Comments on: Sounds a Little Like Community Journalism… http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/10/30/sounds-a-little-like-community-journalism/ Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:20:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dan Gillmor http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/10/30/sounds-a-little-like-community-journalism/#comment-152062 Dan Gillmor Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:59:05 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/10/30/sounds-a-little-like-community-journalism/#comment-152062 Interesting new business for Zillow. I wonder if they're thinking about it. Interesting new business for Zillow. I wonder if they’re thinking about it.

]]> By: Jon Garfunkel http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/10/30/sounds-a-little-like-community-journalism/#comment-152061 Jon Garfunkel Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:58:57 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/10/30/sounds-a-little-like-community-journalism/#comment-152061 I meant I'd like to <i>link</i> to it. Here's the <a href="http://siteanalytics.compete.com/zillow.com+curbed.com/?metric=uv" rel="nofollow">compete data</a>. I meant I’d like to link to it. Here’s the compete data.

]]> By: Jon Garfunkel http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/10/30/sounds-a-little-like-community-journalism/#comment-152060 Jon Garfunkel Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:56:27 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/10/30/sounds-a-little-like-community-journalism/#comment-152060 Well, you gotta hand it to Curbed for their <a href="http://www.curbed.com/archives/2005/07/01/about_curbed.php" rel="nofollow">blunt honesty</a>: "Curbed is a gossip site, and publishes rumors, conjecture and opinions, as well as accurately reported factual information. The site may contain errors or inaccuracies. We do not guarantee, and no reliance should be placed upon, the correctness or reliability of Curbed's content, or that of Curbed's other properties including The Gutter and Eater." It sounds awfully like your impression of Rupert Murdoch's style-- is this the platform you'd like to build a real-estate publishing community on? Or would you rather start with Zillow? Let's face it, it's technically easier for Zillow to manufacture a Gawker-style blog than it is for Curbed to put together the MLS property database with maps. According to Compete, Zillow has 24 times the traffic. (I'd like to it, but my post will get queued because of it.) Well, you gotta hand it to Curbed for their blunt honesty:

“Curbed is a gossip site, and publishes rumors, conjecture and opinions, as well as accurately reported factual information. The site may contain errors or inaccuracies. We do not guarantee, and no reliance should be placed upon, the correctness or reliability of Curbed’s content, or that of Curbed’s other properties including The Gutter and Eater.”

It sounds awfully like your impression of Rupert Murdoch’s style– is this the platform you’d like to build a real-estate publishing community on?

Or would you rather start with Zillow? Let’s face it, it’s technically easier for Zillow to manufacture a Gawker-style blog than it is for Curbed to put together the MLS property database with maps. According to Compete, Zillow has 24 times the traffic. (I’d like to it, but my post will get queued because of it.)

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