ORBlogs.com Shuts Down
September 4th, 2008
Off the real estate topic today, but if you’re a viewer or contributor to the ORBlogs.com blog repository, today’s news is a bummer.
Paul Bausch, founder of ORBlogs in 2003, leaves a heartfelt farewell message that the directory has grown beyond the bounds of a hobby, and that blogging has become, surprise, an increasingly commercial (I’m guilty as charged) enterprise.
I want to personally thank Paul for his cat-herding efforts in coordinating the typically independent Oregon collection of 1,672 diverse blogs over the past 5+ years. Much of the traffic to repdx.com, propertyblotter.com, and move2westlinn.com is due to his efforts.
So, you have until the end of the month (maybe a few more days) to parse the directory of Oregon based blogs and bookmark your favorites or subscribe to them in RSS feeds.
Unless, of course, someone else picks up the baton.
Anyone? Anyone?
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1 Comment Add your own
1. Corri Klebaum | September 8th, 2008 at 9:02 am
i know i will miss the traffic… i would even consider a commercial blogger donation of sorts, but non-profit paperwork is the pits
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