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]]> By: Zillow Needs More Money and Gets It http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/zillow/will-zillow-let-listing-owners-opt-out-now/2006/12/07/#comment-128111 Zillow Needs More Money and Gets It Sat, 22 Sep 2007 20:19:46 +0000 http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/zillow/will-zillow-let-listing-owners-opt-out-now/2006/12/07/#comment-128111 [...] Did Zillow Actually Listen To Sellsius? Discrimination by Zestimation: The Law of Unintended Consequences Has Zillow Spiked the Google Juice? Is Zillow Betaproof? I See, Said the Blind Man to the Deaf Lady Mining The Elusive Unzillowable Realtor.com v. Zillow Video Realtor’s Allan Dalton calls Zillow Carnival Act Sellsius Conversation with NCRC The Truth Is: Zillow has a Right To Exist Unzestimate My Home: Will Zillow Let Owner’s Opt Out? Unzillowable, To Coin A Phrase Will Listing Your Home Above the Zestimate Turn Away Buyers? World’s First “Unzillowable” Listing Z-Day: Z for Zendetta Zillow Confesses… Zillow, Dem’s Fightin’ Words Zillow Housing Reports: The Statistical Lie of Estimated Truth Zillow’s Real Prey: It’s Not Brokers Zillow: Truth by Association Zillow Ultimate Poll Zillow Poll Results Zillow Zapped with FTC Complaint Zoophole: Only Humans Have to Post Conspicuous Disclaimers Will Zillow Let Listing Owners Opt-out now? Zillow Doubt Why Arizona Went After Zillow Zillow Bans Unzillowable Ad The Power of Print: Perception as Truth Comment of the Day Is Zillow Using Our Homes as Bait? Zillow Tales: Where do you want to Start? Property Shark in Zillow Waters Dear Arizona: Zillow May be a Dog, But it is not a Poodle Is Zillow Q&A Lookie Loo Heaven or Listing Agent Hell? The Human Listing Site: Zillowfying Your Privacy Under the Guise of Transparency Redfin & Zillow: Stats of a Feather [...] […] Did Zillow Actually Listen To Sellsius? Discrimination by Zestimation: The Law of Unintended Consequences Has Zillow Spiked the Google Juice? Is Zillow Betaproof? I See, Said the Blind Man to the Deaf Lady Mining The Elusive Unzillowable Realtor.com v. Zillow Video Realtor’s Allan Dalton calls Zillow Carnival Act Sellsius Conversation with NCRC The Truth Is: Zillow has a Right To Exist Unzestimate My Home: Will Zillow Let Owner’s Opt Out? Unzillowable, To Coin A Phrase Will Listing Your Home Above the Zestimate Turn Away Buyers? World’s First “Unzillowable” Listing Z-Day: Z for Zendetta Zillow Confesses… Zillow, Dem’s Fightin’ Words Zillow Housing Reports: The Statistical Lie of Estimated Truth Zillow’s Real Prey: It’s Not Brokers Zillow: Truth by Association Zillow Ultimate Poll Zillow Poll Results Zillow Zapped with FTC Complaint Zoophole: Only Humans Have to Post Conspicuous Disclaimers Will Zillow Let Listing Owners Opt-out now? Zillow Doubt Why Arizona Went After Zillow Zillow Bans Unzillowable Ad The Power of Print: Perception as Truth Comment of the Day Is Zillow Using Our Homes as Bait? Zillow Tales: Where do you want to Start? Property Shark in Zillow Waters Dear Arizona: Zillow May be a Dog, But it is not a Poodle Is Zillow Q&A Lookie Loo Heaven or Listing Agent Hell? The Human Listing Site: Zillowfying Your Privacy Under the Guise of Transparency Redfin & Zillow: Stats of a Feather […]

]]> By: Google Allows Opt-Out of Street Views, Will Zillow Follow? http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/zillow/will-zillow-let-listing-owners-opt-out-now/2006/12/07/#comment-94389 Google Allows Opt-Out of Street Views, Will Zillow Follow? Sun, 24 Jun 2007 13:58:58 +0000 http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/zillow/will-zillow-let-listing-owners-opt-out-now/2006/12/07/#comment-94389 [...] Unzestimate My Home: Will Zillow Let Owner’s Opt-Out Now? Will Zillow Let Listing Owners Opt-Out Now? The Human Listing Site, Zillowfying Your Privacy Under the Guise of Transparency. Comment of the Day. [...] […] Unzestimate My Home: Will Zillow Let Owner’s Opt-Out Now? Will Zillow Let Listing Owners Opt-Out Now? The Human Listing Site, Zillowfying Your Privacy Under the Guise of Transparency. Comment of the Day. […]

]]> By: Is Zillow Using Our Homes As Bait? http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/zillow/will-zillow-let-listing-owners-opt-out-now/2006/12/07/#comment-78045 Is Zillow Using Our Homes As Bait? Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:58:27 +0000 http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/zillow/will-zillow-let-listing-owners-opt-out-now/2006/12/07/#comment-78045 [...] Did Zillow Actually Listen To Sellsius? Discrimination by Zestimation: The Law of Unintended Consequences Has Zillow Spiked the Google Juice? Is Zillow Betaproof? I See, Said the Blind Man to the Deaf Lady Mining The Elusive Unzillowable Realtor.com v. Zillow Video Realtor’s Allan Dalton calls Zillow Carnival Act (warning: selltoon) Sellsius Conversation with NCRC The Truth Is: Zillow has a Right To Exist Unzestimate My Home: Will Zillow Let Owner’s Opt Out? Unzillowable, To Coin A Phrase Will Listing Your Home Above the Zestimate Turn Away Buyers? World’s First “Unzillowable” Listing Z-Day: Z for Zendetta Zillow Confesses… Zillow, Dem’s Fightin’ Words Zillow Housing Reports: The Statistical Lie of Estimate Truth Zillow’s Real Prey: It’s Not Brokers Zillow: Truth by Association Zillow Ultimate Poll (the only Zillow poll, as far as we know) Zillow Poll Results Zillow Zapped with FTC Complaint Zoophole: Only Humans Have to Post Conspicuous Disclaimers Will Zillow Let Listing Owners Opt-out now? [...] […] Did Zillow Actually Listen To Sellsius? Discrimination by Zestimation: The Law of Unintended Consequences Has Zillow Spiked the Google Juice? Is Zillow Betaproof? I See, Said the Blind Man to the Deaf Lady Mining The Elusive Unzillowable Realtor.com v. Zillow Video Realtor’s Allan Dalton calls Zillow Carnival Act (warning: selltoon) Sellsius Conversation with NCRC The Truth Is: Zillow has a Right To Exist Unzestimate My Home: Will Zillow Let Owner’s Opt Out? Unzillowable, To Coin A Phrase Will Listing Your Home Above the Zestimate Turn Away Buyers? World’s First “Unzillowable” Listing Z-Day: Z for Zendetta Zillow Confesses… Zillow, Dem’s Fightin’ Words Zillow Housing Reports: The Statistical Lie of Estimate Truth Zillow’s Real Prey: It’s Not Brokers Zillow: Truth by Association Zillow Ultimate Poll (the only Zillow poll, as far as we know) Zillow Poll Results Zillow Zapped with FTC Complaint Zoophole: Only Humans Have to Post Conspicuous Disclaimers Will Zillow Let Listing Owners Opt-out now? […]

]]> By: Best Of Sellsius 2006 http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/zillow/will-zillow-let-listing-owners-opt-out-now/2006/12/07/#comment-77579 Best Of Sellsius 2006 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 19:11:53 +0000 http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/zillow/will-zillow-let-listing-owners-opt-out-now/2006/12/07/#comment-77579 [...] Top 10 Women Real Estate Bloggers (best overall post. It helped define our role as promoters) Take The Sellsius° 101 Blog Post Challenge (best blogging community event post) Unzillowable, To Coin A Phrase (best meme post. Unzillowable is now Googleable. Can a t-shirt be far behind?) Mining The Elusive Unzillowable (best commented post. Plus, JF gets to dance with David G of Zillow) The Ultimate Zillow Poll (best poll post) Will Zillow Let Listing Owners Opt-Out Now? (best Zillow advice post) World’s First Unzillowable Listing (best use of unzillowable by a realtor. Jay Thompson owns the distinction) SEOmoz Web 2.0 Awards: Sellsius° Receives Honorable Mention (best award post. They gave us a nice badge for the blog) Inman Real Estate Connect NYC 2007: Sellsius° Invited As A Panelist (best self-promotion post) 5 Ways To Market Yourself As An Expert (best read post. Maybe it was the free cruise tip that attracted 30,000 visitors) To Catch A Link, Use The Right Bait (best linkbaiting post) Linking Law & The Rabbit Holes of the Web (best legal post) A New York Ghost Story (best Halloween post) The Zen Blogger’s Manifesto (best linked by an A-list blogger) Redfin Does Not Own Registered Trademark “Real Estate 2.0″ (best news post that eased a fellow blogger’s mind) Sellsius° and Engadget Team To Save Tech Landmark (best collaboration post. We got to know Ryan Block) Blog Readers Save Bell Labs (best blog advocacy post) Craigslist Dialogue with Sellsius° (best Craig Newmark non-interview interview) Sellsius° Santa is Naughty and Nice (best holiday tradition post) Scent Marketing: Leading Consumers By The Nose (best search engine traffic post) Christine Forgione of NYHouses4Sale Interviews Sellsius° (best first interview: you always remember your first time.) Real Estate Blog Girl Chats With Sellsius° (best second interview. When 2 women get you, BOTH are the best) You Might Be A Blogoholic If... (best blog addiction post.) Boys Will Be Boys (best photo post) Hold All My Calls, I’m Too Busy Blogging (best video post) Craigslist Videos: NYC Real Estate Agents Want Me To Charge Them (second place video) There Is No Spoon (best experimental post) Sellsius° Blog Test: An Experiment of Matrix Proportions (best explanation of an experimental post) Blog Marathon: 50 Posts In One Day (best blogging first post. First blog to post 50 in a day) Realtor’s Allan Dalton Calls Zillow Carnival Act (best Selltoon) Real Estate Horror (second place) The Madness of Crowds (best play on a bestseller title. Plus, we got the chance to cite A Confederacy of Dunces) The Emperor Has No Clothes: Content Is Not King (best contrarian post) Sellsius° Exclusive: Trump Lands On Moon (best April Fools post) 2010: A Real Estate Odyssey (best futuristic post) Broker Gets MLS Grief For Listing $1 House For Sale (best Open Mike post) Ardell Looking Good at 50 (sexiest post) Centralia (hottest post) Blog Surfing Is Born: Sellsius° and Blogging Systems Collaborate on Wordpress Tool (our best (first) widget) 10 Ways to Spot A Liar (best Stumbleupon post) How to Overthrow A Tyrant: Fighting A Co-op Board Rejection (best post for NYC brokers) Inman Real Estate Connect NYC 2006 (best opening day of the Sellsius° blog post) [...] […] Top 10 Women Real Estate Bloggers (best overall post. It helped define our role as promoters) Take The Sellsius° 101 Blog Post Challenge (best blogging community event post) Unzillowable, To Coin A Phrase (best meme post. Unzillowable is now Googleable. Can a t-shirt be far behind?) Mining The Elusive Unzillowable (best commented post. Plus, JF gets to dance with David G of Zillow) The Ultimate Zillow Poll (best poll post) Will Zillow Let Listing Owners Opt-Out Now? (best Zillow advice post) World’s First Unzillowable Listing (best use of unzillowable by a realtor. Jay Thompson owns the distinction) SEOmoz Web 2.0 Awards: Sellsius° Receives Honorable Mention (best award post. They gave us a nice badge for the blog) Inman Real Estate Connect NYC 2007: Sellsius° Invited As A Panelist (best self-promotion post) 5 Ways To Market Yourself As An Expert (best read post. Maybe it was the free cruise tip that attracted 30,000 visitors) To Catch A Link, Use The Right Bait (best linkbaiting post) Linking Law & The Rabbit Holes of the Web (best legal post) A New York Ghost Story (best Halloween post) The Zen Blogger’s Manifesto (best linked by an A-list blogger) Redfin Does Not Own Registered Trademark “Real Estate 2.0″ (best news post that eased a fellow blogger’s mind) Sellsius° and Engadget Team To Save Tech Landmark (best collaboration post. We got to know Ryan Block) Blog Readers Save Bell Labs (best blog advocacy post) Craigslist Dialogue with Sellsius° (best Craig Newmark non-interview interview) Sellsius° Santa is Naughty and Nice (best holiday tradition post) Scent Marketing: Leading Consumers By The Nose (best search engine traffic post) Christine Forgione of NYHouses4Sale Interviews Sellsius° (best first interview: you always remember your first time.) Real Estate Blog Girl Chats With Sellsius° (best second interview. When 2 women get you, BOTH are the best) You Might Be A Blogoholic If… (best blog addiction post.) Boys Will Be Boys (best photo post) Hold All My Calls, I’m Too Busy Blogging (best video post) Craigslist Videos: NYC Real Estate Agents Want Me To Charge Them (second place video) There Is No Spoon (best experimental post) Sellsius° Blog Test: An Experiment of Matrix Proportions (best explanation of an experimental post) Blog Marathon: 50 Posts In One Day (best blogging first post. First blog to post 50 in a day) Realtor’s Allan Dalton Calls Zillow Carnival Act (best Selltoon) Real Estate Horror (second place) The Madness of Crowds (best play on a bestseller title. Plus, we got the chance to cite A Confederacy of Dunces) The Emperor Has No Clothes: Content Is Not King (best contrarian post) Sellsius° Exclusive: Trump Lands On Moon (best April Fools post) 2010: A Real Estate Odyssey (best futuristic post) Broker Gets MLS Grief For Listing $1 House For Sale (best Open Mike post) Ardell Looking Good at 50 (sexiest post) Centralia (hottest post) Blog Surfing Is Born: Sellsius° and Blogging Systems Collaborate on Wordpress Tool (our best (first) widget) 10 Ways to Spot A Liar (best Stumbleupon post) How to Overthrow A Tyrant: Fighting A Co-op Board Rejection (best post for NYC brokers) Inman Real Estate Connect NYC 2006 (best opening day of the Sellsius° blog post) […]

]]> By: sellsius° http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/zillow/will-zillow-let-listing-owners-opt-out-now/2006/12/07/#comment-24652 sellsius° Sat, 09 Dec 2006 06:36:54 +0000 http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/zillow/will-zillow-let-listing-owners-opt-out-now/2006/12/07/#comment-24652 Can't rely on Zillow. We believe Zillow wanted to be a listing site from day one and used the public data to get all the home facts. Quite a smart move since public data is free & copyright free. Get the listings BEFORE they are for sale. Consider that Expedia was a transactional site & they mastered that---a static value site is not transactional & completely out of character. We'd love to get our hands on that smoking gun memo (surely with special sauce stains on it). We don't think Z became a listing site because "that's what consumers asked us to do". Consumers, like Steve Olshans (look him up in the Elvis home value post on zillowblog), asked for grossly inaccurate zestimates to be corrected and zillow didn't listen to them. Z will have more surprises---why did they get licensed in several states? Can’t rely on Zillow. We believe Zillow wanted to be a listing site from day one and used the public data to get all the home facts. Quite a smart move since public data is free & copyright free. Get the listings BEFORE they are for sale.

Consider that Expedia was a transactional site & they mastered that—a static value site is not transactional & completely out of character. We’d love to get our hands on that smoking gun memo (surely with special sauce stains on it). We don’t think Z became a listing site because “that’s what consumers asked us to do”. Consumers, like Steve Olshans (look him up in the Elvis home value post on zillowblog), asked for grossly inaccurate zestimates to be corrected and zillow didn’t listen to them.
Z will have more surprises—why did they get licensed in several states?

]]> By: ARDELL DellaLoggia http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/zillow/will-zillow-let-listing-owners-opt-out-now/2006/12/07/#comment-24554 ARDELL DellaLoggia Sat, 09 Dec 2006 04:48:29 +0000 http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/zillow/will-zillow-let-listing-owners-opt-out-now/2006/12/07/#comment-24554 I hope hope they DO charge for listing...vs. selling leads. Please don't be another "lead generation" company...please?! I hope hope they DO charge for listing…vs. selling leads. Please don’t be another “lead generation” company…please?!

]]> By: sellsius° http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/zillow/will-zillow-let-listing-owners-opt-out-now/2006/12/07/#comment-24344 sellsius° Fri, 08 Dec 2006 20:34:07 +0000 http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/zillow/will-zillow-let-listing-owners-opt-out-now/2006/12/07/#comment-24344 On the money Scott. Do you think they would charge for listing, somewhere in the future? On the money Scott.
Do you think they would charge for listing, somewhere in the future?

]]> By: Scott Poliseno http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/zillow/will-zillow-let-listing-owners-opt-out-now/2006/12/07/#comment-24340 Scott Poliseno Fri, 08 Dec 2006 20:16:43 +0000 http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/zillow/will-zillow-let-listing-owners-opt-out-now/2006/12/07/#comment-24340 Yes... Zillow is on the verge of being the first real national MLS. You will see that they fall in line really quick with the desires of the sellers and real estate agents as other sites are attempting to do the same thing behind Zillow. The site with the best inventory will win the marathon. The short term issue for thme is to develop a great inventory of houses for sale! That is why the listings are free. For Now! Yes… Zillow is on the verge of being the first real national MLS. You will see that they fall in line really quick with the desires of the sellers and real estate agents as other sites are attempting to do the same thing behind Zillow. The site with the best inventory will win the marathon. The short term issue for thme is to develop a great inventory of houses for sale!

That is why the listings are free. For Now!

]]> By: sellsius° http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/zillow/will-zillow-let-listing-owners-opt-out-now/2006/12/07/#comment-24326 sellsius° Fri, 08 Dec 2006 19:13:13 +0000 http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/zillow/will-zillow-let-listing-owners-opt-out-now/2006/12/07/#comment-24326 All valid points wallow. To focus the issue better let me put it this way. The zestimate is admittedly error prone, maybe to a great degree, according to Z itself. What if the zestimate is way off? I agree an owners price may be blowing in the wind but we all know that. But the zestimate should not be a comparison value, the measuring stick, esp if the zestimate is way off. Are you saying the owner should have no right to take down an admittedly grossly inaccurate zestimate? If so, that's fine. But as an owner trying to sell I don't like it. All valid points wallow.

To focus the issue better let me put it this way. The zestimate is admittedly error prone, maybe to a great degree, according to Z itself. What if the zestimate is way off? I agree an owners price may be blowing in the wind but we all know that. But the zestimate should not be a comparison value, the measuring stick, esp if the zestimate is way off.

Are you saying the owner should have no right to take down an admittedly grossly inaccurate zestimate? If so, that’s fine. But as an owner trying to sell I don’t like it.

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