Comments on: Google Real Estate Listings http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/google-real-estate-listings/ A premier personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Thu, 24 May 2012 03:11:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: matt http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/google-real-estate-listings/comment-page-1/#comment-2240 matt Wed, 05 Apr 2006 18:08:16 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/04/04/google-real-estate-listings/#comment-2240 Um... Google wasn't exactly the first search engine, so I think you can drop the "late to their own ballgame" argument. Their API opens up the functionality of their database, so anyone could have their own version of housingmaps, and nobody will be able to make money off searching for real estate. Flexo's got it right- this isn't Google's entrance into the real estate search business, it just so happens that searching real estate listings is a pleasant side effect from the combination of google maps and google base. Um… Google wasn’t exactly the first search engine, so I think you can drop the “late to their own ballgame” argument. Their API opens up the functionality of their database, so anyone could have their own version of housingmaps, and nobody will be able to make money off searching for real estate. Flexo’s got it right- this isn’t Google’s entrance into the real estate search business, it just so happens that searching real estate listings is a pleasant side effect from the combination of google maps and google base.

]]> By: Flexo http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/google-real-estate-listings/comment-page-1/#comment-2238 Flexo Wed, 05 Apr 2006 17:19:46 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/04/04/google-real-estate-listings/#comment-2238 I don't think Google's concern is whether they're first to market. If they put their weight behind their real estate listing service, they could be a massive force. If they don't, and leave the project on the side as they generally do for their "lab" projects, then it won't matter. I don’t think Google’s concern is whether they’re first to market. If they put their weight behind their real estate listing service, they could be a massive force. If they don’t, and leave the project on the side as they generally do for their “lab” projects, then it won’t matter.

]]> By: Chris http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/google-real-estate-listings/comment-page-1/#comment-2237 Chris Wed, 05 Apr 2006 17:13:04 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/04/04/google-real-estate-listings/#comment-2237 Nothing new. Housingmaps.com beat them to it by mashing up Craig's List rental and sale listings with Google Maps. You can even filter rental listings by whether or not the landlord accepts pets. Nothing new. Housingmaps.com beat them to it by mashing up Craig’s List rental and sale listings with Google Maps. You can even filter rental listings by whether or not the landlord accepts pets.

]]> By: Flexo http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/google-real-estate-listings/comment-page-1/#comment-2234 Flexo Wed, 05 Apr 2006 13:34:15 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/04/04/google-real-estate-listings/#comment-2234 I imagine this is one of Google's "20%" projects, and initial response will determine if they put any effort into it. The Google Maps API is available, so they have made the technology available to anyone who wants to build a similar service with an existing database of listings. I imagine this is one of Google’s “20%” projects, and initial response will determine if they put any effort into it. The Google Maps API is available, so they have made the technology available to anyone who wants to build a similar service with an existing database of listings.

]]> By: Nick http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/google-real-estate-listings/comment-page-1/#comment-2232 Nick Wed, 05 Apr 2006 11:39:15 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/04/04/google-real-estate-listings/#comment-2232 The only problem is that Google is late to its own ballgame... http://www.propsmart.com/ I have to agree with MFF. While Google may have the name and the audience of billions, just about everything they do (except maybe search) is done better by someone else. Their main advantage is that they do so much, but that could soon turn into their biggest weakness. The only problem is that Google is late to its own ballgame…

http://www.propsmart.com/

I have to agree with MFF. While Google may have the name and the audience of billions, just about everything they do (except maybe search) is done better by someone else. Their main advantage is that they do so much, but that could soon turn into their biggest weakness.

]]> By: MFF http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/google-real-estate-listings/comment-page-1/#comment-2230 MFF Wed, 05 Apr 2006 05:09:28 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/04/04/google-real-estate-listings/#comment-2230 Wow, does anyone get the feeling that Google is just trying to do too many things and will ultimately do all of them poorly? It's a great idea, but why not offer it to current real estate sites and let them focus on the sales/marketing of real estate listings and traffic? Wow, does anyone get the feeling that Google is just trying to do too many things and will ultimately do all of them poorly?

It’s a great idea, but why not offer it to current real estate sites and let them focus on the sales/marketing of real estate listings and traffic?

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