tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044748983909585313.post6067712707934309244..comments2023-03-29T10:12:22.995+01:00Comments on Property Owl Blog: GlobrixProperty Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09434083201886668460noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044748983909585313.post-22311140574730551282008-04-23T17:22:00.000+01:002008-04-23T17:22:00.000+01:00Our website www.offplanpropertyexchange.com has ha...Our website www.offplanpropertyexchange.com has had a lot of traffic generated from this siteoffplanpropertyexchangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439740660895696073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044748983909585313.post-875701855728102432008-02-18T20:45:00.000+00:002008-02-18T20:45:00.000+00:00Thanks for the comments, which has lead to a furth...Thanks for the comments, which has lead to a further blog with additional thoughts for comments: <BR/><BR/>1. Just how intelligent is the Globrix search?<BR/>2. how will the smaller agent optimise and push its way into the listings?<BR/>3. Will it delivery quality traffic?<BR/>4. What impact on agents?<BR/>5. great for estate agents potentially, but what about users?<BR/>6. Will they be satisfied with just ad revenue? <BR/>7. The industry overall. <BR/><BR/>This list is of course not exhaustive, but will hopefully prompt more constructive discussions.Property Owlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09434083201886668460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044748983909585313.post-38466623262888230712008-02-15T22:50:00.000+00:002008-02-15T22:50:00.000+00:00I think you are missng the point. Nestoria indexes...I think you are missng the point. Nestoria indexes other portals and not the agents directly. Indexing portals is a simple technical challenge but a business model that relies on portals allowing this in the long term - which is hardly likely. You need to look closely at what Globrix have done to see the real difference. They have actually indexed nearly every agent in the UK - this means thousands of small agencies and websites. They have twice the listings of zoomf and are second only to Rightmove in numbers of properties. I am a smallish agent and fully support Globrix. They are already generating significant traffic for me and they have only just got started. Agents are backing them on mass as they have both the technology, mindset, media backing and architecture to take on the portals. I think that you are underestimating the power of News Corp and the agent backing that they have. They have acheived more for us in 5 weeks than other start up search engines have acheived in 12 months.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044748983909585313.post-44667485810160216222008-02-14T20:29:00.000+00:002008-02-14T20:29:00.000+00:00As an estate agent, why would I invest my time and...As an estate agent, why would I invest my time and marketing spend in a property search engine? It’s FREE! I am therefore advertised on this site as long as I am on the top 2-3 UK property sites. The question is though, why would News have Propertyfinder and Globrix compete in this tight market?<BR/><BR/>Well, my thoughts are they are both very different sites, that offer an estate agent different services. Globrix isn’t going to offer an agent marketing support and advice, a free site won’t go to those lengths. Nothing of worth is free from my experience. Propertyfinder.com has been around for a while and are backed by a business in Australia that is a market leader, so they offer a lot of industry knowledge and insight, also as soon as I say to a potential vendor or landlord that I am on Sky, Virgin Media and all the sites they advertise my properties on, it’s a bit of a crowd pleaser. Globrix is slick, but looks fade and I just can’t see them working with me and my team. The main property sites will be the ones that can offer an estate agent support – property search engines, like Globrix and Nestoria, rely on these sites to exist! So I guess that’s why Globrix and propertyfinder can co-exist. <BR/><BR/>Also, Daily Mail General Trust own both FindaProperty and Primelocation, which are both pretty similar websites. They are competitors, they both need estate agents. I don’t get why Daily Mail would do this????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044748983909585313.post-34765806656628143392008-02-14T09:57:00.000+00:002008-02-14T09:57:00.000+00:00you give the impression that Globrix is special in...you give the impression that Globrix is special in being free. This is not the case since all property search engines, by definition are free to list. I am glad however that you highlighted the point that they are back by News International who are also financing Propertyfinder. I can imagine there are some people at propertyfinder who are none too happy...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com