Zillow Launches Community Pages

The popular U.S. web 2.0 real estate search site, Zillow, has just launched a new feature called "Neighborhood Pages." On these pages, people who live in the selected neighborhoods can upload photos, events, and other information to the site. With the neighborhood pages, Zillow users will learn not just about real estate in an area, but also what it’s like to actually live there. Currently, there are pages for more than 6,500 neighborhoods in 130 U.S. cities. I had trouble finding the neighborhood pages at first, but that’s because I searched for "Seminole Heights" and they have it spelled wrong! You can begin your search for neighborhoods here, a page listing all the U.S. states. As you drill down into the states, like Florida, you will be presented with a list of cities. Click on a city, like Tampa, and you will see the neighborhoods listed in the column on your left. It’s a great feature if it takes off, but I think it could benefit by being better promoted, like being featured on one of the tabs at the top of the Zillow homepage.