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The quote "a fun, voyeuristic tool" is a description of Zillow.com from a staffer at Trulia.com
Trulia.com is a real estate search engine. The December 2006 Realtor Magazine Online has a list of 15 non REALTOR® people who have had the most impact on real estate in 2006... Trulia.com co-founders Sami Inkinen and Pete Flint are on that list...
"May 17, 2006
Real Living Inc. Posts Listings on Oodle.com, Propsmart.com, Trulia.com
More partnerships with other residential real estate search engines planned
COLUMBUS, Ohio (May 17, 2006) – Real Living Inc., the nation’s fourth-largest residential real estate firm, announced all of its listings are now available on Propsmart.com and Oodle.com. The company’s Florida and Texas listings can also be accessed on Trulia.com. Listings from additional markets will be added to Trulia.com as the San Francisco-based residential real estate search engine expands into new markets."
HER Real Living listings (Central Ohio) are now on Trulia.com
Zillow was not a real estate search engine then... May 2006. Zillow was not a real estate search engine when I started a poll of real estate search engines a couple of months ago. Zillow was not a real estate search engine when a representative from Zillow was at the Real Estate Industry Summit in Columbus Ohio in late October.
According to a December 7, blog entry on The Real Estate Economy "Zillow is an ad-driven content site designed for buyers and nosey neighbors, or in the words of a Trulia staffer"... "a fun, voyeuristic tool." That day... Zillow became a real estate search engine.
They've messed up my ongoing poll re: what poll local (Central Ohio people) use to search for homes.... in Central Ohio.
I believe from comments on the entry where the poll was posted, the "Others" in the poll results are real estate bloggers and geeks from elsewhere who think their search is the latest thing since sliced bread. Who in Columbus Ohio cares about a search in the UK or Utah for that matter? It may be fun and voyueristic to look at homes there... but if you are looking for homes in Central Ohio, you can search via, HERRealLiving.com, KingThompson.com, Realtor.com, Trulia.com, Oodle.com, Propsmart.com other local companies websites and now Zillow.... although there is not a lot there yet.
I'll have to redo my poll to include the other search engines that Central Ohioans use to look at Central Ohio homes.
c. 2006 Columbus Best Blog
Congratulations to Kaira Rouda, C.O.O of Real Living for her nomination to the advisory board that Trulia.com announced yesterday. 
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