Blogs are now the trend and everyone seems to have one. If I was to start a new site it would be the blog format. Do you think traditional websites will become extinct and all we will see is blogs?

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Brandon Florida Real Estate
Tampa Real Estate Blog
Tampa MLS

Good question - my take would be that 'it depends'.

It depends on the purpose of the site, and the functionality that a 'blog-based' site would offer. Thinking about this in an extreme sense, even if a new format was overwhelmingly popular it could not, by nature, address the needs of everyone. So, the format may be on the extinction list but not extinct.

We still have floppy drives, don't we?

RW

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Funny, I don't remember being absent minded...

Blogs are popular, but trends come and trends go. I guess you could setup a real estate site with each listing being it's own blog entry. However, I'm not sure how that would really differ from a traditional website.

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Neal M
Jackson MO Real Estate, Cape Girardeau Missouri Real Estate, Missouri Real Estate
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blogs are easier to set up and do better in seo, they also look really good
so YES, i think they are going to replace traditional websites soon

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UAE Real Estate

Replace all websites, not a chance.

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I disagree agree that blogs will replace traditional static sites, I think instead we'll see some kind of combination of the two as the benefits of web 2.0 evolves over time.

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Jerry Campbell, CRS, GRI
Muljat Group
Bellingham, WA 98225
Professional REALTOR for 15 years
Bellingham Real Estate | Whatcom County Real Estate | Bellingham Real Estate Blog

As long as Realtors are Realtors first and not bloggers, we will always have sites that don't feature a blog. Not every Realtor has the inclination, or the need, to develop business through the internet...

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Lydia Taylor, Realtor & Broker

Augusta GA Real Estate | North Augusta SC Real Estate | Augusta GA Home Search

Blogs are great vehicles for certain things but I do not see them replacing all traditional sites. I tend to agree with Bham. I think what we will see will become a hybrid of traditional site and blog, as the web gradually changes.

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Kevin O'Brien
Outer Banks Property Management
Outer Banks Vacation Information
"It's always a great day in paradise"

Do both...and you wont have to worry about it

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Tampa Real Estate|Tampa Foreclosures|Tampa Real Estate Blog
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Exactly, or even better incorporate the 2. (i.e. domain and domain/blog)

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Ryan A. Martin - Windermere Real Estate / Whatcom Inc.

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