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Introducing RealAnswers(TM)

realanswersNote to bootstrappers: don’t sit on a new feature announcement too long or someone with much better funding will grab headlines with a similar feature.

So, rather than appearing as a quick and nimble entrepreneur, Ianswers_icon.png get to appear as an “us too” and prematurely announce our new answer service, RealAnswers(TM), with a side-by-side comparison to Zillow’s new Home Q&A. That’s right. RealtyBaron quietly launched an answer service alongside our home search, RealSearch(TM), way back on January 5th. The purpose is to—you guessed it—answer questions about homes.

Here’s how it compares to Zillow’s new Home Q&A:

Home Q&A RealAnswers(TM)
Which homes? Any home Homes for sale
Who asks? Anyone Home buyers
Who answers? Anyone Real estate agents
Click Thru Destination? Responder’s Zillow Profile Page Agent’s Website via Pay-per-click Ad
Oversight? Flagging by community Approval by monitors

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2 Responses to “Introducing RealAnswers(TM)”

  1. Zillow’s New Features: Friend or Foe? Media Company, or Redfin Redux? | 3 Oceans -- The San Francisco Bay Area Real Estate Blog Says:
    April 4th, 2007 at 6:26 pm

    […] If by now you haven’t heard the news of Zillow’s new features, you’ve probably been hiding under a rock.  Here’s what’s been reported so far (cribbed from Bloodhound, which has four articles of its own) TechCrunch, Drew Meyers, Jay Thompson, More from me: A screen-shot tour, Joel Burslem at tFoREM, Robbie Paplin at RCG, Webware, ClickZ, Brian Brady: Farming Zilliow, Brian Brady: Zillow for mortage lenders, Brian Brady: “Ask Questions, Share Answers”, Jonathan Dalton, Ardell at RCG, Zillow Blog, Seattle Post Intelligencer, Reuters, Inman Blog, TechMeme, Marlow Harris at 360Digest, FBS Blog, Jim Duncan at Real Central VA, Greg Sterling at Screenwerk, Realty Baron, VentureBeat. […]

  2. Zillow’s New Features: Friend or Foe? Media Company, or Redfin Redux? : Domus Test Test Test Says:
    July 19th, 2008 at 10:06 am

    […] Marlow Harris at 360Digest, FBS Blog, Jim Duncan at Real Central VA, Greg Sterling at Screenwerk, Realty Baron, […]

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