Comments on: Trulia Voices: first look under the hood http://www.truliablog.com/2007/05/18/trulia-voices-first-look-under-the-hood/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:05:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Jonathan Dalton http://www.truliablog.com/2007/05/18/trulia-voices-first-look-under-the-hood/#comment-28700 Jonathan Dalton Mon, 21 May 2007 22:18:19 +0000 http://www.truliablog.com/2007/05/18/trulia-voices-first-look-under-the-hood/#comment-28700 Best suggestion I can make ... get rid of the scoreboards tracking those with the most answers, the most useful answers, the most best answers. Let those who are answering the questions do so for the sake of helping someone asking. Also, for the real estate professionals, don't count the number of questions that are being asked. It's amazing the softball questions coming through simply for the sake of seeding the voices and, presumably, getting credit for a question asked. Asking tons of questions doesn't seem to signify anything other than an excess of time on one's hands. Best suggestion I can make … get rid of the scoreboards tracking those with the most answers, the most useful answers, the most best answers. Let those who are answering the questions do so for the sake of helping someone asking.

Also, for the real estate professionals, don’t count the number of questions that are being asked. It’s amazing the softball questions coming through simply for the sake of seeding the voices and, presumably, getting credit for a question asked.

Asking tons of questions doesn’t seem to signify anything other than an excess of time on one’s hands.

]]> By: Lou Jewell ALC http://www.truliablog.com/2007/05/18/trulia-voices-first-look-under-the-hood/#comment-28669 Lou Jewell ALC Mon, 21 May 2007 17:47:07 +0000 http://www.truliablog.com/2007/05/18/trulia-voices-first-look-under-the-hood/#comment-28669 Hi, I am an Accredited Land Consultant an member of the Realtors Land Institute www.rliland.com. I write articles about Land and see that you do not cover that filed. Let me know if you would like to review some of my articles. Thank you, Lou Jewell ALC Hi,

I am an Accredited Land Consultant an member of the Realtors Land Institute http://www.rliland.com. I write articles about Land and see that you do not cover that filed. Let me know if you would like to review some of my articles.

Thank you,

Lou Jewell ALC

]]> By: Jay Thompson http://www.truliablog.com/2007/05/18/trulia-voices-first-look-under-the-hood/#comment-28572 Jay Thompson Sun, 20 May 2007 22:29:52 +0000 http://www.truliablog.com/2007/05/18/trulia-voices-first-look-under-the-hood/#comment-28572 I'm liking Trulia Voices! I just wish there were more questions from Phoenix! Inquiring minds want to know who is the hottie in the picture in the Trulia Voices Alert emails... I’m liking Trulia Voices! I just wish there were more questions from Phoenix!

Inquiring minds want to know who is the hottie in the picture in the Trulia Voices Alert emails…

]]> By: Patrick Teuscher http://www.truliablog.com/2007/05/18/trulia-voices-first-look-under-the-hood/#comment-28375 Patrick Teuscher Sat, 19 May 2007 03:58:41 +0000 http://www.truliablog.com/2007/05/18/trulia-voices-first-look-under-the-hood/#comment-28375 Cheers to Phil. It took me about ten minutes to find the edit profile link when i first signed up. I thought it was just me:) Patrick Cheers to Phil. It took me about ten minutes to find the edit profile link when i first signed up. I thought it was just me:)

Patrick

]]> By: Brian Brady http://www.truliablog.com/2007/05/18/trulia-voices-first-look-under-the-hood/#comment-28374 Brian Brady Sat, 19 May 2007 03:43:28 +0000 http://www.truliablog.com/2007/05/18/trulia-voices-first-look-under-the-hood/#comment-28374 Make no mistake about it, Trulia is the one mash-up realty.bot that is listening to its constituency. I wrote my provocative post on Bloodhound Blog to “bait” them to do better…and they have. All too often, real estate search engines get caught up in the “we’re out to change the world and the stakeholders be damned!”. They try to change the way business is done because THEY believe it’s what the consumer wants. Mostly, they’re incorrect. Consumers like to see transparency in real estate brokerage but most of them just care to get a good loan and a fair shake when they sell their home. Trulia is the most pragmatic mash-up tool I’ve seen to date. Make no mistake about it, Trulia is the one mash-up realty.bot that is listening to its constituency. I wrote my provocative post on Bloodhound Blog to “bait” them to do better…and they have.

All too often, real estate search engines get caught up in the “we’re out to change the world and the stakeholders be damned!”. They try to change the way business is done because THEY believe it’s what the consumer wants. Mostly, they’re incorrect. Consumers like to see transparency in real estate brokerage but most of them just care to get a good loan and a fair shake when they sell their home.

Trulia is the most pragmatic mash-up tool I’ve seen to date.

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