Proving perhaps to be the most responsive vertical search engine in the industry, Nestoria announced today the latest upgrade to their API which will allow 3rd party web developers the ability to: "request ‘meta’ information about an area like average prices."
For now the data is only available to show information from the previous month, but over time Nestoria promises to make increase data availability making time trends possible.
Geez Louise, cant these guys come with something a little more original? From their weak ass press statement released this afternoon:For the first time, home movers can access valuable local information relating to all advertised UK properties, at the click of a button and all in one place. The new Google map overlays include mainline railway stations, hospitals, state and independent primary and secondary schools. When searching for a home, house hunters simply select which data they would like to plot on the Google map by clicking on a check box in the corner of the map. Users can plot all the data sets on the Google map or just the data set they are interested in. The property search data sets are then represented by small icons plotted on the map.
err ... OK, but Nestoria's been doing this since way back in the 2.0 darkages of June 2006.
ThinkProperty, it's time to come correct; stop biting and come original
Rightmove's 2.0 map service aboutmyplace.co.uk is killing rivals in traffic rankings according to Alexa:
We spoke with a Rightmove official last week, who candidly told us they were not really making an effort with the service
Spotted today on Extate.co.uk are adverts for Knight Frank, Savills, Miller Homes and Mortgage Angels. At the bottom of the search results is a link worded "Your Online Guide to Mortgages" which seems to be a mortgage quotation service apparently provided by Mortgage Angels.
Sam Sethi recently explained that Extate had incorporated the Openads advertising platform, which would give Extate the opportunity to provide local solicitors, removal companies and other businesses the opportunity to "advertise to a highly targeted audience."
The only problem with the Extate model is traffic, something Extate currently lacks. Extate founder Artemi Krymski and I discussed this problem a few weeks ago, and he refused to reveal specific numbers, but in a Blognation comment, Krymski claimed that Extate traffic was "now beginning to approach 1M", an ambiguous comment, if there ever was one, after all, the numeral 'one' is a number that approaches one million. Unconfirmed figures put Extate traffic at a steady 50,000 visitors per month, but so far nothing forthcoming officially from them.
If Extate is truly serious about marketing their advertising platform, and if they expect it to take off, they will have to quickly reveal traffic numbers to the general public. However, with the likes of Knight Frank advertising on the service, no doubt there's something good brewing behind the scenes
Oodle UK is set to relaunch their property index service, with some new features on the index graph including the option to choose between median price and price distribution, outlining the companies strategy to become more of a consumer buying tool rather than just being a classified search engine.
Oodle's search results also feature an interesting 'above or below' market value percentage alongside the property's price
Something is happening; nestoria.fr brings up this page but so far no comment from Nestoria officials.
Translation: We will soon be ready to help you in your house or apartment search, to buy or rent in France. Meanwhile, visit our sites in the United Kingdom and Spain:In other Nestoria news and what they are talking about is the new homes search feature launched today on nestoria.co.uk and nestoria.es
