NOTE:  As of 7-23-08, the CyberhomesPro smart frame is still not working as one would expect.  I won’t track this product any further. 

As of 6-30-08, CyberHomesPro is showing a listings search in the framed solution.  CyberHomesPro has committed to eliminating this “bug”.  In addition, CyberHomes announced that it would remove the school information provided by GreatSchools.net, while they “reevaluate” participating in a framed solution that includes their content.  I hope CyberHomes can get these issues resolved quickly.  This was such a great idea!

You may be familiar with the CyberHomes website.  It is a public-facing website that provides searches for homes for sale, home valuations (like Zillow) and community and school information.  Using CyberHomesPro, you can frame the same information onto your website.

I haven’t seen reviews of CyberHomes information.  At least, there’s not the same level of buzz as there is about Zillow.  CyberHomes gets its information for providing home pricing based on “property tax records and recent comparable sales”.  I tried to look up reviews of CyberHomes, but I got bored trying to get past all the other products and services named cyberhome, so I gave up.  If there was a lot of buzz about the site, I would think it would be more visible on the search engines.

I’d like to know what you think.  To me, it looks like a nice package of information for real estate websites.  Getting community information and school information can be difficult.  If the information is anywhere near accurate, using the Cyberhomes search in a frame on your site could be a great addition for you and your visitors.

The only thing I would like to see done differently is the width of the site.  If you plan to have the site framed into individual websites, it would be better if the width were more fluid.  As you’ll see in the example in the link below, it was necessary to remove all other information to get the majority of the site to appear without scrolling.

To check it out, visit this example of a framed CyberHomes search.  And, if you want to get some searches of your own, visit www.CyberHomesPro.com.  You can use as many searches as you’d like, so it would be possible to have a different one for each of your key neighborhoods, for example.

I’d be interested to know if you like it, hate it, if you think it’s accurate, not accurate, etc.  Don’t be shy!

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