Comments on: Are Rightmove Playing Real Estate Catch Up? http://www.nubricks.com/archives/379/web-2-property-sites/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=web-2-property-sites Overseas Property Investment Blog Thu, 04 Aug 2011 08:28:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Michael Mathews http://www.nubricks.com/archives/379/web-2-property-sites/#comment-1851 Michael Mathews Tue, 11 Sep 2007 04:44:29 +0000 http://www.nubricks.com/archives/379/web-2-property-sites/#comment-1851 I agree, all overseas investment companies, in fact any company nowadays needs to get hi-tech. I see David Stanley Redfern are taking on some computer whizz kids recently, obviously don't want to get left behind. They've certainly got a cool but informative website. I agree, all overseas investment companies, in fact any company nowadays needs to get hi-tech.

I see David Stanley Redfern are taking on some computer whizz kids recently, obviously don’t want to get left behind. They’ve certainly got a cool but informative website.

]]> By: Melvin Green http://www.nubricks.com/archives/379/web-2-property-sites/#comment-1850 Melvin Green Mon, 10 Sep 2007 03:05:35 +0000 http://www.nubricks.com/archives/379/web-2-property-sites/#comment-1850 Rightmove is all about marketing not technology. When you need to sell your home you need to have your house listed on rightmove. This will give your home maximum exposure. It doesn't matter what colour the site is or what latest gimmicks, maps, web2.0 etc are on the site, as long as people use it to find their next home. This will always be the way from now on. With rightmove advertising to the public as the only site worth being on and each agency branch paying £300 per branch per month, it's all about money. How will upgrading to web 2.0 make them more money when their customers (estate agents NOT the users of the website) haven't got a clue what web 2.0 is and don't really care either. Rightmove is all about marketing not technology. When you need to sell your home you need to have your house listed on rightmove. This will give your home maximum exposure. It doesn’t matter what colour the site is or what latest gimmicks, maps, web2.0 etc are on the site, as long as people use it to find their next home.

This will always be the way from now on. With rightmove advertising to the public as the only site worth being on and each agency branch paying £300 per branch per month, it’s all about money. How will upgrading to web 2.0 make them more money when their customers (estate agents NOT the users of the website) haven’t got a clue what web 2.0 is and don’t really care either.

]]> By: renthusiast http://www.nubricks.com/archives/379/web-2-property-sites/#comment-1849 renthusiast Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:54:40 +0000 http://www.nubricks.com/archives/379/web-2-property-sites/#comment-1849 it's hard to believe Rightmove is so behind in their technology, with such deep pockets they no blog or rss feeds? bearing in mind their affiliations with the largest estate agents in the country, they will probably always have market dominance, but it's still strange to think they have no Foxtons listings and the smaller independant agents seem to get a raw deal from them. that's the opportunity the new search sites have to offer; but at the moment most agents still seem fixated with rightmove, but if the market collapses, i'm sure they'll lokk for more cost effective solutions, which are also probably more effective in reaching the consumer it’s hard to believe Rightmove is so behind in their technology, with such deep pockets they no blog or rss feeds? bearing in mind their affiliations with the largest estate agents in the country, they will probably always have market dominance, but it’s still strange to think they have no Foxtons listings and the smaller independant agents seem to get a raw deal from them. that’s the opportunity the new search sites have to offer; but at the moment most agents still seem fixated with rightmove, but if the market collapses, i’m sure they’ll lokk for more cost effective solutions, which are also probably more effective in reaching the consumer

]]> By: Ed http://www.nubricks.com/archives/379/web-2-property-sites/#comment-1848 Ed Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:54:01 +0000 http://www.nubricks.com/archives/379/web-2-property-sites/#comment-1848 Hi, Ed from Nestoria here. It's not a zero sum game - Rightmove doesn't have to lose for others to win. I think the major trend to watch is not so much shifting of traffic online, but transfer of advertising spend from offline (newspapers) to online. One final point, I think to a degree you're comparing apples to oranges. Rightmove (and the other big sites) are portals. They offer lots of resources around the very complex process of buying or selling a home, and many tools for agents and the industry in general. Nestoria on the other hand is a search engine. We focus on doing only one thing: helping people find property quickly and easily. Hi, Ed from Nestoria here.

It’s not a zero sum game – Rightmove doesn’t have to lose for others to win. I think the major trend to watch is not so much shifting of traffic online, but transfer of advertising spend from offline (newspapers) to online.

One final point, I think to a degree you’re comparing apples to oranges. Rightmove (and the other big sites) are portals. They offer lots of resources around the very complex process of buying or selling a home, and many tools for agents and the industry in general. Nestoria on the other hand is a search engine. We focus on doing only one thing: helping people find property quickly and easily.

]]> By: Anon http://www.nubricks.com/archives/379/web-2-property-sites/#comment-1847 Anon Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:58:39 +0000 http://www.nubricks.com/archives/379/web-2-property-sites/#comment-1847 Is it really any surprise that Rightmove are lagging behind so far in embracing the new technology that others are bringing to the property search space? Just look on their site at their list of directors. Not one of them comes from a web/technology background, they are all old-world types. Rightmove will be gone within the next 5 years IMO. Is it really any surprise that Rightmove are lagging behind so far in embracing the new technology that others are bringing to the property search space? Just look on their site at their list of directors. Not one of them comes from a web/technology background, they are all old-world types. Rightmove will be gone within the next 5 years IMO.

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