by Roberta Murphy

I love luxury and enjoy reading luxury blogs. Unfortunately, it can be difficult to visit them all to ferret out the latest in luxury news. One solution is to create a luxury blog network that will syndicate content from the best luxury blogs–whether they are focused on bling, luxury travel, luxury real estate, luxury clues, luxury furnishings or just the rich and famous.

The Luxury Blog Network is under current construction with the Domus Consulting gurus, and we are actively seeking top luxury blogs and bloggers who might be interested in participating in this syndication.

Each article written within the participating luxury blog would be published in a truncated fashion, with a link leading back to the original blog article. The goal is to provide one place to check out the latest in luxury news and increase traffic to the participating sites.

If you feel your luxury blog might be a candidate for this venture, please email roberta (at) luxuryhomedigest.com or contact me through this site.

by Roberta Murphy

Last nights annual New Years Eve bash at the Murphy home was lots of fun for all, and almost everyone was ready to drop kick 2007 out the door and welcome the promise of 2008 with open arms.

I thought 2007 had been put to rest (save for income tax drudgery); but when I opened todays email I discovered not one, but two 2007 accolades for Luxury Home Digest.

The first was an alert regarding RealEstateUndressed choice of the Luxury Home Digest article, Real Estate Fraud: Cash Back and Consequences as one of the real estate blogospheres top 7 articles for December 2007.

Very cool, I thought, and quickly went over to Larry Craguns site to express my thanks.

The next surprise email came from Zola Marquis at EliteChoice.

Zola (and crew?) had combed through the entire blogosphere to find the best 125 blogs for 2007 in diverse categories such as fashion, travel, wine and food, design, entertainment, advertising, best of the best, gadgets, automobile, social networking technology, sheer luxury, blogging forums and of course, real estate. Luxury Home Digest was chosen as one of the top six real estate blogs, sharing the stage with five outstanding real estate blogs (the comments are all Zolas):

Bawld Guy
Real Estate Investing through Purposeful Planning

Luxury Housing Trends
Home improvement ideas

Luxury Home Digest
Luxury resides here

Overseas Property Mall
Guide to international real estate investment

Realestalker

This blog talks about who lives where, whos buying and selling and for how much

Luxury Portfolio
Luxury Homes, Luxury Real Estate, and Luxury Homes for Sale From Luxury Portfolio

I am presenting Zola Marquis and Elite Choices entire list of winners, if only for my own future reference. These are all blogs I intend to visit:

BEST-OF-THE-BEST BLOGS

Buzz Machine
Anything & Everything

Brookly N Vegan
Music, Photos & News from a Vegan in Brooklun

Improve Everywhere
Improve everywhere causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places

Taking Illustrations

This online space makes fun of some things and sense of others through illustrations.

Strange Maps
When maps say it all

Tree Hugger
Space Dedicated to drive sustainability mainstream

Book Of Joe
Things that you need to know

GADGETS

Engagdet

News that drive your tech soul

Gizmodo
The gadget guide

Crunch Gear
Because crunchy reviews are invited

Blog Wired
Gadget Lab: Hardware that rocks your world

Uber Gizmo
Gadget Guide

Oh Gizmo
When gizmo presence makes you say Ohhhh.

Geek Sugar
Geek is Chic

Everything USB
Everything USB: We mean everything!

Shiny Shiny
A girls guide to gadgets

Red Ferret

The Red Ferret Journal – tantalisingly tasteful, tacky and taut tech trivia

Coolest Gadgets
Your source for the coolest gadgets available

Life At Most
Daily Gadget News

Gadget Venue
A blessed venue for elite gadgets

Mobile Whack
A wacky abode for gadgets

Uncrate
A web magazine for guys who love stuff

Akhibara News
Read, watch & participate

TECHNOLOGY

PC Mag
The independent guide to technology

Whats New Now

A coolest, craziest, cutting-edge technology Platform

Crave
Blog about gorgeous gadgets and other crush worthy stuff

Teche Blog
Latest tech and gadgets News

Tech Fresh
A space dedicated to cool gadgets, gizmos, and cutting-edge technology

Micro Persuasion
Exploring technology and its impact on marketing communications

Scifi Blog
A place that keeps you jacked amongst latest gadgets

Slash Gear
Technology at its best

Hip Tech Blog
Discuss latest gadgets and technology here

Gadget Tell
Tech news, reviews and interesting things

AUTOMOBILES

Jalopink
Obsessed with the cult of cars

Auto Blog
Obession about the auto industry

Autoblog.it
When cars become obsession

Motor Passion
It is passion that drives wheels

E Mercedes Benz

The all new Mercedes Benz-CLS

Automotive Blogs
Where your car search begins

The Truth About Cars
Car Reviews, Auto News, Editorials and Podcasts

Cars Cars Cars
A Car Blog. Only Angrier.

FASHION

B Glam

Up to the minute fashion inspiration and celebrity news created for shopaholics everywhere

Coutorture
Fashion fad

Fashion Tribes
Where Fashion*Lifestyle*Beauty Rules

A Suitable Wardrobe
Wills thoughts on classic mens clothing

The Bag Lady
The bag lady

Go Fug Yourself
Fugly is the new pretty

The Sartorialist
Where fashion, design and style collapse

Style Talk
S Factor: Stylish, Simple but Striking

Style
The online home of vogue

Whats Haute

Terrific Totes: Words fall short as their presence makes you say OOOuch!

LUXURY

Luxist
Luxurious vibes, invites filthy-rich.

Janus Thinking
Luxurious thoughts reside here!

Born Rich
For geeks affordability can never be a question!

Luxury Luanches

Luxury breathes here!

Deluxe Blog
Because luxury speaks

Blavish
An abode for gamut of elite blogs

Lussorian
Luxury homes and accessories

Eslux

Luxury talks

FOOD AND WINE

WineCampBlog
A points-free zone

Eater
Bath in wine & food
Vinography
Wine and food adventures in San Francisco and around the world

Zagat
Eat, drink, stay, play

Dr Vino
Wine talk that goes down easy

Serious Seats
Crusty, saucy, cheesy

Slash Food
Place that makes your tongue smile

The Food Section

All the news thats fit to eat

Mighty Foods
The who, what, how and why of natural foods

Food Beam
Sweetness beams

Too Many Chefs
Territory of chefs

ODDS AND ENDS

Boing Boing

A directory of wonderful things

Inventor Spot
Serious fun for the inventor in all of us

I4U
All eyes are on you, for you and from you

Aving
Global news network

Josh Reads
The Comics Curmudgeon

The Sneeze
Half Zine. Half blog. Half not good with fractions

Trend Hunter
Trend Spotting, Cool Hunting and Innovation Trends

Crunk Tastical
In fresh we trust

Pink Tentacle
Exclusive stuff

Dethroner

Where every man is king

Evil Mad Scientist
Making the World a Better Place, One Evil Mad Scientist at a Time

Spluch
Unique newsy stuff, cant afford to miss

ENTERTAINMENT

D listed
Be very afraid

Ironic Scans

It seemed like a good idea on paper

Kottke
Home of fine hypertext products

Stereo Gum
The Gum drop

YouAintNoPicasso
You aint no Picasso describes it well

Gawker
Reporting live from the center of the universe

DESIGN

Designs Sponge
Dipped in design

Fake Steve
The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs

We make money not art
Money V/S Art

David Report
Design, culture and business life collides here with a creative and humanistic approach

Yanko Design
Form beyond function

Core 77
Core77 Design Blog
SOCIAL NETWORKS

Cool Hunter
Roaming the US and the globe

Mashable
Social Networking News

TRAVEL

Directory of Blogs
A stylish way to travel

Hotels of Rich and Famous
The latest hotel news and features

Happy Hotelier
The Happier the Hotelier, the Happier the Guest!

Luxury Travel Blog
Dr. Paul Johnsons Baby: Not an ordinary travel blog

Travel Blog
Unforgettable tours and experiences! Unbeatable deals.

Gadling
Go There

Real Travel
Real people, real advice, real experiences

World Hum
Travel dispatches from a shrinking planet

Juanted

The pop culture travel guide

English Cut
Thomas mahon, bespoke savile row tailor, london

ADVERTISING

Duncans
TV Commercials found and reviewed by Duncan Macleod

Neatorama
Exploring Creativity

Adgoodness

The best and sometimes the worst around the globe

Advertolog
Welcome to the biggest Advertising Archive in the world

Adarena
SEX SELLS

Adhunt
A view on todays best advertising

Adrants
An abode for evolving ads

Adpulp
Advertising arena

FORUMS

Blog Burst
A way to place blogs on top-tier online destinations

Globe of Blogs
Bloggers territory

Blog Hub
Blogging your way

Blogarama
The blog directory

Mac Rumors Forum
Mac community discussion forums

Blog Explosion
Battle of the blogs

Thank you Zola Marquis for an exhaustive and much-appreciated effort!

by Roberta Murphy

Whenever I go to shop for technology of any sort, I head over to CNet to check out editorial and user reviews. Whether I am shopping digital cameras, tablet pc’s or cell phones, I know I can trust what they have to say.

It came as a recent wonderful surprise that they have also taken to rating blogs–or at least those that focus on technology. Luxury Home Digest of course did not make the cut, but that should come as no surprise. Luxury real estate blogs aren’t exactly at the top of tech blog lists.
Regardless, I thought readers might be interested in their 100 choices because they could end up providing valuable information for owners of luxurous residences:

• 1080Eye
• Alice Hill’s Real Tech News
• Apple Matters
• AppleInsider
• Ars Technica
• Between the Lines
• Beyond VC
• Boing Boing
• Burnham’s Beat
• BusinessWeek’s Blogspotting
• BusinessWeek’s The Tech Beat
• BuzzMachine
• C:\PIRILLO.EXE
• Channel 9
• Cleantech Investing
• Cyberjournalist.net
• Dan Bricklin’s Log
• Daring Fireball
• Declan McCullagh’s Politech
• digg
• Doc Searls Weblog
• Engadget
• Fixyourthinking.com
• Freedom to Tinker
• Geek Culture
• Geek News Central
• Gizmodo
• GPS Review
• Groklaw
• Hypebot
• IEBlog
• iLounge
• Jeremy Zawodny’s blog
• JKOnTheRun
• John Battelle’s Searchblog
• Joi Ito’s Web
• Jon’s Radio
• Jonathan’s Blog
• Justin’s Guide
• Kim Cameron’s Identity Weblog
• Kotaku
• Kottke.org
• Kuro5hin.org
• Lawrence Lessig
• Lifehacker
• Linux-Watch
• LonghornBlogs.com
• MacMinute
• Matt McAlister
• Micro Persuasion

• Microsoft Security Response Center
• Microsoft Watch from Mary Jo Foley
• Mini-Microsoft
• Molly
• MozillaZine
• Neowin.net
• New Media Musings
• O’Reilly Radar
• Om Malik on Broadband
• Ongoing
• PaidContent.org
• PCS Intel
• PhysOrg Weblog
• PressThink
• PVRblog
• Responsible Nanotechnology
• RFID Weblog
• Romenesko
• Schneier on Security
• Science Blog
• Scobleizer
• Scott Rosenberg’s Links & Comment
• Scripting News
• Search Engine Watch
• Seattle Post-Intelligencer Microsoft Blog
• Security Fix
• Seth Godin’s Blog
• Silicon Valley Watcher
• Slashdot
• Spamroll
• Sunbeltblog
• SunMink
• TaoSecurity
• Tech Confidential Blog
• TechCrunch
• Techdirt
• Tecosystems
• Terra Nova
• The Blog Herald
• The Gadgeteer
• The Internet Stock Blog
• The Mac Observer
• Things That … Make You Go Hmm
• Threadwatch.org
• TiVoBlog.com
• TVOver.net
• Venture Chronicles
• Vitalsecurity.org
• whatsnextblog
• XplanaZine

by Roberta Murphy

The Real Estate Tomato hosts a number of real estate blogs throughout the country–and provides guidance regarding blogging basics, layout, design and the technical tangles that occasionally plague us all.

Keith Jeppson with Salt Lake Speaks suggested that we create a blogroll of all us folk on the Tomato Vine. Since blogrolls seem to be on the outs with search engines, I have taken to including my favorite blogs in occasional posts, where I (and those pesky search spiders and bots) can find them with ease.

This post is dedicated to all the other juicy tomatoes on the Real Estate Tomato vine. We are each very different, but are all comforted in knowing that we can email Molly Tomato and get a response when we run into technical problems with our real estate blogs.