MyNewPlace Implements Facebook® Connect: Apartment Search Goes Social
MyNewPlace.com is the first apartment and home rental site to implement Facebook Connect, allowing its users to register via their Facebook ID and to post properties of interest to their Facebook profile page so that they can get feedback and advice from people they know and trust.
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) February 19, 2009 -- MyNewPlace™, the Web's fastest growing apartment and home rentals site, today announced that it has added Facebook® Connect functionality to its Web site - allowing its users to get feedback on prospective apartments (http://www.mynewplace.com), condos and home rentals by posting property information to their Facebook page. MyNewPlace is the first real estate and apartments Web site to implement Facebook Connect, allowing consumers to tap into their social graphs to make more informed decisions about where to live.
"Most people want the opinion of friends, family and roommates before choosing a new place to live. Facebook's more than 150 million users can now quickly and easily log into MyNewPlace using their Facebook account, post properties they are interested in to their Facebook page and get feedback and advice from the people that are most important to them," commented Mark Moran, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for MyNewPlace. "With Facebook Connect, getting opinions from friends and family is as simple as a click."
Over 3 million people use MyNewPlace monthly - ranging from recent college grads with several roommates, to families with young children, to corporate relocations. MyNewPlace's internal research indicates that over one third of its visitors already have a Facebook account, while many others may choose to sign up for a new Facebook account to utilize this functionality.
Facebook users communicate and share information through the social graph, the network of connections and relationships between people. Giving users control over their privacy is paramount on Facebook. With Facebook Connect, users can be assured that the same privacy settings they have set up on Facebook will follow them when they log in to MyNewPlace.com.
About MyNewPlace
MyNewPlace is a nationwide apartment and home rental site where consumers can efficiently search through over six million rentals to find the perfect place to live. The award winning site combines extensive and up-to-date property information, including photos and videos, with advanced mapping and other functionality. The company provides the multifamily marketing professional with the most innovative and cost-effective tools to fill their vacancies. From MyNewPlace.com: the industry's fastest growing Internet Listing Service for apartment search (http://www.mynewplace.com), to MyNewSite: the industry's most cost-effective website solution, MyNewPlace puts the best tools in the hands of owners and managers to help market their apartments for rent (http://www.mynewplace.com). Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, MyNewPlace was founded in 2005 by John Helm, the founding CEO of AllApartments/SpringStreet, which became the number one apartment rental and relocation site on the Internet before its sale to Homestore in 1999. For more information, visit http://www.mynewplace.com.
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MyNewPlace
http://www.MyNewPlace.com
510.377.1466
Mark Moran
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