I remember just 3 or 4 years ago I could count all of my favorite blogs on one hand. It was easy to keep up with all the useful content. But obviously with the growing popularity of blogs and other online content all that’s changed. While this evolution took place, many of us turned to websites that aggregate useful information like TechMeme. Although if you find yourself in the real estate niche you’ve noticed that we’re often forgotten, so that mainstream content can take center stage. That is, until I ran into www.theclozing.com
TheClozing is based off the TechMeme format, but is classified as a real estate and business news aggregator. This is done by gathering and organizing real estate news from major U.S. newspapers, magazines and publications with related articles from the social media world. That’s where the real value comes in. Viewers can read the mainstream stories, and then review related blogs for the back-story. The site refreshes every hour, to provide new content.
You’ll notice high to the right side, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate is a top-level sponsor. By sponsoring, they get their most recent post highlighted. TheClozing still has room for additional sponsors, if you’re interested visit the about page for more info.
All in all, I like what Joe Ferrara (aka J.F. Sellsius) and Anthony Barba have done with the site. They’ve created an easy to read interface that links out to original posts. You can bet I’ll be following this news source closely.





Thanks for the post, Reggie.
Interestingly, the screenshot you posted is the ideal we are chasing– gathering RE news stories and linking Related Items, trying to organize mainstream media and social media in an easy to digest way. It doesn't always work that way, but it's our goal.
One of the reasons Anthony and I created theclozing is because we noticed many folks do not use feedreaders and those that do, find them cumbersome & time consuming. Plus, we are both fans of techmeme.
We think we have a good baseline service but have a ways to go. We are always looking for feedback on how we can improve. The fact that my wife is reading it is a good sign
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