Help me test an idea
03 Jun
Posted by Andrew Kantor, Editor & Blogmaster []
One of the things I’m dabbling with for VARbuzz.com is a newsfeed page — a one-stop shop for Virginia real estate blogs and news.
***Update: The page is no longer working after migrating to our new host this afternoon. We’ll post another update once we have it functioning again.
I’ve created a test page: www.varbuzz.com/feeds. It shows the concept in action, pulling in the latest posts from about 10 local real-estate bloggers, as well as a lot of real-estate-related news stories from the state, courtesy of Google News.
It’s very much a work in progress, and there are a lot of things wrong. Notably, it looks terrible, but form will come after function. And I’m going to try to craft the Google News search a little better.
The page will show the last 25 blog items (regardless of what blog they come from), and the last 30 news stories. Two frequently-updated blogs have their own section on the right.
Anyway, I’d love you to check it out and offer feedback — blogs that should be included, problems you notice, or any general thoughts. Thanks!

8 Responses
Scott P. Rogers
03|Jun|2008 1I’m not seeing anything at the link — let me know when it is working…
Jim Rake
04|Jun|2008 2A Great Idea – look forward to the feed! Value added – Matt & FAAR – ru watching?
Andrew Kantor
04|Jun|2008 3Is working now!
Angela Dougherty
04|Jun|2008 4Interesting way to capture lots of info quickly.
Brian Block
04|Jun|2008 5Andrew, great idea!
I’d love it if you’d include http://www.VirginiaRealEstateNews.net
Heather Elias
04|Jun|2008 6Very nice! I like the idea of having so many sources together and readable…
Candy Lynn
04|Jun|2008 7Love the idea – how do you decide which blogs etc will be included in the feed?
Stevie Benge
11|Jun|2008 8Fantastic idea! I think it makes a lot of sense to aggregate all these feeds into a sort of clearinghouse. Having localized info mixed with a bit of national info is a good concept.
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