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Daisies in the sky composition by Lola Audu

I just completed a search to see what was popular on the topic real estate on digg. I am preplexed that so many real estate submissions on this network have such an incredibly low rate of diggs. (Diggs are votes cast about the popularity or relevance of a article/blog post.)

With the Exception of an article on "Real Estate in Dubai" which had over 1400 diggs, most other blog posts on real estate looked a little lonely and forlorn...1-2 diggs.

And...the guy who wrote the fascinating article on Dubai is NOT even a real estate agent. It seems like we may be missing a huge opportunity to get our own stories out! What do you think? Do you Digg?

If you're perplexed by all the DIGGING going on...read Elizabeth Chris Griffin's article and the comment thread about feeling as though she was suddenly being digged to death!

Other Digg Notable Mentions about Real Estate

New Commercial Real Estate Web 2.0 Start-up - 11 diggs

Article by RIS Media on Launch of Zolve.com - 2 diggs - I found this low number surprising as RIS is a major Internet media outlet. Digg obviously has different rules about what is considered popular and worth reading. But the fact remains, this medium is shaping the context of the conversation about a number of topics...real estate included.

After going through page after page of real estate related digg submissions...there were more than 500 in all with 1,2 or 3 diggs...it became depressing. I'm wondering, why aren't real estate professionals supporting ourselves on this forum, yet we continue to submit articles. It seems to me that we've chosen to allow other people to tell our story on a forum which has tremendous amplification potential.

The photo in this post is from my experimentation with a new photoshop program. It's unfinished. Is this what we're doing by submitting hundreds of articles to digg without supporting other real estate writers...particularly bloggers who we know write good stuff from Active Rain? To me it feels like we're posting an unfinished picture...not entirely committed to what it will take to be truly relevant in a Web 2.0 world. Hey, I'd digg your thoughts...

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• Oct. 25, 2007 - RE: Digg.com...Are Real Estate Agents Missing an Opporunity?

Posted by Joanne Hanson

I think we are all catching up and still learning about digg, technorati, facebook and all the other options open to us. There are so many that it gets overwhelming!

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