Zilllow, Zilllow.com, Zilllo, Zillo, Zillo.com, Zillowinc – You’re Looking for Zillow
By: Drew Meyers, Zillow Business Development Specialist | January 16, 2009
There are a number of people who hear about Zillow on the radio, or see a television report that uses our real estate market data, or are told about us through a friend who loves our site (thank you!). But, unless you see it in writing, we see some confusion by people who don’t know how to spell Zillow. So, they go to Google (or Yahoo or MSN/Live for that matter) and enter a random guess to try to find us.
There are a range of spellings that we see as sources of inbound traffic and it’s kind of funny to see the different ways people attempt to spell Zillow. We see Zilllow, Zilllow.com, Zillowinc, Zillo, Zillo.com and even zwillow. And some people go the other way and only use one “l” (i.e., zilo and zilo.com) in their attempt to find us and to get information on home values, mortgage rates, or homes for sale.
However you choose to spell it, it’s Zillow.com that you’re looking for! And if you’re telling your friends about us — and we hope you do — please tell them it’s like “pillow,” but with a Z!
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Deborah on January 16, 2009 3:55 pm
I used to value Zillow but it no longer has the sales history (that I could find) so it is no longer any more valuable than any other real estate sales site. Zillow used to be independant, show all public information and provide value to everyone. Now it is only useful for realtors…GIGO
Drew Meyers on January 16, 2009 4:11 pm
Deborah-
What sales history can’t you find now? We have not removed any of that information from the website.
Bob on January 16, 2009 4:15 pm
If anyone is reading this blog, chances are they spelled Zillow correctly.
I noticed some realtors have captured domain names with misspelling.
Andrew Mattie on January 16, 2009 5:39 pm
Ha, what a great way to capture all those visitors who were typing in the wrong name! Write a blog post with all of the “bad” names, and bingo, suddenly those people find your site. Great thinking, Drew!
Conrad on January 16, 2009 10:08 pm
Drew – try dealing with Avvo vs. Awo.
-Conrad
Irene Chandler and Jim Shultz on January 18, 2009 4:34 pm
However it is spelled, we find Zillow useful and a valuable asset in our real estate marketing. Thank you.
Spencer Rascoff on January 20, 2009 12:07 am
Irene & Jim,
Thank you! You made my night.
Noel Freedman on January 22, 2009 4:19 pm
Where have all the salesmen gone; long time passing.
I’m retired. I sold homes in the metro areas of Seattle for 43 years. I have over 10000 leads rusting in my garage. –Anyone interested into hitting the bricks? From my experience, selling real estate is a leather and guts business.
Mr. Noel Freedman
Paul F. on April 16, 2009 5:51 pm
Have to agree with debera I’m afraid… this used to be a ‘regular person / user friendly site’, it’s nothing but a realtor useful and sales site now. Virtually useless and impossable for the causual user to do anything useful with such as find the link for you homes current estimated value. All good things must come to and end I guess. Paul
Drew Meyers on April 16, 2009 6:03 pm
Paul-
Sorry you feel that way. Searching for individual addresses and sale information is still the same as before. Simply type in an address into the search bar. What house are you battling to find that you used to be able to?
Rob on September 29, 2009 4:21 pm
Zillo has NO clue when it comes to their estimates.They had my home up to 542,000 a couple of months ago, and now it’s down to 492,000….It wouldn’t be so bad but my neighbors house is half as nice, and it’s listed @532,000.Not to mention, the inside of my home is filled with marble. hardwood, and granite…0-ClueForZillo.com
Laurel on October 1, 2009 5:21 pm
I am just upset that I look up an address and then try to look up another one and I get a message that I need to download a player??? Was ok the first time?? Any help out there??
Rob on October 2, 2009 3:36 am
Laurel,
There’s NO help from these LOSERS….You’ll get,”I’m sorry you feel that way”, or “We are sorry you’re not happy”….Instead of actually getting down to whatever problem you’re having…Don’t waste your time with this site…
Best Regards
Robert
sts on December 17, 2009 3:32 pm
zillow is awsome website, i read it everyday
wes on March 4, 2010 9:50 pm
I just typed in my address, and was told it did not match any of your records. I was in here last time I looked, now you can’t find me. Very odd.
Sarah Bouscaren, Realtor on May 4, 2010 6:12 am
TO Zillow: You have made serious errors with a listing of mine: 4630 N. 20th St, Arlington, Va.
It is not a multi-family home and it is not in Glebewood Village. It is a single family home in North Glebe Mews. My seller is upset, and of course, you pulled the data from somewhere else – I did not input – so you’ve screwed up!
HOW CAN I GO ABOUT GETTING THIS CORRECT ON ZILLOW?
PLEASE RESPOND ASAP. THANK YOU.
AV Homes on July 1, 2010 10:37 am
That’s hilarious! Pillow with a “Z”. That simplifies it for anyone who has been confused and needs to employ a little association memory techniques to find the site easily.
Nancy on August 9, 2010 10:32 am
I agree with Deborah’s posting of 1/16/09 that Zillow no longer has Sales history data that is as valuable as it used to be. I have been looking at homes in the 66209 area code and the sales history posted is generally only for the history of the current listings.
Most homes are at least 20 years old. Several years ago, I could look at Zillow’s sales history going back over 10 years or more and now only the history of the current listing is available. Is it because agents don’t want you to see the lower prices from previous years? I know public records are available because I have paid Intellius to provide them for several homes. (Or is it possible Zillow is now affiliated with a pay for sales history service??)