<s>
Globrix	B-Application
was	O
a	O
UK	O
real	O
estate	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
that	O
was	O
launched	O
in	O
January	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
most	O
property	O
websites	O
,	O
Globrix	B-Application
directed	O
users	O
to	O
agent	O
websites	O
rather	O
than	O
hosting	O
the	O
property	O
details	O
and	O
capturing	O
the	O
lead	O
on	O
Globrix	B-Application
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Globrix	B-Application
gathered	O
its	O
property	O
listings	O
in	O
three	O
different	O
ways	O
;	O
crawling	O
agent	O
websites	O
,	O
taking	O
data	O
feeds	O
and	O
by	O
agents	O
manually	O
uploading	O
via	O
the	O
Globrix	B-Application
extranet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
Globrix	B-Application
was	O
'	O
free	O
to	O
list	O
 '	O
,	O
Globrix	B-Application
was	O
able	O
to	O
gain	O
substantial	O
market	O
coverage	O
and	O
claimed	O
to	O
list	O
more	O
properties	O
than	O
any	O
other	O
UK	O
property	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
websites	O
like	O
Gumtree	B-Application
and	O
Oodle	O
,	O
private	O
sellers	O
and	O
landlords	O
were	O
not	O
allowed	O
to	O
list	O
their	O
properties	O
on	O
the	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
also	O
premium	O
services	O
available	O
to	O
estate	O
and	O
letting	O
agents	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
Search	B-Application
Engine	I-Application
Optimization	O
consultancy	O
,	O
branded	O
email	O
alerts	O
and	O
increased	O
traffic	O
)	O
and	O
Google	B-Application
Ads	I-Application
were	O
displayed	O
in	O
unsold	O
advertising	O
positions	O
on	O
the	O
right	O
hand	O
side	O
of	O
search	B-Application
results	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Search	B-Application
results	I-Application
can	O
then	O
be	O
refined	O
further	O
by	O
changing	O
the	O
price	O
parameters	O
,	O
number	O
of	O
bedrooms	O
and	O
bathrooms	O
,	O
property	O
type	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
the	O
regular	O
'	O
list	O
view	O
 '	O
of	O
property	O
results	O
,	O
users	O
can	O
also	O
opt	O
to	O
see	O
the	O
search	B-Application
results	I-Application
plotted	O
on	O
Bing	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
(	O
previously	O
they	O
used	O
Google	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
)	O
to	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
look	O
for	O
property	O
by	O
location	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Some	O
users	O
are	O
unimpressed	O
with	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
precision	O
of	O
the	O
inferior	O
Bing	O
offering	O
,	O
which	O
often	O
manages	O
to	O
put	O
the	O
marker	O
in	O
a	O
field	O
,	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
accuracy	O
and	O
ease	O
of	O
use	O
of	O
Googlemaps	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Globrix	B-Application
data	O
was	O
sometimes	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
national	O
media	O
to	O
illustrate	O
stories	O
on	O
house	O
prices	O
,	O
the	O
economy	O
,	O
area	O
trends	O
,	O
consumer	O
confidence	O
and	O
the	O
property	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
Globrix	B-Application
won	O
'	O
Estate	O
Agency	O
Service	O
Firm	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
 '	O
at	O
The	O
Negotiator	O
Awards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Globrix	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
by	O
Dan	O
Lee	O
and	O
Ian	O
Parry	O
,	O
both	O
ex	O
employees	O
of	O
UK-based	O
search	O
company	O
Autonomy	B-General_Concept
and	O
the	O
Norwegian	O
search	O
company	O
FAST	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2012	O
Globrix	B-Application
merged	O
with	O
Zoopla	O
.	O
</s>
