{"id":1280,"date":"2008-07-10T22:31:59","date_gmt":"2008-07-11T06:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ubertor.com\/?p=1280"},"modified":"2008-07-11T07:30:10","modified_gmt":"2008-07-11T15:30:10","slug":"more-than-500-results-please-refine-your-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ubertor.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/10\/more-than-500-results-please-refine-your-search\/","title":{"rendered":"“more than 500 results, please refine your search”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The MLS.ca<\/a> has been rebuilt and moved to Realtor.ca<\/a>. Actually, if you look at both domains you can still see the old site at MLS.ca. <\/p>\n

I did not get to far into it, but I did click on British Columbia on the map… the first thing I see – “more than 500 results, please refine your search”. Not the most user friendly message. It gives you an error message right off the bat. Makes you feel like you clicked the wrong button. It actually took me quite a few tries to actually see some properties. Once I did get to see the properties, the site did not really like my browser (Firefox) and everything pops a new window, which of course Firefox blocks. Even the “more pictures” function pops a new window. On a positive note, they are using a more functional mapping system then before. I would have preferred Google Maps, but Microsoft Virtual Earth does the job. They did make the site wider which I like… most people’s monitors can handle wider websites these days. But, like anyone that builds websites and software, things change and can improve over time. It will be interesting to see where they take this. <\/p>\n

So, what do you think of the new website? Let me know in the comments.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I found a couple comments from some consumers on the internet; not too positive:
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“How is it that they have made realtor.ca HARDER to navigate than the mls.ca trainwreck. One of my most common searches is for homes in Kitsilano within a certain price range. As far as I can tell, the Realtor.ca site shows me the Microsoft Live Earth Map but offers no obvious way to navigate to individual neighbourhoods. The Live Earth interface doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even have a zoom option \u00e2\u20ac\u201d double-clicking on the map seems to be the only way to zoom in.<\/p>\n

And please, why on earth are they using Microsoft Live Earth? Because it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s slower and worse than Google Maps?<\/p>\n

Realtors only exist to navigate through bureaucracy and red tape that they have (a) created or (b) worked hard to encourage. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not sure I can think of a profession that has lower barriers to entry and adds so little value.” – found here<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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“Wow. While the new site is slightly prettier than mls.ca, it provides no real improvement in functionality. Searching for something simple like detached house in Vancouver results in the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153more than 500 results, please refine your search\u00e2\u20ac\u009d error. Fine, I add the criteria that the house have 3 or more bedrooms and 2 or more bathrooms – and get no results.<\/p>\n

Seriously. Something\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s broken here.<\/p>\n

Plus, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s kind of ridiculous that you can only refine your location search parameters by city or street. One is too broad, the other too narrow.<\/p>\n

To the developers at Realtor.ca, here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s what I want: I want to be able to stick a pin in the map, a draw a search radius in order to filter results.” – found here<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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What do the Realtor’s out there think? Let me know in the comments.<\/p>\n

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