Nuroa
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Type of site | Search engine |
|---|---|
| Available in | Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, French, German and English |
| Created by | Oriol Blasco Gary Stewart |
| URL | www.nuroa.co.uk |
Nuroa is a vertical real estate search engine that displays real estate offers available on the internet for rental, sale and sharing of property including holiday rentals.
History[edit]
Nuora was founded by Oriol Blasco and Gary Stewart in 2006. In August 2007, the project was presented at the Essential Web 2007 conference[1] in London.
Between September 2007 and 2009, Nuroa launched in several new markets including;
- Spain,[2] winning Red Herring Europe Award.[3]
- Germany[4]
- In 2009, Nuroa expanded globally, reaching 15 countries, adding Italy, Portugal, France, Austria, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Ireland, Mexico, Chile, Brasil, Argentina, Australia, and the United States.[5]
- In 2016, Nuroa was acquired by Mitula Group, a classifieds vertical search, when was operating in United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Ireland, Switzerland, the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Australia, Peru, Colombia, Spain and Portugal.
- In 2019 became part of Lifull Connect after the acquisition of Mitula Group by Lifull
- In 2022 Nuroa operates in 26 countries, adding United Emirates, South Africa, Ecuador, Venezuela, Morocco, Malaysia, Peru, Philippines, Pakistan and India to already existing markets
Data[edit]
- 30 million ads - October 2014
- 2 million users - September 2014
- 15 countries - October 2014
- 3 main products : Sale-Rent-Share-Holiday rentals
Criticism[edit]
The results depend on the accuracy of the original listings, which are often poorly maintained or out of date, yet are still being displayed.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Gary Stewart and Oriol Blasco of Migoa, search engine for cars, jobs and property". 8 August 2007.
- ^ "Nuroa, el buscador inmobiliario de Migoa". 26 September 2007.
- ^ "Red Herring Europe Award". 20 March 2007.
- ^ "Gary's presentation at DEMO Germany 2007 - the launch of nuroa.de". YouTube. November 2007.
- ^ "About Nuroa".
