Please add IndyRealEstateTalk.com.

Thanks!

5:06pm • #13
320,579 Points 69 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog

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!

5:16pm • #14
731,977 Points 204 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog Hit Router
I don't get it. If ActiveRain blogs don't qualify, how can RealTown blogs qualify?
5:17pm • #15

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. 

5:28pm • #16
254,397 Points 52 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog Hit Router

http://www.knoxvilletennesseerealestateblog.com/

I'm in. 

5:36pm • #17
441,325 Points 146 Featured Posts Outside Blog

 

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:  <!--Did you know? Alexa offers this data programmatically. Visit http://aws.amazon.com/awis for more information about the Alexa Web Information Service.-->9,411,420

 
Zeromoneydownbook.com has a traffic rank of:
 <!--Did you know? Alexa offers this data programmatically. Visit http://aws.amazon.com/awis for more information about the Alexa Web Information Service.-->9,431,619

 

OUCH.,.... lol

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

jeff belonger
5:50pm • #18
343,822 Points 17 Featured Posts Outside Blog
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.
5:56pm • #19
325,361 Points 56 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog Hit Router
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.
6:14pm • #20
534,015 Points 235 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog
Jonathan, I have no idea what any of those numbers mean.
6:25pm • #21
320,579 Points 69 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog
Jonathan... I had to laugh at BB's comment. It made me want to raise my hand and shout "I know! I know! :)
6:58pm • #24
what great ease of use
7:02pm • #26