Zillow

• Vanessa Fox Leaves Zillow

  2007-11-17 04:31:14

  Vanessa Fox, an old Google Colleague , has left Zillow to work for Ignition Partners. She was with Zillow for a total of 5 months. My other passion is helping to build the web and working with start ups on innovative, kick-ass ideas. I’ll be doing more of that, particularly as an entrepreneur in residence for [...]
• Google's Universal Search to Replace Zillow and other VSEs?

  2007-06-04 13:32:51

  A quick point about this as I've noticed a few rumblings on various other blogs. There is a notion that Google's universal search feature, where Google lists a hodge podge of relevant results from all off their channels in the search results pages (SERPs), will replace vertical search engines (VSEs). You have to remember, at the end of the day, Google currently provides indexes and provides results on documents.
• Zillow Misses the Mark Completely in Utah

  2007-05-04 04:16:14

    It’s no secret within the real estate industry that Zillow, and it’s Zestimates are not accurate, and really- they aren’t even supposed to be. Accuracy doesn’t even fit into Zillow’s core objectives. Their business model is not about being accurate at all- its about selling ads. But Zillow does create a real problem for many people who believe the ridiculous Zillow price estimates. Zillow’s business model is simple; 1- Assign a price estimate for every home 2- Generate interest by showing how “fun” it is to see what it says other people’s homes are worth and satelite images of celebrity houses 3- Sell advertising on the website Nowhere in that business model is accuracy. They want to be accurate enough that people will go to the site, but that’s about it. The state of Arizona’s lawsuit against Zillow only feeds them more exposure. And I’m a supporter of Zillow’s. I have been from the beginning and I a
• Zillow: Real Estate Tool

  2006-08-07 12:13:39

  Are you interested in finding out the value of a perspective real estate property? How about comparing the value of your home to your neighbors? ...