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Zillow's Blog Directory

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 on 04/24/2008 09:40 PM

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24 Comments on Zillow's Blog Directory

I did not know there was a Blog directory on Zillow. I will check it out. Thanks for the info.

04/24/2008 09:47 PM

by Selling Homes in Western New York, Assoc. Broker, Terri Kern (Stovroff & Taylor Realtors)

Wow! I am so impressed with this blog. This one should be a featured blog. I am bookmarking this one and plan to go in and check this out. Good Job!

04/24/2008 09:49 PM

by Debra Wheeler (RE/MAX Keystone Realty)

Cheryl, I was wondering if I should be more concerned with the more links pointing back to my site?

04/24/2008 09:56 PM

by Ray Nellum, Fort Smith Real Estate (Ramona Roberts Realtors)

I did not know about this directory. Definately plan to ad my blog. Thanks for the info.

04/24/2008 09:57 PM

by Pam Dent -Charlottesville, Albemarle,VA horse farms, residential, country homes (Real Estate III)

Thanks for sharing this Cheryl - I already had a profile on Zillow, but didn't realize there was a place to list blogs!

04/24/2008 10:00 PM

by Lisa Heindel, New Orleans West Bank Real Estate (Latter & Blum Inc. Realtors)

Nice post, Cheryl - just added mine to the list. Thanks many muchos!

04/24/2008 10:02 PM

by Kent Simpson REALTOR®, CNS®, AHS®, RECS® (with The Pepper Group™ Diversified Real Estate)

Cheryl - you rock. I just added my blog! Thanks for the resource.

04/24/2008 10:04 PM

by Bo Buchanan-Blue60.com Directory For Real Estate Pro's (Blue60.com)

I am going to check this out! Thanks for the post!

04/24/2008 10:11 PM

by Team Newington (First Priority Financial)

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

Yvette Smith

Williamsburg's Preferred Realtor

04/24/2008 10:12 PM

by YVETTE REALTOR IN WILLIAMSBURG VIRGINIA (LIZ MOORE & ASSOCIATES)

this was nice, but what is to stop folks from replacing links to other sites with a link to their own?

04/24/2008 10:31 PM

by John MacArthur The MacArthur Group (Long and Foster Real Estate, Inc.)

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.

04/25/2008 05:23 AM

by Cheryl Johnson, Bob Taylor Properties, Inc., Los Angeles, CA

Thanks Cheryl, I did not know this either,guess I don't visit Zillow much. But, I will check this out.

04/25/2008 05:45 AM

by Missy Caulk Ann Arbor Real Estate (Keller Williams Ann Arbor, Michigan)

I did not know either, I added my outside blog using your instructions which are always clear, easy and much appreciated.

04/25/2008 05:52 AM

by Miriam Bernstein, CRS, Westchester County, NY (RE/MAX Prime Properties)

I didn't know either, and wlil take a look as well.

04/25/2008 06:17 AM

by Steve Scheer - Denver Real Estate - Highlands Ranch Real Estate (RE/MAX Masters, Inc.)

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.

04/25/2008 06:26 AM

by Terry Ledford-Your Ga. Mountain Realtor (EXIT Realty Mountain Properties)

Great tip as usual. Just added mine to Zillow.

04/25/2008 08:15 AM

by Don Stern ~ Greater Baton Rouge Real Estate (Coldwell Banker Mackey )

Cheryl - nice find. I added my blog. Too bad the page currently has no google page rank though. Hopefully in the near future!

04/25/2008 09:58 AM

by Ravi Shah (Prudential Fox & Roach, REALTORS® )

I am bookmarking this and will come back later......you always have the most interesting useful blogs. thank you for everything you contribute.

04/25/2008 02:57 PM

by Kathy McGraw ~ Calif Broker (CELLing Realty)

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.

04/26/2008 11:16 AM

by Ryan Martin - Bellingham Real Estate Agent (Windermere Real Estate / Whatcom Inc.)

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.

04/27/2008 09:54 PM

by Mike Coppney (RE/MAX Midlands Realty)

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.

04/28/2008 07:00 AM

by Brian Block -- Northern Virginia & D.C. Real Estate (RE/MAX Allegiance)

Done, thanks Cheryl.

04/28/2008 05:57 PM