Comments on: Competition is a good thing http://www.realcentralva.com/2006/03/14/competition-is-a-good-thing/ Tracking Charlottesville's Real Estate Market since 2005 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:50:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: cvillenews.com » Blog Archive » Blogging Round Up http://www.realcentralva.com/2006/03/14/competition-is-a-good-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-573 cvillenews.com » Blog Archive » Blogging Round Up Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:08:59 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2006/03/14/competition-is-a-good-thing/#comment-573 [...] Laura found some great classifieds in a 1997 issue of Christianity Today. Anne Metz is “officially in love with Coran Capshaw”. Ryan is in love with Jack Abramoff’s tricked-out BMW. Joe thinks everyone should have a personal FedEx account. Some guy drove clear from D.C. to go to Spudnuts, only to get there fifteen minutes late. Cory has advice for people with ADD. Zoe visited Richmond for the day and really enjoyed herself. Eric just retired from diving, and is trying to figure out what to do with his life now. David Murray says Morrissey saved his life. “The Doctor” thinks cyclists should be ticketed if they don’t follow the rules of the road. Lexi went to Miller’s and the service was so bad that she left and went to Marco & Luca’s. Dellis feels real good about the Redskins for the coming season, and is prepared to defend that position in great detail. Anoop’s Sprint DSL service sucks, but he wrote a few lines in Ruby to fix the problem. Jim Duncan feels good about the competition from the three other Charlottesville real estate blogs. Bob Gibson promotes the first meeting of “Left of Center,” a new group for young Democrats and the Dem-curious (I was there, it was fun). Rick Sincere is a mugwump. Elizabeth has returned from her week in Spain, and it was super fantastisch. Virginia Quarterly Review (my employer) is hyperventilating over their six nominations for the 2006 National Magazine Awards. Both The Hook and Outskirts offered near-real-time coverage of the semi-nude PETA protester on the Downtown Mall. Duane Gran spoke to IT Academy students about careers in tech. And Patience finds that the reason her neighborhood swarmed with cops this morning was because cows escaped from the Belmont stockyards. [...] [...] Laura found some great classifieds in a 1997 issue of Christianity Today. Anne Metz is “officially in love with Coran Capshaw”. Ryan is in love with Jack Abramoff’s tricked-out BMW. Joe thinks everyone should have a personal FedEx account. Some guy drove clear from D.C. to go to Spudnuts, only to get there fifteen minutes late. Cory has advice for people with ADD. Zoe visited Richmond for the day and really enjoyed herself. Eric just retired from diving, and is trying to figure out what to do with his life now. David Murray says Morrissey saved his life. “The Doctor” thinks cyclists should be ticketed if they don’t follow the rules of the road. Lexi went to Miller’s and the service was so bad that she left and went to Marco & Luca’s. Dellis feels real good about the Redskins for the coming season, and is prepared to defend that position in great detail. Anoop’s Sprint DSL service sucks, but he wrote a few lines in Ruby to fix the problem. Jim Duncan feels good about the competition from the three other Charlottesville real estate blogs. Bob Gibson promotes the first meeting of “Left of Center,” a new group for young Democrats and the Dem-curious (I was there, it was fun). Rick Sincere is a mugwump. Elizabeth has returned from her week in Spain, and it was super fantastisch. Virginia Quarterly Review (my employer) is hyperventilating over their six nominations for the 2006 National Magazine Awards. Both The Hook and Outskirts offered near-real-time coverage of the semi-nude PETA protester on the Downtown Mall. Duane Gran spoke to IT Academy students about careers in tech. And Patience finds that the reason her neighborhood swarmed with cops this morning was because cows escaped from the Belmont stockyards. [...]

]]> By: Waldo Jaquith http://www.realcentralva.com/2006/03/14/competition-is-a-good-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-572 Waldo Jaquith Tue, 14 Mar 2006 20:07:57 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2006/03/14/competition-is-a-good-thing/#comment-572 I won't link to the blog, or the blog entry, but I recently saw a local real estate blog with an entry describing a house as "A MUST SEE!" The accompany picture showed your basic crappy old ranch. A good blog establishes a relationship between the writer and the reader. Readers come to know and trust the writer. When a writer deliberately misleads their readers -- even if it's just through puffery -- that bond is broken. It ceases to be a blog. It's just marketing via chronological promotional pieces. And nobody wants to read that. I won’t link to the blog, or the blog entry, but I recently saw a local real estate blog with an entry describing a house as “A MUST SEE!” The accompany picture showed your basic crappy old ranch.

A good blog establishes a relationship between the writer and the reader. Readers come to know and trust the writer. When a writer deliberately misleads their readers — even if it’s just through puffery — that bond is broken. It ceases to be a blog. It’s just marketing via chronological promotional pieces. And nobody wants to read that.

]]> By: Jim Duncan http://www.realcentralva.com/2006/03/14/competition-is-a-good-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-570 Jim Duncan Tue, 14 Mar 2006 18:11:20 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2006/03/14/competition-is-a-good-thing/#comment-570 Waldo - I expect that as well. I <em>hope</em> that discerning readers will be able to separate the shills from those who are blogging solely to market their listings and their businesses. I have said it before, that a good blog conveys passion of some sort ... those just posting "Just Listed!", "Great new Listing" posts will betray their intentions. (I hope!) Waldo -

I expect that as well. I hope that discerning readers will be able to separate the shills from those who are blogging solely to market their listings and their businesses. I have said it before, that a good blog conveys passion of some sort … those just posting “Just Listed!”, “Great new Listing” posts will betray their intentions. (I hope!)

]]> By: Waldo Jaquith http://www.realcentralva.com/2006/03/14/competition-is-a-good-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-569 Waldo Jaquith Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:40:07 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2006/03/14/competition-is-a-good-thing/#comment-569 I forecast more and more local real estate blogs that disguise themselves as <em>rah-rah Charlottesville is the best place ever</em> blogs for the purpose of pimping Charlottesville real estate. It is a prospect that does not thrill me. I forecast more and more local real estate blogs that disguise themselves as rah-rah Charlottesville is the best place ever blogs for the purpose of pimping Charlottesville real estate. It is a prospect that does not thrill me.

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