SAN FRANCISCO, January 9th, 2008 – Trulia, Inc. ( www.trulia.com ), the fastest-growing U.S. real estate website, today announced the launch of the Trulia Publisher Platform (TPP) , a hosted technology solution that gives Web publishers the ability, free of charge, to create co-branded online real estate sections powered by Trulia’s innovative search technology. With TPP, publishers can offer their audiences the ability to find and research homes nationwide using Trulia’s innovative search technology, award-winning user interface and useful online tools like local real estate guides, heat maps and sales comparable information.
TPP can easily integrate with a publisher’s advertising program whether revenue comes from its local ad sales team or a national ad network. TPP is available to publishers free of charge and because Trulia hosts the TPP site, publishers will always have immediate access to Trulia’s latest functionality and features.
“With the launch of the Trulia Publishing Platform we are helping our current and new media partners bring their users a superior home search experience while providing them with the ability to generate additional advertising revenue based on their own ads and content,” said Pete Flint, co-founder and CEO of Trulia. “Because Trulia focuses on providing the most innovative functionality and features while maintaining an up-to-date home listings database, we anticipate that our partners will benefit from the same rapid growth that has made us the Web’s fastest-growing real estate site.”
The Trulia Publisher Platform launches today with partners including Kiplinger, Village Voice Media and AmericanTowns with many more online newspapers, national media sites, blogs, directories and search engines launching shortly. During the initial launch phase, Trulia is offering the Trulia Publisher Platform on a limited release basis. For more information and to apply for access to the platform, please visit http://www.trulia.com/publishers .
About Trulia
Trulia, Inc. (http://www.trulia.com), a residential real estate search engine and the fastest-growing U.S. real estate Web site, has revolutionized online home search by offering a rich, intuitive user experience that points consumers directly to listings on agent and broker Web sites. By partnering with the real estate industry, including 93 of the top 100 largest U.S. brokers, Trulia helps more than 2.5 million unique visitors per month find information on homes for sale using custom search criteria. The site also provides market trends and neighborhood data at the hyper-local level, as well as Trulia Voices, a real estate Q&A community, also enables consumers and professionals to exchange information about their local markets. For more information, go to http://www.trulia.com.
