Zillow is getting Cozy………..

Gd Luck in future
Jack

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Give them a break, they release the communities and the next day they get bashed. I like Zillow and in my opinion they have released many new features that are good for agents. I’m pretty sure they will add these *yawn* new features you talk about.

the more and more these companies add to their offering the more and more they resemble large, crappy sites that litter the web.

i fear that the combination of pressure from very large VC rounds at very high valuations and advertising business models = a focus on hits hits hits, not real value. i hope im wrong.

real value creates the stickiness you’re talking about. real value comes when you solve real problems. real problems arent solved easily. when a company is focused on hits, i can see them looking for cheap ways to gain traffic – not solving real problems.

Z6 was the first step for inviting community participation on neighborhood pages and improving ‘discoverability’ is a high priority – I’m glad to see that called out in your review. The compelling content in your neighborhood will be your neighbors and the posts they leave. Please plan on coming back in a month or two to review this feature when there are more contributions. All online communities deal with this paradox of launching “empty” features — and your point about seeding with flickr photo’s is well taken.

FYI – searches are filtered on the search results page (look left). The workflow on Zillow is … search by geography, then filter.

In terms of our role, and from the Real Estate professional’s perspective, simply think of Zillow as the best place online to meet future clients. Likewise, the major attraction for buyers and sellers on Zillow has started to expand from the information Zillow publishes to the members on the site and the information they publish — but our value proposition for consumers remains simple — Zillow is your Edge in Real Estate. Please note, though, that our definition of “real estate” goes far beyond a focus on listings — and so, some of what we do will be confusing to industry insiders who only focus on homes for sale.