New Local Market Explorer plugin for Wordpress
Great news for those of you who are building your web sites in Wordpress. Zillow has announced the release of the new Local Market Explorer WP Plugin.
The LME plugin, which was built by Jonathan Mabe and Andrew Mattie, developers with Diverse Solutions, automatically creates rich pages on your blog that incorporate data from Zillow, Education.com, Flickr, Walk Score and Yelp.
Zillow has set up some test pages here:
You can download the plugin immediately from WordPress plugin directory.
A couple of key notes; you’ll need separate API keys for each of the data sources but you can turn on or off which sources you want to incorporate. Also, the plugin does not let create hyperlocal pages (at either a neighborhood or ZIP code level) so you must keep all of your pages at the city level, for now.
Zillow promises future versions that will address these issues. But regardless, this is an instant, dead simple way to instantly create compelling content that your web visitors are looking for. Organized correctly, you could create a powerfully relevant local resource.
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Drew Meyers | Aug 12, 2009 | Reply
Thanks for the writeup Joel – much appreciated. If you (or anyone else reading this) see any great examples of blogs utilizing the plugin, please tweet me the URLs
Overland Park Kansas Broker | Aug 13, 2009 | Reply
I read this on zillow also. Sounds like an interesting tool. I plan on looking at it to see how it works.
mckinley hill fort bonifacio | Aug 13, 2009 | Reply
Nice plug ins, thanks for sharing that. Word press is really typical for Real Estate and it’s good to know that there are useful plug ins.
Louis Cammarosano | Aug 13, 2009 | Reply
Oh Goodness, another Zillow infomercial on FOREM
Gainesville Real Estate | Aug 14, 2009 | Reply
I also saw this on zillow. Some of this data is very easy to come by though through local government offices. I hired a programmer to work on some data integration stuff. It’s not as difficult as it sounds to do on your own.
anon | Aug 14, 2009 | Reply
Looks like an installable linkfest for Zillow.
Brad Coy | Aug 15, 2009 | Reply
I would caution against checking your filters on what is coming in through with these sources. I saw some nudes coming in on one of the Flickr plugins.
Joel Carson | Aug 18, 2009 | Reply
Wow. What a great tool. Technology is absolutely amazing. Thanks for helping me stay up to date.
San Diego Homes for Sale | Aug 24, 2009 | Reply
I think it’s a great start. Those local pages will be key. The city level is pretty rough when your market is a large city. But this is another example of why Wordpress is the best platform for a real estate site.
Ralph D Bredahl | Aug 29, 2009 | Reply
Good info. Seems like there is new everyday
Overland Park Real Estate | Sep 1, 2009 | Reply
While I love the mashup concept I always was concerned of not controlling what comes up on my site. Just as I thought I need to open up to the concept…. I click on the LA link and what do you know, one of the pictures from flickr was a naked lady.
jimmy | Sep 6, 2009 | Reply
Nice, I like the ideas, I just started clickbank and traffic swarm
I liked some sites like
http://www.agentbuilderinc.com
http://www.agentzoo.com
http://www.insuranceagentwebdirectory.com
Good sites for SEO, you can advertise for free good traffic, I tried Bidvertiser, uh Sucked
John McMillen | Sep 6, 2009 | Reply
When you get more blogs that have examples of this let me know. I’m not interested in marketing Zillow or any other company for that matter on my site, but I am interested in providing clients with rich data.
Thanks.
rochester ny real estate | Sep 8, 2009 | Reply
The internet is changing the game of marketing real estate. Each client, both buyer and seller, will want as many resources and tools that are available to get the best deal.
Overland Park Real Estate | Sep 8, 2009 | Reply
Where have you been Joel? FOREM has been cricket sounds lately!
Heather Mortgage Modification | Sep 8, 2009 | Reply
My husband loves Zillow and will definately be incorporating this into our blogs. Thanks for the update.
best rate source | Sep 10, 2009 | Reply
I believe they have rolled out phase two which allows for deeper integration and searching based on zip codes, this could add some true value to a number of realestate directories that are lacking substance in the market.
Realtor In Lima Ohio | Sep 14, 2009 | Reply
That’s a nifty little plugin. if I decide to switch over to WP I’ll have to give it a go.
Kansas City Relocation | Sep 21, 2009 | Reply
I plan to attempt this immediately. Home page or interior page… decisions, decisions…
rochester ny real estate | Sep 22, 2009 | Reply
This will make things much easier when we add a blog to the back end of our site.
Chris Dowell, Kansas City Realtor | Sep 22, 2009 | Reply
Sounds very cool. I do not use wordpress; however, I do teach some blogging classes to a few wordpress blog owners. I will share this.
Ralph D Bredahl | Sep 24, 2009 | Reply
Almost makes me want to switch to wordpress
Jason Brown | Sep 24, 2009 | Reply
I blog on WP and I too am concerned about letting go of content control. It’s a great tool but the gamble seems awfully risque — I mean risky.
easyrent | Sep 30, 2009 | Reply
ah i missed it… thanks for sharing it.
gavinzu | Dec 10, 2009 | Reply
thank you for sharing this plugin
Band Saws For Sale | Jan 10, 2010 | Reply
I build all my websites using WordPress. Very flexible and very fast. Real Estate is next!
escort | Oct 17, 2010 | Reply
thanks personel
Evan S. Carey | May 13, 2011 | Reply
WordPress is very flexible and very fast.Thank you for sharing.
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