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 | - | * | * | * |
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.
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
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
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
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!
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: <!--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....
Thanks Jonathan, Like most others, my blog has a name! Would you mind correcting it to "Denver Real Estate & Relocation'? Thanks,
kk
Regarding names: Will get that updated and fixed for everyone as soon as possible. For some of the names I will have to guess. Sorry about any problems this may cause.
I knew this first list would be brutal, but I figured that it would be better to publish a list that has errors than obsess over it for a few days.
Me too. (westchesterrealestateblog.com) Alex ranking 3,500,----
My LaneBailey.com blog has an Alexa ranking of #6,049,969... And Compete #958,191
I'm rockin'... ;^ )
According to Alexa, 4realz.net is ranked around RCG levels with a 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.-->184K (having access to the backend stats for both sites, I can't tell you they aren't even close yet!) and a compete ranking of 210K... for an average of 197K. I think it meets the requirements to be included next month. ;)
Dustin, I left 4realz.net out purposely - just to create some controversy. ;)
I will try to amend this list tomorrow evening after everyone gets a chance to comment.
How about adding www.mortgageporter.com
Thanks a bunch, Jonathan!
Is Julie Emery getting credit for all of the traffic on all of the RealTown blogs?
Her url is http://realtown.com/jemery/blog/
Aren't Julie's Alexa rating / compete rating the same as mine for my RT blog which is
http://realtown.com/maureen/blog/
Which is all the traffic on all the RealTown blogs???
Thanks for the inclusion Jonathan!
Please take a look at my entry (#12) the link and stats are correct, but the text for the link is "Phoenix RE Jonathan Dalton" whose blog appears at #30. Can you change the link text to "Phoenix Real Estate Guy"?
Thanks, and great job!
Oh, be quiet Jay ...
Maureen - Alexa gives the same credit to all the realtown blogs, or at least it used to. It doesn't read the sub-domains. Or at least it didn't, back when I checked regularly.
This is the kick in the pants that I needed. blogcalabasas.com
Alexa 2,020,087
Compete 655,010
Average 1,837,548
Yikes I better get busy
Jonathan (Dalton) - You be quiet! ;)
Jonathan (Washburn) - you gotta help me man, Dalton is already scooping up half the Canadian buyers in the area, he doesn't need to be attached to my blog too!
Here's mine - www.NewHampshireMaineRealEstate.com
Thanks!
Ann
Jonathan, I've gone awol as of late, but my Google alert sent me over here for a lovely surprise. I'm not really sure what it all means, but I am honored to be included in your list and in such good company! Sincere thanks.
With an Alexa Ranking of 336,247 and with a Compete ranking of 298,869 Real Estate Radio USA has an average of 317,558 and should be number 21 or so on this list and we got left off.
And our first post ever wasn't until January 2, 2008 so we moved that far just in three months and "we were passed over"...feeling a bit like Fredo Corleone here!!
Wow...talk about your red headed step child!
Jonathan..great list but hey man..what's the deal?
Jonathan can you tell us why you chose to use these two sites to measure, both being traffic? I think I've seen indexes of blogs that use Technorati and a traffic site (usually Alexa) why do two traffic sites? Just wondering...
Laurie Manny
Long Beach Real Estate
Alexa Ranking: 271,387
Compete Ranking: 319,758
Average: 295,572
Given how little real estate Bloodhound Realty actually sells, I think your opinion is correct. They will probably make more money this year selling marketing ideas to agents than they will selling homes. If their marketing was nearly as effective as claimed, wouldn't they sell more real estate?
Numbers on are very wrong:
I certainly appreciate making the list. There are several blogs ranked below ours that are far superior, imo.
Again though, it is nice to be even mentioned in such high company.
Since I just launched my blog on the rear end of my website in January I'm excited to see it on there. I think that where my website ranking is at has helped the blog and vice versa.
"I knew this first list would be brutal, but I figured that it would be better to publish a list that has errors than obsess over it for a few days."
I understand that, sort of. But there are wrong names on there, duplicate numbers (see #18 and 19), a glaring inclusion of a real town blog at #6 and duplicate names. #61 isn't even a blog. Obviously you can't include everyone in a first pass, but if it's too difficult to correct existing mistakes, maybe it would be best if it was taken offline until fixed.
Hi Jonathon,
Great list so far...thanks for mentioning BlogArizona.com!
Here is mine. Thanks
www.newhampshirerealestateblogs.com
OK Jonathan slap me up there on your list.
http://FocusOnFrederick.com
Okay, I updated the list and not longer than 2 minutes after the list was live I realized I missed a very important blog: TruliaBlog.com.
Sorry Rudy and Pete and all the other Truliaers.
To everyone else who commented, thank you for all of your help! This was truly a collaborative effort. I am sure over the next few months all of the wrinkles will be ironed out.
Please do not hesitate to contact me through email or on the comments with any other suggestions that you may have.
btw, congrats to all of those that made the list. You are in the top .01% of real estate professionals in the world. :) (I think I did my math right)
This one is fairly new but already getting rankings:
www.FindCapeCoralRealEstate.com
Thanks for updating Jonathan!
I sure hope you have some sort of bot to pull these stats. Otherwise it would have to be a royal PITA! (or more accurately, even more of a PITA than it likely is...)
Just what I need, a few more to add to my feed reader. Thanks. ;)
Jay, Nope all done by hand. Bob and Kara pitched in to help though.
Margaret, The Tomato blog is hosted on a Typepad URL believe it or not. Jim must be concerned with damaging SEO placement from switching.
Maureen, Not a lot of thought put into Alexa and Compete. I am not sure of any other third party rankings that would work.
Jonathan - We'd love to be included too...
Our Clearwater Beach Real Estate one is www.sandbarstosunsets.com
www.SandbarsToSunsets.com appears to be:
Our Clearwater Florida Real Estate one is
www.ClearwaterRealEstateTampaHomes.com
Nice list Jonathan. I can honestly admit I've never looked at my ranking for either Alexa or Compete, but with such a list I had to see. For Alexa, I came in at 2,534,212 while for Compete I came in at 417,858, which was honestly very surprising. By Compete's ranking, that would put me up with some big time bloggers. Anyway, my blog is: www.realphoenixliving.com. I'd welcome the inclusion to your list with sincere gratitude.
All the best.
Jonathan - all manual, yuk. If you use Firefox, this extension might make it easier:
http://www.quirk.biz/searchstatus/
It will put a little "toolbar" in the lower right corner of your browser and show both Alexa and Compete rankings. (Page Rank too). Just pull up a site, hover over the toolbar and you'll have the numbers...
I didn't pop in my ranking numbers here you go. Not sure which rank number you want from Alexa.com but here's the 3 month ave.
Compete.com - focusonfrederick.com 750,685
ALexa.com 3,682,671
Looking forward to the update....
www.Buffaloniagararealestatehomesales.com
Alexa: 290,091
Compete: 457,281
Great list, seems like it was quite a bit of work. I'd like to add mine for round 2
bloghomedenver.com, Alexa rank 2,008,487
Thanks again!
#58 whooo! I am almost famous! All joking aside this is a great list. There is much to learn from the top sites. Jonathan..thanks for putting this together.
Ian Marshall
http://www.ianmarshall.com/Actually Alexa just announced (yesterday) that they have "improved" their traffic estimates and no longer relay only on the installed Alexa toolbar (per TechCrunch). Some sites are reporting significant shifts in Alexa rating - in both directions.
That being said, their traffic numbers are still suspect, or at least subject to much debate. Ditto with Compete. It's interesting to compare, and everyone likes lists and things. And of course agents being the competitive types also want to be at the top of the list. So lists like these will always get attention. I like them because invariably they lead me to blogs I haven't discovered yet.
Personally, I could care less what Alexa, Compete, Technorati or other such "rankers" think of my blog. Like T said, it's not the number of readers, it's who they are that really matters.
I'm with you Jay (or Francy).
I don't care about numbers, just call or email me to buy or sell a house.
Although high numbers are a sign that people are looking at whatever you're trolling out there.
Please adjust my numbers they jumped substatially today, can you please adjust my
alexa ranking to 186,176
compete 319758
average 252,967
Thank you,
Laurie
@Jim Lee - it's Jay. I *just* got Francy to post on the blog after almost three years of trying... I may never get her to AR!
@Laurie - with Alexa's change to their ranking system yesterday, I suspect almost everyone saw shifts. If I were Jonathan (and clearly I am not) I'd probably wait for next months addition to update them all (I'm assuming since it's titled "March 2008" there will be an April addition. Is that a safe assumption Jonathan?)
Jonathan: Several of us AR bloggers were hurt by the recent hacking attack (sites maliciously deleted), but we are in recovery mode:
http://www.SanDiegoPreviews.com
Alexa: 522,072
Compete: 464.568
Average: 493,320
http://www.LuxuryHomeDigest.com
Alexa: 530,234
Compete: 418.632
Average: 474,433
hmmm...timing is everything, yes?
This was the beginning? I thought you'd done it a couple of months... maybe three... I came to see what the beginning was like.