Comments on: Is Zillow building a ghost town? http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/07/11/is-zillow-building-a-ghost-town/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:46:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: real estate license http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/07/11/is-zillow-building-a-ghost-town/comment-page-1/#comment-346331 real estate license Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:08:12 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/07/11/is-zillow-building-a-ghost-town/#comment-346331 Well, whatever they did it seemed to work well for them. Zillow is probably one of the largest real estate websites online and receives a lot of traffic. I am sure that a lot of their success is due to their heavy <a href="http://realestatelicensedirect.com/real-estate-internet-marketing/" rel="follow" rel="nofollow">real estate marketing</a> tactics that require a lot of money and time, but regardless of how they got it, they got it. Well, whatever they did it seemed to work well for them. Zillow is probably one of the largest real estate websites online and receives a lot of traffic. I am sure that a lot of their success is due to their heavy real estate marketing tactics that require a lot of money and time, but regardless of how they got it, they got it.

]]> By: Homeowner http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/07/11/is-zillow-building-a-ghost-town/comment-page-1/#comment-335267 Homeowner Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:24:31 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/07/11/is-zillow-building-a-ghost-town/#comment-335267 I found www.realestateabc.com to be a LOT (pun intended) more accurate. I found http://www.realestateabc.com to be a LOT (pun intended) more accurate.

]]> By: luca http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/07/11/is-zillow-building-a-ghost-town/comment-page-1/#comment-301624 luca Wed, 08 Aug 2007 02:40:35 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/07/11/is-zillow-building-a-ghost-town/#comment-301624 Not only is Zillow building a ghost town a host of originals (homegain) and imitators have emerged that also provide free home value estimates The Zestimate is not ZO original anymore You can try cybyerhomes.com homegain.com reply.com eppraisal.com and many others Zillow Zucks Not only is Zillow building a ghost town a host of originals (homegain) and imitators have emerged that also provide free home value estimates
The Zestimate is not ZO original anymore
You can try
cybyerhomes.com
homegain.com
reply.com
eppraisal.com and many others
Zillow Zucks

]]> By: Kyle J. Else http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/07/11/is-zillow-building-a-ghost-town/comment-page-1/#comment-287104 Kyle J. Else Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:50:55 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/07/11/is-zillow-building-a-ghost-town/#comment-287104 Great post - with excellent reference links. Im wondering if Zillow or Trulia will start to aggregate news content from local papers or blogs - this would help “seed” content. Great post – with excellent reference links. Im wondering if Zillow or Trulia will start to aggregate news content from local papers or blogs – this would help “seed” content.

]]> By: Mathew http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/07/11/is-zillow-building-a-ghost-town/comment-page-1/#comment-286511 Mathew Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:38:49 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/07/11/is-zillow-building-a-ghost-town/#comment-286511 Rod, I think you might be right -- we may instinctively believe that people want a way to interact with their physical neighbours, but it could be that they already have plenty of ways of doing that (if they want to, which many may not) and therefore don't necessarily need an online version. Before the Internet, physical proximity was pretty well the only way you *could* form a community, but now it's possible to form a virtual community based on just about anything, with people from just about anywhere. Fred and Rex, thanks for your comments too. Rod, I think you might be right — we may instinctively believe that people want a way to interact with their physical neighbours, but it could be that they already have plenty of ways of doing that (if they want to, which many may not) and therefore don’t necessarily need an online version.

Before the Internet, physical proximity was pretty well the only way you *could* form a community, but now it’s possible to form a virtual community based on just about anything, with people from just about anywhere.

Fred and Rex, thanks for your comments too.

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