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ianjamie7
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: Extate.com
The market for property search engines is starting to get crowded, as new Web 2.0 sites try to PropertyFinder and Rightmove. But a few companies stand out from the morass, including London-based Extate.
Built by two PhD candidates at Imperial College, Russian-born Artemi Krymski and Douglas de Jager, Extate bills itself as a search engine that understands property.
Like Google, which crawls the web for information rather than waiting for it to be pushed in its direction, Extate uses search technology that actively patrols estate agent websites and brings the information back. Krymski believes he has a highly intelligent system that can drill deeper into the web than most search engines; and hopes that he can soon spread it out beyond property and on to the rest of the web.
Right now the site covers listings in UK and South Africa, and the duo have brought in a sequence of Imperial bods to bolster the team and spread their wings even further.
The market for property search engines is starting to get crowded, as new Web 2.0 sites try to PropertyFinder and Rightmove. But a few companies stand out from the morass, including London-based Extate.
Built by two PhD candidates at Imperial College, Russian-born Artemi Krymski and Douglas de Jager, Extate bills itself as a search engine that understands property.
Like Google, which crawls the web for information rather than waiting for it to be pushed in its direction, Extate uses search technology that actively patrols estate agent websites and brings the information back. Krymski believes he has a highly intelligent system that can drill deeper into the web than most search engines; and hopes that he can soon spread it out beyond property and on to the rest of the web.
Right now the site covers listings in UK and South Africa, and the duo have brought in a sequence of Imperial bods to bolster the team and spread their wings even further.
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am i being stupid ?
cant get the generate button to do anythingWWSD(what would Scooby Doo)0 -
No, you're right - from a quick look at the code, the "generate" button is just decoration, the form doesn't do anything :rolleyes:Mortgage | £145,000Unsecured Debt | [strike]£7,000[/strike] £0 Lodgers | |0
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