Zoopla inks deal to power property search on AOL UK
22nd June 2011
Zoopla.co.uk today announced that it has signed an exclusive deal to power the property search feature on AOL UK.
AOL UK owns a portfolio of brands including Walletpop and Daily Finance where daily property related articles will automatically incorporate the property search functionality. Under the terms of the deal, all properties listed on Zoopla.co.uk will now also be available on AOL UK, providing further exposure and leads for agents and developers that advertise on Zoopla.
This partnership joins a list of other leading UK websites that already partner exclusively with Zoopla including: MSN, Yahoo, Homes24, Sky and UpMyStreet and allows Zoopla to further extend the unrivalled online reach it provides to its members.
Alex Chesterman, Founder & CEO of Zoopla said:"We are delighted to add AOL to the list of websites that we partner with. This deal provides our members with exposure for their brands and listings to one of the largest online audiences in the UK and provides AOL users with a market leading property search offering."
To visit the new partnership site powered by Zoopla.co.uk go to aol.zoopla.co.uk
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For further information please contact Lawrence Hall on 020 7620 4618 / 07890 078 945 lawrence.hall@zoopla.co.uk.
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About Zoopla.co.uk
Zoopla.co.uk is the UK's most comprehensive property website, focused on empowering consumers with the resources they need to make better-informed property decisions. We help our users make sense of the residential property market by combining property listings with market value data, local information and community tools.
Zoopla.co.uk was founded on the principles of transparency and efficiency and everything we do aims to make the market more effective for both property consumers and professionals alike. Our mission is to provide the most useful online property experience by:
- displaying property listings along with value and price trend information
- providing rich property data and local market information in one place
- enabling users to search for property in a variety of customised ways
- allowing users to engage with professionals via our tools like AskMe
- building relationships between home owners and local estate agents
By combining free, instant value estimates for every UK home with sold prices, local market information and hundreds of thousands of properties available for sale and to rent, Zoopla.co.uk has become the ultimate destination for property consumers to search for property and do their market research. Zoopla.co.uk is the UK's fastest growing property website and we are proud to have been named 'Best Property Portal 2009' (Daily Mail UK Property Awards).
Our unique features, like AskMe™ and TemptMe™ allow users to gain an insight into the market and discover information they won't find anywhere else. And our AskAnAgent feature has rapidly become one of the most valued sources of vendor leads for UK estate agents. We calculate our value estimates using a proprietary algorithm (secret formula) that continuously analyses millions of data points relating to property sales and home characteristics throughout the UK. Our estimates are constantly refined, using the most recent data available and a variety of methodologies, in order to provide the most current information on any home.
Zoopla Ltd is a privately held company with a highly experienced and proven management team, backed by well-respected angel investors and leading venture capital firms Atlas Venture (atlasventure.com) and Octopus Ventures (octopusventures.com). In August 2009 we acquired The Property Finder Group which included propertyfinder.com, one of the best-known and most-visited property websites in the country, as well as other popular online property assets including HotProperty.co.uk.