Comments on: gHomes? http://raincityguide.com/2005/10/20/ghomes/ Seattle's Leading Resource for Real Estate Information Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:01:18 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dustin http://raincityguide.com/2005/10/20/ghomes/#comment-828 Dustin Sun, 06 Nov 2005 17:51:02 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/?p=197#comment-828 I'd agree with you that it is a leap to think that Google is going into residential real estate based on this article... Nonetheless, based on other glimpses that I've had of what Google is doing (like Google Base), it seems like a pretty reasonable leap! By the way, I think that OnOneMap is pretty cool. I checked their site out a little while ago and enjoyed looking around. It appears that the site is screenscraping data from realtor's websites (please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong), in which case it sounds pretty similar to <a href="http://www.trulia.com">Trulia</a>. And playing around the site, it appears that Trulia probably even has a better interface. Have you seen them? Thanks for the information and the link! I’d agree with you that it is a leap to think that Google is going into residential real estate based on this article… Nonetheless, based on other glimpses that I’ve had of what Google is doing (like Google Base), it seems like a pretty reasonable leap!

By the way, I think that OnOneMap is pretty cool. I checked their site out a little while ago and enjoyed looking around. It appears that the site is screenscraping data from realtor’s websites (please feel free to correct me if I’m wrong), in which case it sounds pretty similar to Trulia. And playing around the site, it appears that Trulia probably even has a better interface. Have you seen them?

Thanks for the information and the link!

]]> By: Andrew http://raincityguide.com/2005/10/20/ghomes/#comment-827 Andrew Sun, 06 Nov 2005 17:28:58 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/?p=197#comment-827 I'm not sure that Google's talks with a commercial real estate data company necessarily mean that it is going into the <em>residential</em> property business. Mind you I agree that the property business could do with being dragged into the 21st century. The <a href="http://ononemap.com" rel="nofollow">UK property search engine OnOneMap</a> is a very good example of where Google Maps implementations can actually better the traditional search methods by being utterly comprehensive. I’m not sure that Google’s talks with a commercial real estate data company necessarily mean that it is going into the residential property business. Mind you I agree that the property business could do with being dragged into the 21st century. The UK property search engine OnOneMap is a very good example of where Google Maps implementations can actually better the traditional search methods by being utterly comprehensive.

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