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Zillow's Blog Directory

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Industry Observer

Did you know Zillow has a directory of local real estate blogs?  You can find it here  http://www.zillow.com/wikipages/Directory-of-Real-Estate-Blogs

I was surprised to see so few Active Rain members.  I figured either members

  • A. Don't know the directory is there
  • B. Aren't familiar with the Wiki format or
  • C. Don't like Zillow

I'll deal with A and B here.  For C, you're on your own.

Go to http://www.zillow.com/wikipages/Directory-of-Real-Estate-Blogs     Click on Edit this page:

 

Scroll down to "Local Real Estate Blogs"  (Unless, of course, "Corporate", "Home Building", "Mortgage" or one of the other categories better suits your blog.)

 

Click right there in the window, on the Directory text, postioning  your cursor at the end of a line right above where you want to insert the link to your blog.  Hit Enter.  Zillow will create a new bullet point.  Type in the name of your blog right after the new bullet point.

 

As soon as you finish typing in the name, drag your cursor acroos the name to select it.  Then click the link icon. 

 

Type in the full URL (web address) for your blog, then click Save.

 

To finish the job, click Save at the bottom on the directory page.  There, you've added your blog to Zillow, and edited a Wiki page in process.

 

After all, it is one more link back to your site, and that's a good thing.

Posted by

 

Cheryl Johnson

 



 

 

Yvette Smith
LONG & FOSTER - Williamsburg, VA
Realtor In Williamsburg VA, Homes for Sale

Awesome...I am bookmarking this right now!!  Thank you!

Yvette Smith

Williamsburg's Preferred Realtor

Apr 24, 2008 03:12 PM
John MacArthur
Century 21 Redwood - Washington, DC
Licensed Maryland/DC Realtor, Metro DC Homes
this was nice, but what is to stop folks from replacing links to other sites with a link to their own?
Apr 24, 2008 03:31 PM
Cheryl Johnson
Highland Park, CA

John:  Absolutely nothing.  The inventors of/and users of the wiki format seem to have a refreshing and unusual faith in humans' ability to behave themselves.  :-)

If some troll went around tampering with other people's links, I suppose the only recourse would be to contact the big guys at Zillow to lock the troll out of the system.

 

Apr 24, 2008 10:23 PM
Missy Caulk
Missy Caulk TEAM - Ann Arbor, MI
Savvy Realtor - Ann Arbor Real Estate
Thanks Cheryl, I did not know this either,guess I don't visit Zillow much. But, I will check this out.
Apr 24, 2008 10:45 PM
Miriam Bernstei
Rochester, NY
I did not know either,  I added my outside blog using your instructions which are always clear, easy and much appreciated.
Apr 24, 2008 10:52 PM
Steve Scheer
Realty Oasis - Metro Brokers - Highlands Ranch, CO
Highlands Ranch Real Estate - Denver Real Estate
I didn't know either, and wlil take a look as well.
Apr 24, 2008 11:17 PM
Terry Ledford
RE/MAX Town and Country - Blue Ridge, GA
Realtor - Ga. Mountain
Hi Cheryl...guess I fall into A and B..guess I'll go on there and check it out and thanks for letting us know.
Apr 24, 2008 11:26 PM
Don Stern
Realty Executives South Louisiana - Baton Rouge, LA
Greater Baton Rouge Real Estate

Great tip as usual.  Just added mine to Zillow.

Apr 25, 2008 01:15 AM
Kathy McGraw
CELLing Realty - White Water, CA
Riverside County CA Real Estate
I am bookmarking this and will come back later......you always have the most interesting useful blogs.  thank you for everything you contribute.
Apr 25, 2008 07:57 AM
Ryan Martin
Pacific Continental Realty, LLC - Bellingham, WA
Bellingham Commercial RE Broker
Cheryl ~ I linked my blog to Zillow several months ago, but someone deleted it. It doesn't really matter anyway because Zillow puts "nofollow" tags on all of their links on this page anyway. 
Apr 26, 2008 04:16 AM
Mike Coppney
RE/MAX Midlands Realty - Lexington, SC

Cheryl,

Thank you for the help.  I have linked my other blog and sent notices to my office mates to view your blog to learn how and why my blog is on Zillow.

Apr 27, 2008 02:54 PM
Brian Block
RE/MAX Allegiance, Managing Broker/Branch Vice President - McLean, VA
Northern Virginia & D.C. Real Estate

Cheryl,

Thanks for the heads-up on the Zillow Blog Directory.  It's always great to have a place to put another inbound link to your blog. 

Apr 28, 2008 12:00 AM
Missy Caulk
Missy Caulk TEAM - Ann Arbor, MI
Savvy Realtor - Ann Arbor Real Estate
Done, thanks Cheryl.
Apr 28, 2008 10:57 AM
Carol Judd
New Star Real Estate - Vernal, UT
Vernal Utah Real Estate

I will give it a try.  Here I go.  Thanks

May 01, 2008 02:12 PM
Janice Sutton
1st Stage Property Transformations - Murrieta, CA
Home Stager - Temecula Murrieta
Very cool!  I just added my blog.  Thanks for the great advice!
May 02, 2008 07:00 AM
Karen Rice Keller Williams Real Est
Keller Williams Real Estate - Hawley, PA
Northeast PA & Lake Wallenpaupack Home Sales

I went to this page and now there is no EDIT option.  :(

Oct 01, 2008 11:05 PM
Carolina Ruiz
My Real Estate Pro - West Covina, CA

I fall into all three categories, but I couldn't resist the temptation of a free link from a PR4 site, but Zillow as usual didn't fail to disappoint me... As Karen Rice pointed out the edit option has mysteriously disappeared. I guess there is something to be said about that troll thing (as referenced by Cheryl Johnson, Bob Taylor Properties, Inc., Los Angeles, CA.

Great post though, and I will keep an eye out for when that feature becomes available.

Oct 03, 2008 12:18 PM
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Jun 08, 2009 05:26 PM
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Sara Bonert
Zillow - Atlanta, GA
Real Estate Internet Marketing

Hey Cheryl - I just stumbled across this old post of your.  Whew, what a difference a year makes!  We now have such a better solution for professionals. Fun to look back like this sometimes to understand how far you've come.

Jul 14, 2009 06:10 PM
Cheryl Johnson
Highland Park, CA

Hey, Sara!  Ain't that the truth!

You know, I get a chuckle out of reading stuff people wrote about the market in general back in 2006....

Jul 15, 2009 01:29 AM