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Seattle Startups
Startup companies are hard work, but they’re also very fun. It’s exhilirating to be part of something brand new, to create something from nothing. Zillow is proud to be part of a long tradition of Seattle startups, including Microsoft ...
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Explore Bird’s Eye View images, win a prize
By now, we hope you’ve discovered our new Bird’s Eye View images, which allow you to examine a home at an angle, see all sides of the home, and tell how it is positioned on the lot. These images are so clear that you might see some curious or ...
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Zillow homes in 3D
This is an exciting day for us at Zillow, as we announced this morning the addition of 3D-like, “birds-eye” aerial photos to our beta site. These remarkably clear and detailed images, shown alongside home details and Zestimates, come from ...
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How do you Zillow?
We’ve heard a lot of cool ways people are using Zillow lately. Some we anticipated, some surprise us, and some just make us chuckle. Here are a few interesting ones found via a quick search on craigslist: A seller of a South End condo in Boston ...
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Found in Translation
My husband has a saying he uses whenever I start talking about blowing a ton of money on things like a home on the water, or a big sailboat. “We’re just ordinary people,” he’ll say, and that’s that. No waterfront home or ...
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Putting a Face on Advertising
Last week, my wife and I lined up a babysitter and we went to a great bookstore a couple blocks from our office here in Seattle to hear Liz Gilbert do a reading from her latest book, “Eat, Pray, Love.” Liz is friend of my brother, Pat. It ...
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Exposed: Advanced Search
Zillow has a cool enhanced search feature that we’re hearing is a bit difficult to find. On Zillow’s home page, within the search box, is an “Advanced Search” link. It’s also located on the Maps & Search page — just to the right of the ...
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Not Designing Like It’s 1999
Nine months ago, when I first interviewed at Zillow for a position on the design team, I was asked how to design a site so that it is lightweight and loved by search engines. I remember getting on my miniature-sized, but sturdy, rock star pink soap box ...
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Having Trouble Using Zillow.com?
Zillow’s search and maps functionality is based on some of the latest and greatest web technologies (AJAX, Flash, XSL transformations, and more). While we work hard to make everything work perfectly for every user, we know that some of you are ...
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Fantasy House Shopping on Zillow
There are lots of cool things you can do on Zillow.com. Of course if you’re in the market for a house, using Zillow as a research tool to help determine what you should pay is a no-brainer. Likewise, if you’re selling your house, you should ...