{"id":991,"date":"2007-02-05T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-05T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=991"},"modified":"2007-02-05T08:08:41","modified_gmt":"2007-02-05T15:08:41","slug":"super-bowl-dont-you-know-that-theres-a-carnival-of-real-estate-going-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/991\/super-bowl-dont-you-know-that-theres-a-carnival-of-real-estate-going-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Bowl? But there&#8217;s a Carnival of Real Estate going on . . . !"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On second thought, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=990\" target=\"_blank\">maybe we are the nerdliest joint on the RE.net<\/a>. I actually watched much of the Super Bowl yesterday, but it was only because it was coming between me and the judging for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carnivalofrealestate.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Carnival of Real Estate<\/a>. BloodhoundBlog is host to the 28th edition of the Carnival, and, geek that I am, that was far more interesting to me than watching the Colts stampede the Bears.<\/p>\n<p>And, yes, we are geeks with pride. Snotty sardonic surly teenaged web-programmer god Cameron built us a little bot that would permit multiple judges to view and score each article &#8220;blind,&#8221; with no knowledge of either the author or weblog. And wise winsome willowy spreadsheet goddess Cathleen Collins built an Excel bot that combined all the results into a one-page report.<\/p>\n<p>These were our judges, six out of the eleven of us: <a href=\"http:\/\/SanDiegoCastles.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kris Berg<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/CaliforniaLoanConnection.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Brady<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/BloodhoundRealty.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cathleen Collins<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/CookSquared.WordPress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Cook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/BloodhoundRealty.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Greg Swann<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.RealEstateShows.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jeff Turner<\/a>. Of the judges, only I saw the articles in their original form. Everyone else saw the versions that I had anonymized.<\/p>\n<p>So: Who won?<\/p>\n<p>Rank Has Its Privileges, and I&#8217;m asserting one here. The winner by a significant margin was David Gibbons from <a href=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Zillow Blog<\/a> with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zillowblog.com\/zillow_blog\/2007\/02\/blog_comments.html\" target=\"_blank\">Attracting a Conversation: Blog Comment Tips<\/a>. But &#8212; I hope without diluting David&#8217;s glory &#8212; I would like to craft mini-laurels for all of the authors of Zillow Blog&#8217;s series on real estate weblogging. Here are the other articles in the series:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zillowblog.com\/zillow_blog\/2007\/01\/content_is_king.html\" target=\"_blank\">Content is King, but the Voice is Queen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zillowblog.com\/zillow_blog\/2007\/01\/setting_up_your.html\" target=\"_blank\">Setting Up Your Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zillowblog.com\/zillow_blog\/2007\/01\/avoiding_legal_.html\" target=\"_blank\">Avoiding Legal Pitfalls in Blogging<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zillowblog.com\/zillow_blog\/2007\/02\/blogging_seo_an.html\" target=\"_blank\">SEO &#038; Syndication<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And, yes, we&#8217;re weblogging about weblogging. But that&#8217;s beside the point. The Carnival of Real Estate should celebrate uncontested excellence in real estate weblogging, and David&#8217;s post &#8212; and the entire Zillow Blog series &#8212; are particularly good examples of how to handle this work wisely and well.<\/p>\n<p>But now the pre-game show is over. Here are the top ten winners of the Carnival of Real Estate:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>David Gibbons outruns the Colts with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zillowblog.com\/zillow_blog\/2007\/02\/blog_comments.html\" target=\"_blank\">Attracting a Conversation: Blog Comment Tips &#8211; Zillow Blog<\/a> posted at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zillowblog.com\" target=\"_blank\">Zillow Blog<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n<li>REBlogGirl comes in second with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsspieces.com\/2007\/01\/27\/long-tail-short-tail-and-coat-tail-searches\" target=\"_blank\">Long tail, short tail and coat tail searches<\/a> posted at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/991\/super-bowl-dont-you-know-that-theres-a-carnival-of-real-estate-going-on\/#more-991\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On second thought, maybe we are the nerdliest joint on the RE.net. I actually watched much of the Super Bowl yesterday, but it was only because it was coming between me and the judging for the Carnival of Real Estate. BloodhoundBlog is host to the 28th edition of the Carnival, and, geek that I am, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,3,15,6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-991","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-blog-carnivals","7":"category-blogging","8":"category-carnival-of-real-estate","9":"category-marketing","10":"category-real-estate","12":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1056,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1056\/real-estate-carnivals-nigel-swaby-wins-carnival-of-real-estate-investing-our-own-allen-butler-wins-carnival-of-real-estate\/","url_meta":{"origin":991,"position":0},"title":"Real Estate Carnivals: Nigel Swaby wins Carnival of Real Estate Investing, our own Allen Butler wins Carnival of Real Estate . . .","author":"Greg Swann","date":"February 19, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"BloodhoundBlog was this week's host of the Carnival of Real Estate Investing. Nigel Swaby from the Salt Lake Real Estate Blog was this week's winner, with Creative Financing - Conversion to Traditional Mortgages. We had a total of seven entries and four judges: Michael Cook, Cathleen Collins, Jeff Brown and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog Carnivals&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blog Carnivals","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/blog-carnivals\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":777,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/777\/the-carnival-of-real-estate-19\/","url_meta":{"origin":991,"position":1},"title":"The Carnival of Real Estate . . .","author":"Greg Swann","date":"December 18, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"...is up at Seattle Real Estate Professionals. Moderator Marlow Harris presents awards in three categories. BloodhoundBlog is a Carnival unto its own. Here are eleven entries from the last week that I thought were exemplary: Russell Shaw: Thank You, Mr. Barton, May I Have Another? Kris Berg: When It Clicks\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog Carnivals&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blog Carnivals","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/blog-carnivals\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":965,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/965\/derek-burress-hits-a-grand-slam-with-the-carnival-of-real-estate-investing\/","url_meta":{"origin":991,"position":2},"title":"Derek Burress hits a grand slam with the Carnival of Real Estate Investing","author":"Greg Swann","date":"January 29, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Would you like to see a grand slam blog carnival presentation? Take yourself to Real Estate Perspectives for The Carnival of Real Estate Investing. Our own Michael Cook came in first place with The Right Time to Buy: An Investor Perspective, but I would rave about this carnival even if\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog Carnivals&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blog Carnivals","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/blog-carnivals\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":870,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/870\/carnival-of-carnivals\/","url_meta":{"origin":991,"position":3},"title":"Carnival of carnivals . . .","author":"Greg Swann","date":"January 8, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"BloodhoundBlog is broadly represented in this week's weblog carnivals: Kris Berg's post Kibble and Bits can be found at the Carnival of Real Estate at @ House Values. Jeff Brown's entry The S & P Is Up Over 16% In 2006! is among the winners at the Carnival of Real\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog Carnivals&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blog Carnivals","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/blog-carnivals\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":261,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/261\/the-carnival-of-real-estate-5\/","url_meta":{"origin":991,"position":4},"title":"The Carnival of Real Estate . . .","author":"Greg Swann","date":"August 28, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"is up at TheLandlordBlog.com. Also: The Carnival of Business at SMB Direct Marketing. 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