Comments on: “more than 500 results, please refine your search” http://blog.ubertor.com/2008/07/10/more-than-500-results-please-refine-your-search/ The best guide to Real Estate Marketing for Realtors websites worldwide Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:09:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Kye Grace http://blog.ubertor.com/2008/07/10/more-than-500-results-please-refine-your-search/#comment-197864 Kye Grace Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:59:09 +0000 http://blog.ubertor.com/?p=1280#comment-197864 As an avid consumer of products and services available through the internet (travel like Expedia, retail like Amazon, etc.) I resent sites that are simply a ploy to get you to the hook and then force you to take alternate actions to gain closure. Or worse those that don't actually function. If I am a buyer looking for a property I don't care if a Realtor can do it better...when they control the access to the tools through their organization and its leadership. Worse they subsequently ensure they don't even come close to letting the effective tools out of the Realtor only tool box. I recently dabbled on MLS.ca and have to commend my clients for discovering properties that meet their criteria on that obtuse charade of a web resource. No wonder they are mesmerized by the speed and accuracy at which I can retrieve data from my end of the online resource. I hope it is not as transparent to the public as it is to some Realtors that MLS.ca, and now Realtor.ca, are simply there to funnel people to Realtors because they can do it better as opposed to being a valid resource that does what its owners claim it does. All of my tirade aside, I really think it is a generational issue and perhaps the leadership does not embrace or perhaps even grasp Web 2.0. I assume they have heard of this thing called the interweeb... So be it, this creates opportunities for web developers, marketing companies, Realtors etc. that may not exist if MLS/Realtor.ca was what it could be. I find excitement in being able to leave the cookie cutter factory that guides the Real Estate industry and am confident that being cut different than the rest of the cookies will bring success. Make no mistake, I feel the ingredients need to be the same, the shape and packaging will be different. As an avid consumer of products and services available through the internet (travel like Expedia, retail like Amazon, etc.) I resent sites that are simply a ploy to get you to the hook and then force you to take alternate actions to gain closure. Or worse those that don’t actually function.

If I am a buyer looking for a property I don’t care if a Realtor can do it better…when they control the access to the tools through their organization and its leadership. Worse they subsequently ensure they don’t even come close to letting the effective tools out of the Realtor only tool box.

I recently dabbled on MLS.ca and have to commend my clients for discovering properties that meet their criteria on that obtuse charade of a web resource. No wonder they are mesmerized by the speed and accuracy at which I can retrieve data from my end of the online resource.

I hope it is not as transparent to the public as it is to some Realtors that MLS.ca, and now Realtor.ca, are simply there to funnel people to Realtors because they can do it better as opposed to being a valid resource that does what its owners claim it does.

All of my tirade aside, I really think it is a generational issue and perhaps the leadership does not embrace or perhaps even grasp Web 2.0. I assume they have heard of this thing called the interweeb…

So be it, this creates opportunities for web developers, marketing companies, Realtors etc. that may not exist if MLS/Realtor.ca was what it could be. I find excitement in being able to leave the cookie cutter factory that guides the Real Estate industry and am confident that being cut different than the rest of the cookies will bring success. Make no mistake, I feel the ingredients need to be the same, the shape and packaging will be different.

]]> By: Kathryn http://blog.ubertor.com/2008/07/10/more-than-500-results-please-refine-your-search/#comment-197842 Kathryn Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:17:53 +0000 http://blog.ubertor.com/?p=1280#comment-197842 My company has just launched a Beta version of a site that I hope to assist buyers and the developers that want to connect with them. Would love your feedback: www.condovue.com The technology could be repurposed in multiple ways, but right now we are focusing on preconstruction condos. My company has just launched a Beta version of a site that I hope to assist buyers and the developers that want to connect with them. Would love your feedback: http://www.condovue.com

The technology could be repurposed in multiple ways, but right now we are focusing on preconstruction condos.

]]> By: Karen Cully http://blog.ubertor.com/2008/07/10/more-than-500-results-please-refine-your-search/#comment-197839 Karen Cully Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:37:42 +0000 http://blog.ubertor.com/?p=1280#comment-197839 I agree with Colleen, very frustrating to say the least. I quit after a few minutes trying to find my listings! Use a Realtor. I agree with Colleen, very frustrating to say the least. I quit after a few minutes trying to find my listings! Use a Realtor.

]]> By: Colleen Shorter http://blog.ubertor.com/2008/07/10/more-than-500-results-please-refine-your-search/#comment-197828 Colleen Shorter Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:53:32 +0000 http://blog.ubertor.com/?p=1280#comment-197828 Personally I don't like the navigation of the site, but I could be bias here, if you are looking for a property, use the services of a Realtor, we have a far better system to navigate and find properties than the public MLS system and we can send all that info to your email. Personally I don’t like the navigation of the site, but I could be bias here, if you are looking for a property, use the services of a Realtor, we have a far better system to navigate and find properties than the public MLS system and we can send all that info to your email.

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