http://www.geekestateblog.com/realtorcom-blogging-for-the-masses/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:11:07 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.geekestateblog.com/realtorcom-blogging-for-the-masses/comment-page-1/#comment-157 Labor Day Weekend Links - Zillow Blog - Real Estate News and Analysis Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:28:51 +0000 http://www.geekestateblog.com/realtorcom-blogging-for-the-masses/#comment-157 [...] Realtor.com — Blogging for the Masses? Jay Thompson reviews the latest blogging option for Realtors. [...] [...] Realtor.com — Blogging for the Masses? Jay Thompson reviews the latest blogging option for Realtors. [...]

]]> http://www.geekestateblog.com/realtorcom-blogging-for-the-masses/comment-page-1/#comment-145 Spencer Mon, 03 Sep 2007 03:23:18 +0000 http://www.geekestateblog.com/realtorcom-blogging-for-the-masses/#comment-145 Very interesting post. I think your concern that making it too easy to blog will water down the quality of the overall real estate blogosphere is very insightful. In some ways, the current barriers to blogging are a good screen for quality of content. And arguably, the barriers are already too low! How hard is it to start a new blog on blogspot or wordpress? It takes about 3 minutes. But it probably seems more difficult to a newbie than it really is, which keeps out those with less thoughtful content to share. It will be interesting to see whether NAR/Realtor.com's effort here is successful, and even more interesting to see what effect, if any, this has on the broader real estate blogosphere. Very interesting post.
I think your concern that making it too easy to blog will water down the quality of the overall real estate blogosphere is very insightful. In some ways, the current barriers to blogging are a good screen for quality of content. And arguably, the barriers are already too low! How hard is it to start a new blog on blogspot or wordpress? It takes about 3 minutes. But it probably seems more difficult to a newbie than it really is, which keeps out those with less thoughtful content to share.
It will be interesting to see whether NAR/Realtor.com’s effort here is successful, and even more interesting to see what effect, if any, this has on the broader real estate blogosphere.

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