Google. Fix Your Real Estate Rental Search.
August 25, 2008 – 1:07 pmWhy is Google Base not picking up much traction in the real estate sector?
Because of the user experience like this.
Search for “Houses for Rent” in Google:
Google says they have 645,673 houses for rent in their google base database. Click on it. Do you see any rentals? Not a very good user experience if you ask me.
3 Responses to “Google. Fix Your Real Estate Rental Search.”
I’ve always felt the same thing. It’s not very smart way to search homes for rent.
By RentNice Homes for Rent on Aug 25, 2008
Those numbers do not add up. Good eye Dan.
By Robbie on Aug 26, 2008
From our perspective,the Internet without pay per click support that can elevate a local product is ineffective. Local business (and that by definition means rentals) can\’t generate the high volumes of traffic, the significant inbound links, and other items needed.
As a result, services like this described above are inherently ineffective.
Blake Ratcliff - The Apartment Guy
www.occupancy100.com
By Blake Ratcliff on Sep 3, 2008