NY Times Does Real Estate Blogs
While we weren’t thrilled with our photo (Mrs. B says it looks like we have a bunch of marbles in our mouth), we can’t complain about the exposure we got, along with four other real estate blogs, in yesterday’s New York Times. These kind of trend pieces are always tricky and a little bit of…
While we weren’t thrilled with our photo (Mrs. B says it looks like we have a bunch of marbles in our mouth), we can’t complain about the exposure we got, along with four other real estate blogs, in yesterday’s New York Times. These kind of trend pieces are always tricky and a little bit of a stretch, but there wasn’t anything too cringe-worthy or off-the-mark in this one. (Interestingly, it didn’t result in much of an up-tick in visits to the site over the weekend; we witnessed the same non-effect when Brownstoner was the subject of a cover story in New York Magazine last spring. Our theory: Most people consume this type of media in the bathroom!) Because the story was reported six weeks ago, though, there was some information which was already a little outdated. Back then we were reporting that traffic and ad revenues were flat; since then, traffic has gone up considerably while ad revenues have fallen quite a bit. What did readers think of the article?
And the Blog Goes On [NY Times]
You’re still doing better than I am- low expectations, poor performance. See, this way I never disappoint 🙂
“cobblehiller, I know you’ll get there one day. I just set a higher standard for you than for most.”
This is the story of my life Snark….High expectations – poor performance! ; )
have a problem with renters, billyboomer?
Seems that the NY Times real estate section is always trying to spin something positive out of the downfall of NY real estate, writing about some blogs, like anyone here knows what they are talking about, is really funny. I would like to know the percentage of the usual suspects here who have owned more than one property in their lives. Probably most are renters.
> “you rate SOTD for that, Mr. Snark”
Thanks bxgirl, but I tried that once and was raked over the proverbial coals.
cobblehiller, I know you’ll get there one day. I just set a higher standard for you than for most.
Congratulations, Mr. B. You’ve done a great job of creating a topical and interesting blog although I certainly don’t agree with all of our postings. I feel you’ve also done a commendable job of trying to stay flexible, and respond to your community. Nice work.
Well, it was pre-emptive in that we didn’t wait until we had burned through our last dollar before cutting back, but the writing was on the wall in terms of where the advertising market was headed and the wisdom/necessity of the decision has already been borne out by what’s happened in the last few weeks since we made the decision.
” You and cobblehiller also rate a couple of meows.”
And yet, still no SOTD. Sigh. I try and I try…[Kicking the dirt, as a tear falls silently…]
you rate SOTD for that, Mr. Snark