Which one is easier to buy a used car in?
autobytel.com
cars.com
carmax.com
craiglist.com
NO clue, they are a pain in the ass! Sorry for the vulgar language... but its not a pleasant experience in getting a used vehicle...
Autobytel has one main issue.
http://www.autobytel.com/content/Buy/used/index.cfm?id=4;ABTL&dontStoreVehicle=True
Can you search by a certain make? just the make and not caring about the model?
hmm... nope!
which is extremely annoying.
What if a user s looking for any toyota around the price range of 5 grand. A user may know the quality of toyota vehicles and wishes to buy any toyota.
Under the autobytel process, its more time consuming. Check model by model is truly a headache...
Cars.com on the other hand, may understand that mentality. They made their search engine run in that manner.
http://www.cars.com/go/index.jsp
im happy with it, seemed reasonable.
All the other information, well i dont read it... other than the top 10 area.
Pretty much everything else is pointless to me. Might loads of good information, but
it doesnt catch my eye.
Craiglist, well its not good, but its bad. Its just a classifieds area.
Its easier to get in contact with people to buy their respective vehicle. There is no need to get a news paper with craigslist, but you dont know which vehicle has already been sold. Since! most ads are keep for a week i think.
If a car is sold, well you have no idea.
Carmax took buying a car to another level.
Show me all of the makes, models, SHOW ME EVERYTHING!!!! type of approach. Which i appreciate.
they simply tell you this:
let me show every car in my lot!
May not the best approach, but if you do a search based on a price range lets say of 5k,
then they simply tell you this:
let me show every car under 5k!
narrowed it down, and you feel better. A user can compare makes and models, just about everything.
Isnt it lovely?
http://carmax.com/
once again, all the extra information gets overlooked though. I have yet to explore the whole website...
i dont think i will ever either. If i want a used car, well i know where to go and thats pretty much all i wanted to do.
Well, what do you folks think?
anybody search for a used car online before?
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Boom or Bust
The famous Playstation website. Good or bad?
http://www.us.playstation.com/
I like it, i find the simple design to be an ease on the eyes. Opposed to the information pumped madness that most gaming websites have, this one seemed to take a little simpler.
Two large pictures with the news games that are coming out this month. Beneath the two pictures are the three different systems that they are offering at this moment. Which is the PS2, ps3 and PSP. Click on then and it will take to a dedicated page of the system chosen. From games, to accesories to everything that you need to read about a particular system. Then A HUGE image of the PS3 to get more info on the system games and any other aspect, The top left corner with menu buttons are simplistic and easy to spot, and at the very bottom the upcoming games/new games/top game/ news/ event promotions are displayed in chronological order.
I like the placement, the have placed things in order of importance.
First their new system, then their newest games, then basically some news on anything involving the playstation market.
I enjoyed it, i liked the way it looked, i found it easy to get some information, i no issues with distracting areas and hard to read sections. All in all, i found to be pleasant experience when roaming around in this website.
http://www.us.playstation.com/
I like it, i find the simple design to be an ease on the eyes. Opposed to the information pumped madness that most gaming websites have, this one seemed to take a little simpler.
Two large pictures with the news games that are coming out this month. Beneath the two pictures are the three different systems that they are offering at this moment. Which is the PS2, ps3 and PSP. Click on then and it will take to a dedicated page of the system chosen. From games, to accesories to everything that you need to read about a particular system. Then A HUGE image of the PS3 to get more info on the system games and any other aspect, The top left corner with menu buttons are simplistic and easy to spot, and at the very bottom the upcoming games/new games/top game/ news/ event promotions are displayed in chronological order.
I like the placement, the have placed things in order of importance.
First their new system, then their newest games, then basically some news on anything involving the playstation market.
I enjoyed it, i liked the way it looked, i found it easy to get some information, i no issues with distracting areas and hard to read sections. All in all, i found to be pleasant experience when roaming around in this website.
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
A joke, then a serious matter
First off look at this:
At three minutes and four seconds after 2 AM on the 6th of May this year, the time and date will be
02:03:04 05/06/07.
Isnt that interesting?
I thought so. This is what amuzes people when they are working in a cubicle for to long... i miss windows and sunlight!
Anyway, this week was intense with researching for a good design. It smacked me in the face when I discovered I had already several good websites to discuss on. Lately I have been looking to invest in real-estate. I have been searchin from website to website and gathering information.
Some where a whole lot better that others....
Then I realized that would be a perfect blog to write about it!
Here is what i discovered in my research for a new business.
I found that it was extremely easy to find some prices and get some information on the market on this website:
http://www.realtor.com/
It gave me a damn good idea on certain homes and areas. But nothing commercial. It gave me all sorts of details on certain houses. Estimated monthly payment, interior descriptions, pictures and if i wanted to contact a realtor to buy the home. For example :
http://homes.realtor.com/search/listingdetail.aspx?lid=1077238266&fhv=1
Interesting if I wanted to buy a home, but not for investing in property to create some good ROI.
Now, this website:
http://www.cityfeet.com/pittsburgh/
Was a little less sophisticated and pretty annoying in certain occasions. Looked like a cheap version of the previous website. But it still had some valuable information. Has great property information
For example:
http://www.cityfeet.com/CommercialRealEstateForLease/DetailedListing.aspx?PartnerPath=Pittsburgh/&UserListingId=494278
But it wasnt as friendly or well designed as the previous website. Is it because the other is aimed for families and these for any random fool with money to waste in some property?
My favorite, just because of the amount of foreclosure properties they had, was this website
http://www.realtytrac.com/freeSearch.asp?accnt=68991&StateSel=IL
but it has several pop-ups.... which were really annoying!
but for the young investor, i think it works out just fine.
Give everything you need to know to get some good property and at good price:
http://www.realtytrac.com/freePropDetails.asp?pageNum=1&propId=12053227&accnt=68991&selstatus=D
Now how does this compare to the family friendly website that i mentioned at the beginning... hmmm...
would it be the same audience? honestly not sure...
Seems reasonable to believe it. but somehow a family thats looking to invest 700k in a house would visit the first website, and a family that can only manaage to afford around 250k would look at this website.
Or even real-estate companies to destroy a building and make more condos of course.
well thats my review for the week!
thanks for reading
At three minutes and four seconds after 2 AM on the 6th of May this year, the time and date will be
02:03:04 05/06/07.
Isnt that interesting?
I thought so. This is what amuzes people when they are working in a cubicle for to long... i miss windows and sunlight!
Anyway, this week was intense with researching for a good design. It smacked me in the face when I discovered I had already several good websites to discuss on. Lately I have been looking to invest in real-estate. I have been searchin from website to website and gathering information.
Some where a whole lot better that others....
Then I realized that would be a perfect blog to write about it!
Here is what i discovered in my research for a new business.
I found that it was extremely easy to find some prices and get some information on the market on this website:
http://www.realtor.com/
It gave me a damn good idea on certain homes and areas. But nothing commercial. It gave me all sorts of details on certain houses. Estimated monthly payment, interior descriptions, pictures and if i wanted to contact a realtor to buy the home. For example :
http://homes.realtor.com/search/listingdetail.aspx?lid=1077238266&fhv=1
Interesting if I wanted to buy a home, but not for investing in property to create some good ROI.
Now, this website:
http://www.cityfeet.com/pittsburgh/
Was a little less sophisticated and pretty annoying in certain occasions. Looked like a cheap version of the previous website. But it still had some valuable information. Has great property information
For example:
http://www.cityfeet.com/CommercialRealEstateForLease/DetailedListing.aspx?PartnerPath=Pittsburgh/&UserListingId=494278
But it wasnt as friendly or well designed as the previous website. Is it because the other is aimed for families and these for any random fool with money to waste in some property?
My favorite, just because of the amount of foreclosure properties they had, was this website
http://www.realtytrac.com/freeSearch.asp?accnt=68991&StateSel=IL
but it has several pop-ups.... which were really annoying!
but for the young investor, i think it works out just fine.
Give everything you need to know to get some good property and at good price:
http://www.realtytrac.com/freePropDetails.asp?pageNum=1&propId=12053227&accnt=68991&selstatus=D
Now how does this compare to the family friendly website that i mentioned at the beginning... hmmm...
would it be the same audience? honestly not sure...
Seems reasonable to believe it. but somehow a family thats looking to invest 700k in a house would visit the first website, and a family that can only manaage to afford around 250k would look at this website.
Or even real-estate companies to destroy a building and make more condos of course.
well thats my review for the week!
thanks for reading
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