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 Because the story was reported six weeks ago, though, there was some information which was already a little outdated.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]
I second wasder’s comment.
Actually, my first thought was “Wow, Mr. B. looks the suavest of all those dudes.”
How gracious, what. Top o’ the morning to you, too.
Congrats also to Montrose for her second Times quote in a month. Don’t let it get to your head and please don’t lord it over us like some recent QOTD winners.
Mr. B, sorry to nag during your victory lap, but an earlier version of this comment vanished into the ether. Apologies to the community if a double post ersults.
I thought it was a pretty reasonable article and was happy that it referenced the community that has sprung up around this site. That is the genius of what you have made Jon, its a real community with competing points of view and multi-level dialogue, despite the fact that some people want to reduce it to caricature.
I’m already an avid Brownstoner reader, so nothing new came from the NY Times article for me. However, I did check out True Gotham site and found that to be very interesting considering it’s written by a real estate agent.
Congrats to Mr.B though!
Nice article Mr. B.
I think What knows a lot about sucking. Way to open the day with a nice civil post, What.
The what being as insightful and original as ever.
Congrats Mr B. Article was interesting. And when the bubble has burst, and the What’s gone back to working at the mall, your site will still be an interesting board and good source of info on how to maintain and upgrade my brownstone.
You didn’t answer the question.
Did you have the same trouble on your SATs?
“What did readers think of the article?”
I think you suck..
The What
Someday this war is gonna end..