I was admiring the new launch of Zillow’s Q&A, and something came to me… Am I seeing a trend?
First there was realself.com
Rich Barton is an investor in realself.com, haven’t I seen him somewhere before? And that design looks mighty familiar…
Trulia Voices–That’s hot. Are we seeing the same trend with Zillow Advice? Hmmm….
You decide. As far as I’m concerned, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. 
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December 16th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
LOL!!! I feel like I’m watching John Travolta in Michael yelling Battle! gleefully while approaching the Bull.
December 16th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
I don’t know about the advice vs. answers comparison…but the RealSelf.com design is a total rip-off.
December 16th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
Sweet! I love contentious allegations between heavyweights…
Whats that noise? I think I hear David Gibbons coming
December 16th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Or take a look at Avvo’s q&a (Barton is on the board): http://www.avvo.com/free-legal-advice. They’ve even got similar ribbons for top contributors.
December 16th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Jake - Link didn’t work. this looks like right link:
http://www.avvo.com/free-legal-advice
December 17th, 2008 at 10:46 am
And Trulia hearts Yahoo Answers
The Voices design looks mighty familiar:
YahooAnswers: ask answer discover (lower case green)
TruliaVoices: ask share discover (also lower case green)
December 17th, 2008 at 10:48 am
http://answers.yahoo.com/
December 18th, 2008 at 9:57 am
Rudy, welcome to the club!
Zillow also loves homegain.
http://blog.homegain.com/homegain/homegain-cries-flattery-on-zillow/
December 18th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
They should have named the site Rulia.