Defining Neighborhoods
When out-of-town customers search your site for properties, the neighborhood/area portion of their search is probably the most confusing question they must answer. If they are unfamiliar with your city, how do they know what neighborhood they want to buy in?
Risa Weiss of We Rock Chicago took an interesting approach to this problem with the following video about Wicker Park.
I caught this via FOREM who thinks video will break out in 2008 for real estate websites (it’s about time). I have to agree that video is a great medium to portray the vibe of your local neighborhoods. It makes a wonderful complement to our neighborhood mapping and description feature (see it in action at www.MySteamboatConnection.com). Our system accepts video from sites like YouTube and WellcomeMat today and we’ll be optimizing to make it even easier in future releases.