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Jeff Somers,

jeffsomers

  1. Broker Feeds – Coming Soon

    Broker Feeds – Coming Soon

    Soon, we will be launching the capability for brokers to automatically upload their active listings for free to Zillow, reaching the more than 4 million people More

  2. In case you hadn’t noticed…

    In case you hadn’t noticed…

    … we launched a bunch of new features to the site earlier this week — many of which are great marketing tools for real estate agents More

  3. Agents- Boost your page views

    Agents- Boost your page views

    You know deep down inside that people are checking out your listings every day.  The question is- how many?  A few weeks ago we launched a More

  4. Post a Home for Sale and Increase Page Views 200 Times

    Post a Home for Sale and Increase Page Views 200 Times

    In case you missed the news, just a little over a month ago we launched the ability for listing agents and homeowners to post their home More

  5. Agents: How to Advertise on Zillow.com

    Agents: How to Advertise on Zillow.com

    We’ve talked a lot about our advertising model, but to date the kind of advertising for sale on Zillow.com pretty much consisted of banner ads suited More

  6. Agents: Plant a Virtual ‘For Sale’ Sign!

    Agents: Plant a Virtual ‘For Sale’ Sign!

    Since launch, many of you agents and brokers out there have asked us the question "when will I be able to plant a ‘virtual for sale More

  7. Beantown Blues, Greens, Reds…

    Beantown Blues, Greens, Reds…

    Given our real estate focus, you might think the title on this post refers to the current state of the housing industry in Boston (or perhaps More

  8. Prudential California/Nevada Realty Launches Zillow API

    Prudential California/Nevada Realty Launches Zillow API

    We’ve been talking quite a bit lately about our Open API (which is a free way for a third-party Web site to recreate some of Zillow’s More

  9. Internet vs. Traditional Buyers

    Internet vs. Traditional Buyers

    If you haven’t realized it by now, we’re junkies for real estate data.  Our latest fix comes from the California Association of Realtors, or CAR, which More