{"id":482,"date":"2006-09-27T10:28:12","date_gmt":"2006-09-27T17:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=482"},"modified":"2007-04-01T10:10:34","modified_gmt":"2007-04-01T17:10:34","slug":"a-zillowcom-dead-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/482\/a-zillowcom-dead-pool\/","title":{"rendered":"A Zillow.com dead pool . . . ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

real estate 2.x<\/a>:<\/p>\n

If the real estate market continues downward, do you think Zillow’s traffic will go up? I am pretty sure that Zillow’s traffic will be directly related to property prices. Everyone loves to see how much money they are making — it is fun, but most people are not going logon each day to watch their zestimate go down (accurate or not). Personally, I find the site quite boring…one visit seems like enough.<\/p>\n

My fourth question would be — if the validity of their purpose has been picked apart, and their revenue model is full of fatal flaws — when do they run out of money? <\/p>\n

Maybe we should start a pool?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m thinking they probably have a business, if only because Realtors will always throw away money on advertising that is easy but useless. On the other hand, I’m suddenly flush with play money<\/a>…
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Technorati Tags: blogging<\/a>, real estate<\/a>, real estate marketing<\/a><\/p>\n

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real estate 2.x: If the real estate market continues downward, do you think Zillow’s traffic will go up? I am pretty sure that Zillow’s traffic will be directly related to property prices. 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