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An RE.net taxonomy: Identifying types of real estate weblogs

This is a first strike at a taxonomy of real estate weblogs. Taxonomy is the science of categorizing things. Of course, not everything can be neatly categorized, but the elucidation of categories can focus the mind, helping us to understand where certain weblogs might fit, which are hybrids of two or more categories, and which can only be described by the creation of new categories.

Again: This is a first strike. I may not have created enough categories, or I may have created some in error. I may have certain weblogs — offered here as examples — miscatalogued. If you think I’ve got something wrong, say so. If we can whip this into a decent shape, I may built it as a separate page, something we can lay by for an enterprising newspaper reporter — or the nonesuch, whichever comes along first.

In any case, here’s my first swing at the ball:

Nothing is quite that neat, of course. BloodhoundBlog is an Industry weblog, to be sure, but we also combine elements from the Investor, Loan Officer, Mortgage Industry, Technology and Marketing headings. Many Local Interest real estate weblogs also feature Industry content. Anyway, let me know what should be added, cut, shuffled, renamed, etc. This could be interesting…

Further notice: 1. I added RealCrozetVA as an example of a neighborhood weblog. If you have suggestions for other blank spaces, say so. 2. I added four new categories: Commercial, Metablog, Megablog and Hyperlocal Megablog. 3. Added Personal Observations category. 4. Added Home Remodeling/Refurbishing/Restoration category. 5. Added Mianstream Media Weblogs. 6. Added Legal Issues/Real Estate Attorneys.

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